Connect a weather station
Connect a weather station
The first time Weather Fusion opens, the Start Screen displays Connect to a Weather Station. Choose the option for the personal station or public data source to add.
For public airport reports, choose Airport (METAR) and follow Add an airport. No station hardware, provider account, or API key is required.
Choose Demo Station to explore Weather Fusion with sample data. Choose Restore Backup… to load a station from a Weather Fusion backup.
Choose a station or data source
Find the station or source in the table, then select the corresponding option on the Start Screen.
| Station or data source | Choose in Weather Fusion |
|---|---|
| Airport aviation observations | Airport (METAR) |
| AcuRite station publishing to Weather Underground | AcuRite |
| Ambient Weather or compatible KestrelMet device registered with AmbientWeather.net | Ambient Weather |
| Davis Vantage Vue, Vantage Pro2, or related Davis system in WeatherLink Cloud | Davis WeatherLink |
| Ecowitt station or gateway uploading to Ecowitt Cloud | Ecowitt |
| Netatmo Smart Home Weather Station | Netatmo |
| Tempest Weather Station or legacy WeatherFlow Smart Weather Station with AIR and SKY | Tempest |
| Personal weather station already publishing to Weather Underground | Weather Underground |
| Compatible Davis Vantage Vue or Vantage Pro2 console with WiFiLogger installed | WiFiLogger |
| Personal weather station already publishing to Windy | Windy |
See Weather stations and airports for hardware compatibility and airport report coverage.
Before you begin
- For a personal weather station, confirm that it is online and sending data to the selected connection service.
- For WiFiLogger, connect the device running Weather Fusion to the same local network as the logger.
Connect a personal weather station
- Open Weather Fusion.
- On Connect to a Weather Station, select the option for the station model or connection service.
- Follow the provider setup screen. Use its credential button to create or copy any required key, secret, or token, or complete account authorization.
- Choose a station when the setup screen presents a station list. Some account connections select the first available station automatically.
- Choose Done when the setup screen provides that action.
Weather Fusion opens Real Time and starts loading the station’s latest conditions. Historical data downloads according to the service’s access and history limits.
To change the connection after initial setup, open Settings › Data Source. For additional saved stations, see Manage weather stations.
For an account-based connection with an empty station list, confirm that the account owns or can access the station, then refresh the list.