Observations by Day lists aggregated Observations by Hour for a month. The observation data may include rainfall, wind direction, wind speed, wind gust, air temperature, road temperature, humidity and pressure; dependent on the observation equipment that is present at the particular weather station location. Observation information is colour coded based on its value, a legend is provided to indicate the threshold values. A graph of each type of observation can be displayed by clicking the column heading.
• Table displaying the monthly weather observations in daily summaries.
• By default, daily observation summaries from the current month are shown.
• You can select from 10, 25, 50 or 100 entries. (25, 50 and 100 entries default to 24).
• To access daily data from another date, other than the default ‘this month’, use the Select a date window. A date pad will appear, and you can either select from this or navigate to another month using the <<, >> arrows at the top of the date pad.
• To navigate from this daily data to hourly data, click on the underlined hyperlinked time value in the left-hand column. This is a useful feature if you find an anomaly in the hourly data, for instance a heavy rainfall event and you’d like to understand when this rain commenced.
• Graphs of the data are plotted if you click on the hyper-link at the top of each data column.
• The values in this table are colour-coded, based on the key below the table, so you can quickly note unusual or abnormal conditions.
• The data can be printed by clicking on the Print button on the top right of the table.
An example Observations by Day screen is shown below:
The location displayed within the region can be altered via the Location Controller:
Each type of observation has an associated graph that can be accessed via the table header, as below:
There are options provided to export the information displayed in the Observations by Day table in a CSV or print format using the following buttons: