Connection service capabilities
Connection service capabilities
Compare authentication, automatic refresh intervals, historical behavior, and station discovery across supported connection services and local loggers. See Supported weather stations for models grouped by connection service.
| Connection service or path | Authentication | Automatic real-time interval | Historical behavior | Station discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AcuRite through Weather Underground | Weather Underground sharing and credentials | 10 minutes | Uses Weather Underground data and history behavior | Shared Weather Underground station |
| Airport (METAR) | Public access | 5 minutes | Recent AWC reports and an available NOAA or IEM archive; coverage varies | Airport directory and METAR map markers |
| AmbientWeather.net | API Key | 1 minute | Device history downloaded in bounded pages | Account devices |
| Davis WeatherLink | API Key v2 and API Secret | 1 minute | Range-based history; historical access can require a WeatherLink subscription, and Basic stations keep already-stored history | Account stations |
| Ecowitt Cloud | Application Key and API Key | 1 minute | Service cadence tiers across older ranges | Account devices and stations |
| Netatmo account service | Account authorization | 10 minutes | Service ranges processed into local observations and summaries | Personal account stations; Netatmo Network on the map |
| Tempest account service | Sign in to Tempest; Personal Access Token alternative | 1 minute | Tiered station history; older ranges use coarser intervals | Owner stations in the authorized Tempest account |
| Weather Underground | API Key and Station ID | 10 minutes for the selected station | Hourly history for the recent window and daily records for older dates, subject to provider limits | Configured IDs and public-station discovery |
| WiFiLogger for Davis consoles | Local-network endpoint | 30 seconds | Reads supported Davis station archive data; requires local reachability | Local-network discovery or manual endpoint |
| Windy | API Key | 5 minutes | Recent seven-day historical window | Account stations and public-station discovery |
Service and account limits
- Polling intervals describe Weather Fusion’s selected-station schedule. The provider can still return an older observation.
- Historical depth varies independently from real-time access. Account tier, station registration date, provider retention, and rate limits can reduce coverage.
- Sensor coverage follows fields returned for the selected station. Two stations using the same provider can expose different cards, charts, and widget choices.
- Airport archive coverage varies by station and period. See How Weather Fusion gets data.
- Tempest lists stations owned by the signed-in account.
- Eligible Windy, Weather Underground, and airport markers can be saved as stations. Netatmo Network remains a map discovery source.
- WiFiLogger requires local-network access whenever Weather Fusion needs to contact the logger.
Provider incidents and retry limits can temporarily pause requests while preserving saved configuration.