Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, Canada

Current Weather Conditions at Amateur Radio Station VE1DX

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Last Refresh Sunday, 22 Dec 2024 - 07:55 am (07:55) AST
                      Sunday, 22 Dec 2024 - 11:55 am (11:55) UTC

Current Conditions

Outside Temp -7.4°C 18.6°F
Apparent Temperature -10.8°C 12.6°F
Dewpoint -9.5°C 14.9°F
Humidity 85% 85%
Barometer 1015.2 mbar 29.979 inHg
Barometer Trend (3 hours) 3.1 mbar 0.091 inHg
Altimeter 1015.1 mbar 29.975 inHg
Wind
2 km/h from 338° (NNW) 1 mph (1 knots)
Rain Rate 0.00 cm/h 0.00 in/h

This station reports what it "feels like" using Apparent Temperature instead of Wind Chill, Heat Index, and Humidex. This provides a more comprehensive and streamlined measure of how the weather feels, incorporating factors like temperature, humidity, and wind into a single, easy-to-understand value.

For traditionalists, it's safe to say that the Apparent Temperature essentially reflects the Wind Chill during colder months and aligns closely with the Humidex in warmer periods, offering a familiar reference point while incorporating modern meteorological understanding.

Since Midnight

High Temperature -5.6°C (22.0°F) at 12:01 am
Low Temperature -7.4°C (18.6°F) at 07:53 am
High Apparent Temperature -8.4°C (16.9°F) at 12:48 am
Low Apparent Temperature -12.0°C (10.4°F) at 06:28 am
High Humidity 88% at 12:11 am
Low Humidity 83% at 05:31 am
High Dewpoint -7.2°C (19.0°F) at 12:46 am
Low Dewpoint -9.5°C (14.9°F) at 07:53 am
High Barometer 1015.2 mbar (29.979 inHg) at 07:52 am
Low Barometer 1008.1 mbar (29.768 inHg) at 12:00 am
Today's Rain 0.00 cm (0.00 in)
High Rain Rate 0.00 cm/h (0.00 in/h) at 12:00 am
High Wind 11 km/h (7 mph) from 315° at 03:04 am
Average Wind 1 km/h (1 mph)
RMS Wind 2 km/h (1 mph)
Vector Average Speed 1 km/h (1 mph)
Vector Average Direction 301° (WNW)


December's summary so far

Minimum temperature -12.7°C (9.2°F) on 08 Dec at 03:47 am
Maximum temperature 11.9°C (53.4°F) on 12 Dec at 07:37 am
High Apparent Temperature 11.8°C (53.3°F) at 12 Dec at 09:13 am
Low Apparent Temperature -16.6°C (2.2°F) at 08 Dec at 04:20 am
Maximum dewpoint 11.0°C (51.7°F) on 12 Dec at 07:37 am
Minimum dewpoint -14.4°C (6.1°F) on 08 Dec at 03:47 am
Max 10-min avg wind 18 km/h (11 mph) from the NW on 21 Dec at 02:35 pm
Highest gust 42 km/h (26 mph) on 06 Dec at 12:00 am
Highest daily rain 1.44 cm (0.57 in) on 05 Dec
Monthly rain total 3.88 cm (1.53 in)
Days that it rained 9
Days above 25 C 0
Days below 0 C 20


Lake Echo extremes since 2015

Maximum temperature 35.4°C (95.7°F) at 04:26 pm on 20 Jun 2024
Minimum temperature -24.4°C (-11.9°F) at 05:05 am on 04 Feb 2023
High Apparent Temperature 41.2°C (106.1°F) at at 04:02 pm on 20 Jun 2024
Low Apparent Temperature -30.9°C (-23.5°F) at at 02:50 am on 04 Feb 2023
Maximum dewpoint 25.5°C (77.8°F) on at 03:03 pm on 20 Jun 2024
Minimum dewpoint -73.3°C (-99.9°F) on at 11:11 pm on 04 Dec 2017
Highest gust 85 km/h (53 mph) at 07:55 pm on 25 Dec 2017
Highest daily rain 6.70 cm (2.64 in) on 01 Oct 2015
Maximum barometric pressure 1050.5 mbar (31.022 inHg) at 08:25 am on 26 Nov 2015
Minimum barometric pressure 963.5 mbar (28.453 inHg) at 07:35 pm on 07 Sep 2019


Conditions in the Annapolis Valley: Near Kentville

Current NS power outages: Interactive map

Historical Lake Echo power interruptions: Outages

Local tide data: Graphs and tables

Data uploaded to these sites:

WeatherCloud: VE1DX - WXLake_Echo
AWEKAS Austria: VE1DX - Lake Echo
CWOP: VE1DX - Citizen Weather Observer Program
Met United Kingdom: VE1DX - Lake Echo


Environment Canada weather forecast for Dartmouth




Environment Canada radar loop for Nova Scotia




General Hurricane Tracking Information

 

About this weather station:

Collecting weather data since 27 Sep 2015 (9 years, 2 months, and 25 days)
There are 971,577 records in the database
Location
Latitude: 44° 44.28' N
Longitude: 063° 22.66' W
Ground ASL: 19 metres
Sensor Suite Above Ground: 7 metres
Sensor Suite ASL: 26 meters

This station uses a Davis Vantage Vue VUE, controlled by 'WeeWX', a user customized version of an experimental weather software system interpreted by Python 3.11.2.
Weewx was designed to be simple, fast, and easy to understand by leveraging modern software concepts.
This software is running on a Raspberry Pi Model 5 using the Arm64 port of the Debian GNU/Linux 12 operating system.

Station

The Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) transmits sensor data to the base station every 2.5 seconds at a rate of 19.2 kbps.
These data are archived, which enables weewx to perform analytics and update the website accordingly every 5 minutes.

Weewx uptime: 2 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes

Server uptime: 2 days, 14 hours, 1 minute
weewx v5.1.0
Console battery: 4.8 V
Remote sensor signal strength: 97%

Today's Almanac
Sun
Start civil twilight: 07:13:43
Sunrise: 07:47:38
Transit: 12:12:23
Sunset: 16:37:08
End civil twilight: 17:11:03
Azimuth: 124.2°
Astronomical Altitude: 0.6°
Right ascension: 271.2°
Declination: -23.4°
Equinox: 20/03/25 06:01:14
Solstice: 20/06/25 23:42:18
Moon
Rise: 00:29:15
Transit: 05:51:49
Set: 12:05:17
Azimuth: 220.4°
Astronomical Altitude: 39.0°
Right ascension: 176.6°
Declination: 1.3°
New moon: 30/12/24 18:26:44
Full moon: 13/01/25 18:26:51
Phase: Last quarter
(54% full)




Today has 8 hours, 49 minutes, 29 seconds of daylight
0 minutes, 3 seconds more than yesterday
temperatures Apparent Temperature outside humidity rain wind barometer Hi Wind Wind Vector day rx percent

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