Connect your WeatherLink station
Generate a WeatherLink v2 API key so live data flows into your site.
Pro Weather reads your station's data directly from the WeatherLink v2 API, using an API key you generate yourself. There's nothing to install and no data feed to configure by hand. Paste the key once and we discover every station and sensor on your account automatically.
Before you start
Make sure your Davis station is already online in WeatherLink and reporting current conditions. If you can see live data at weatherlink.com, you're ready.
1. Generate your WeatherLink v2 API key
You'll create a free API Key and API Secret in your own WeatherLink account:
- Sign in to your WeatherLink account at weatherlink.com/account.
- Open the WeatherLink v2 API section (it may be labelled "API Keys").
- Generate a new v2 key. WeatherLink shows you an API Key and an API Secret. Copy both.
Use a v2 key
Pro Weather needs a WeatherLink v2 API key and secret, not a v1 key and not your weatherlink.com password. Generating a key is free and doesn't affect how you use WeatherLink.
2. Connect it to your site
- In your Pro Weather dashboard, open your site and go to Connection.
- Paste your WeatherLink API Key and WeatherLink API Secret into the form.
- Choose Connect WeatherLink.
Your secret is encrypted before it's stored and is never sent back to the browser. We use it only to fetch your station's data.
What happens next
As soon as you connect, Pro Weather auto-discovers every station and sensor on your account. There's no station picker to fill in. Each discovered station is listed on the Connection page with its name, ID, location and sensors.
If your account has more than one station, you can choose which one your site shows under Settings → Stations to display.
Added a new sensor or station in WeatherLink later? Open Connection again and choose Reconnect & rediscover to pick it up.
What gets published
Once connected, your site automatically shows the readings your station reports, which may include:
- Temperature, feels-like, humidity and dew point
- Wind speed, gusts and direction
- Rainfall and rain rate
- Barometric pressure
- Solar radiation and UV index
- Air quality, if you have an AirLink sensor
History and charts fill in over time as your station keeps reporting. Pro Weather fetches your data once every few minutes and caches it, so visitors never hit the WeatherLink API directly. Even a busy site stays light on your quota.
How much history you get depends on your WeatherLink plan: on Pro/Pro+ Pro Weather can import your past data, while on the free Basic plan it builds history forward from the day you connect. See WeatherLink plans & your data for the full picture.
Not seeing data?
If readings look missing or stale, confirm the station is still online in WeatherLink, that the v2 key and secret are correct, and that you selected the right station under Settings. New stations can take a few minutes to appear after they first report.