Share your weather station

Help us build better local forecasts for the Fingal Valley.

Help improve the valley's weather prediction model. Sketches of wind funnelling between hills, frost pockets and cold-air drainage, a hand-drawn average yearly rainfall map from Ben Lomond to St Marys, and a home weather station beside the South Esk River.

Got an electronic weather station on your place? We'd love to hear from you.

We run a small, locally managed AI weather model for the Fingal Valley and surrounds. Big national models miss what locals know: the valley walls, wind funnelling down the valley, rain shadows, the frost pockets, and the cold air that drains down the gullies on a still night.

More stations mean more local detail and better forecasts for everyone: farms, travel over the hills, and events in the valley.

How you can share

Met Office WOW: if your station already uploads to WOW, let us know its site name.
Ecowitt: set up a custom upload or share your public station page.
Davis, Ambient Weather or WeatherFlow: send us your public station page link and choose Other in the form.

Your privacy

We store your station's readings and the location you give us, and use them only to improve our local weather model. We never publish exact locations or owner names. Your station shows on our map under a general locality, or under a name you choose. You can withdraw at any time: tell us, and we'll remove your station from the map.

Our forecasts are estimates. For official forecasts and warnings, always check BOM and TasALERT.

Get in touch

Tell us about your station using the form below. Not sure what it uses? We'll sort it out together.

Tell us about your station

Privacy: exact locations are never published. Every submission is reviewed by us before anything is used or shown, and you can stop sharing at any time. See our privacy policy.

First name *

Email for our reply *

Station location *

General area or nearest town only. Please don't give a street address.

Station make and model

How is your data shared? *

WOW site name or public page link (needed if you chose Other)

Phone (optional)

Station height above sea level, metres (optional)

Siting notes (optional)

Never share API keys or passwords here. We'll follow up directly about the safest way to connect.

Notes (optional)

I give Primal Pastures permission to use my weather station's readings, and the location I give, to improve its local weather model. Exact locations and owner names won't be published. I can withdraw my permission at any time by telling Primal Pastures, and my station will be removed from the map. *

Questions about sharing

How do I share a Met Office WOW station?

Sign in to WOW and open your site. Your site ID is shown on the site page, and the page has its own public web address. Put the site ID or the page link in the form.

How do I share an Ecowitt station?

In the Ecowitt app, open your station dashboard, tap the three dots at the top right and choose Share. Pick what to share and for how long, then copy the link. You can also tick Is Public in the device settings so it shows on the Ecowitt weather map. Paste the share link in the form. If you'd rather set up a custom upload, choose Ecowitt custom upload in the form and we'll send you the details.

Do you need my API key or password?

No. We never need keys or passwords, and the form isn't the place for them. If your station only shares through an account login, tell us which service it uses and we'll work out a safe way together.

What do you do with my data?

Once we've checked and approved your station, its readings are shown on Fingal Valley Weather, with a credit to your station, and help our local forecasts learn the valley.

Will my exact location be shown?

No. Exact coordinates stay private. Only the general area you give us is shown.

How often do readings update?

As often as your station uploads to its service, which is usually every few minutes. Our pages pick up new readings regularly through the day.

How do I stop sharing?

Use this form again with the same email and write remove my station in the notes. We'll take it off the website and stop using its data.

Our forecasts are estimates. For official forecasts and warnings, always check the Bureau of Meteorology and TasALERT.