I have the REST API going. My question is related to “the station_units values represent the units of the Station’s owner, not the units of the observation values in the API response as taken from the manual. If I’m pulling (GET) the observation values I have to convert them on my end of the web a…

That’s pretty much it. All data requested from the Tempest API (REST, Websocket or UDP) will be delivered in standard metric SI units. You can see the units in the API documentation: REST API: WeatherFlow Tempest API REST Reference - click ‘Expand Operations’ in the top right Websocket: WeatherF…

Yes thank you I did see station units. I have a TempestWX weather station. I’m a bit new at this so I’m thinking I’m not communicating this well. The station API shows all the units as English based. inches of mercury, Fahrenheit etc … but the re turned values when request the API to bring current…

If you want something other than SI units to display at your end, you need to do the conversion. That is the appropriate place to convert, not server side.

Hi Tom, This is the way I think of the data flow and unit conversion. It may not be entirely accurate but it is the way I picture it in my mind. The Tempest sends data to the hub. The hub sends data to the Weatherflow servers. When you view your Tempest display on your mobile or computer the Wea…

Ok thank you Ian, so follow me here on this. What you’re saying his if I’m integrating some of the data from the TempestWX station what’s technically happening ing: Data that I use from the Tempestwx API is originating from the Weatherflow Hub which stores the data in standard units. This means wh…

That’s what I needed. Perfect thank you.

Converting units of measure

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iladyman February 23, 2022, 3:10am 2

Did you see this: REST API - station units
I am not sure which ‘device’ you are meaning.

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