Thursday 17 May 2012

New Additions to Sidebar

I've added some additional weather details to my blog's sidebar. These give both archive and up to date rainfall and temperature data for the current year.

This is how the  tables appear giving:

  • The rainfall for completed month in millimetres and inches
  • The temperatures for completed month in degrees Centigrade and Fahrenheit 

Extra information is available by clicking on the name of the month label. If the month is completed then the link will take you to the final table of daily weather details for that month as shown below.

By clicking on the current month label slightly different data is available which obviously depends on whether temperature or rainfall data is requested.

1. Rainfall
Clicking on the current month in the rainfall table will show the page below.

The rainfall details for this page are automatically updated every hour. Hopefully the information is obvious from the titles of the charts but from left to right the information is as follows:
  • The amount of daily rainfall together with the date and time data was last uploaded
  • The rolling amount of rainfall each day for the last month.
  • The current months rainfall also showing the date and time data was last uploaded.
  • The rolling 12 monthly rainfall for each individual month 
  • The total rainfall recorded in 2012 
2. Temperature
Clicking on the current month in the temperature table will show the following page.

The temperature details are also updated every hour giving the following information along the first row of charts:
  • Daily current temperature marking high and low values with date and time of last upload.
  • Rolling temperature chart for the last 24 hours
  • Rolling temperature chart for the last 7 days
  • Rolling temperature chart for last 4 weeks
  • Rolling temperature chart for last 12 months
The table below this gives:
  • The days high and low temperatures and the time they occurred.
  • The maximum and minimum temperatures for the current month.
Uploading Information
If I've got this set up correct then the current months data should automatically update every hour whenever my PC is operating, generally between 09:00 and 21:00 (London Time).

I try to upload the completed months data as soon as possible but so far I haven't figured out an automatic way of carrying out this particular operation.









3 comments:

  1. That's certainly comprehensive.

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  2. I've still got a few tweaks to try.

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  3. Now, if only I could work all these thingamajiggers in my daily musings, I’d have a lot easier time in my garden. Well, I guess the first step is understanding everything though, haha.

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