Stirling (Scotland) Weather History

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Weather Application Parameters

Weather Application Messages

Weather Data and Software

The data available from these pages gives a historical record of the weather in Stirling (central Scotland). To be exact, the data is from an Oregon Scientific Professional Weather Station (model WMR928) on the roof of the author's house in nearby Bridge of Allan. The true data starts from 3rd April 2003; fictitious data has been created for 1st January to 2nd April 2003 to make up a whole year. Note that the vertical scale in graphs typically does not use zero as the origin.

This page does not provide a forecast. For a UK forecast consult, for example, the BBC (for Grangemouth) or the Met Office. The data is collected by an amateur and is not authoritative. Data upload is typically a week behind. However it is hoped that it will be useful for historical purposes, including an indication of recent weather and identifying weather patterns.

The data available via this page was collected by the WxLog package developed by Ken Turner. The WxDisplay and WxVet packages to vet and display the data were mostly developed by Anthony S. Wilson under Ken Turner's supervision. All the data and software can be freely downloaded under the GNU General Public Licence.

Selecting Weather Data

To view the weather data, go through the following steps:

1. Select day, month and year. If the finish date differs from the start date, the data for a period will be displayed. Click a button to select the last available day, week or four weeks. Selecting a large number of days may take a long time due to the network traffic required. If you need to make this kind of query frequently, download the entire set of data and programs.
• For one day, the graph will show the summary figures for each quarter-hour period. The horizontal axis is hour in the 24-hour clock.
• For up to two weeks of data, the graph will show the summary figures for each day. The horizontal axis is the day number/month number.
• For up to two months of data, the graph will show the summary figures for each whole week that includes the start and finish dates. (Weeks begin on Wednesday due to the 1st January 2003 start of data.) The horizontal axis is the day number/month number.
• For up to two years of data, the graph will show the summary figures for each whole month that includes the start and finish dates. The horizontal axis is the month number/year number.
• For more than two years of data, the graph will show the summary figures for each whole year that includes the start and finish dates. The horizontal axis is the year number.
2. Select colours to represent the minimum, average and maximum values.

3. Select up to four graphs. Data of the same type (temperature, humidity, dewpoint) will be shown in one graph. The measurement units (all are outdoor) are as follows: Wind Speed (metres per second, 1 m/s is almost 2 knots); Wind Direction (degrees clockwise from North); Temperature, Wind Chill and Dewpoint (degrees Centigrade); Humidity (percent); Pressure (millibars, 1000 mBar is nominal atmospheric pressure); Rainfall (millimetres accumulated during the period).

4. Click on Submit. The graphs will be loaded in separate windows, with any errors reported in the application message pane above. You can resize a graph window if necessary. Copy the graph window if you need to preserve it. (Under Microsoft Windows, use Alt-Print Screen and paste into another application.)

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