Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, Canada

Current Weather Conditions at Amateur Radio Station VE1DX

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Last Refresh Monday, 01 Jan 2024 - 12:50 pm (12:50) AST
                      Monday, 01 Jan 2024 - 04:50 pm (16:50) UTC

Current Conditions

Outside Temp -2.7°C 27.1°F
Wind Chill -2.7°C 27.1°F
Humidex (Canadian "feels like" scale) -2.7°C 27.1°F
Heat Index (US "feels like" scale) -2.7°C 27.1°F
Dewpoint -5.5°C 22.1°F
Humidity 81% 81%
Barometer 1012.3 mbar 29.892 inHg
Barometer Trend (3 hours) -1.0 mbar -0.030 inHg
Altimeter 1012.2 mbar 29.889 inHg
Wind
5 km/h from 315° (NW) 3 mph (3 knots)
Rain Rate 0.00 cm/h 0.00 in/h


Since Midnight

High Temperature -1.8°C (28.7°F) at 12:01 am
Low Temperature -3.4°C (25.9°F) at 06:46 am
High Heat Index -1.8°C (28.7°F) at 12:01 am
Low Wind Chill -7.3°C (18.9°F) at 09:21 am
Highest Humidex -1.9°C (28.6°F) at 12:05 am
High Humidity 87% at 06:46 am
Low Humidity 74% at 11:20 am
High Dewpoint -4.4°C (24.0°F) at 02:56 am
Low Dewpoint -6.3°C (20.7°F) at 11:23 am
High Barometer 1013.4 mbar (29.927 inHg) at 10:39 am
Low Barometer 1012.2 mbar (29.889 inHg) at 05:18 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 14 km/h (9 mph) from 285° at 09:21 am
Average Wind 2 km/h (1 mph)
RMS Wind 3 km/h (2 mph)
Vector Average Speed 2 km/h (1 mph)
Vector Average Direction 310°


January's summary so far

Minimum temperature -3.4°C (25.9°F) on 01 Jan at 06:46 am
Maximum temperature -1.8°C (28.7°F) on 01 Jan at 12:01 am
Maximum humidex -1.9°C (28.6°F) on 01 Jan at 12:05 am
Maximum dewpoint -4.4°C (24.0°F) on 01 Jan at 02:56 am
Max 10-min avg wind 8 km/h (5 mph) from the WNW on 01 Jan at 11:40 am
Highest gust 14 km/h (9 mph) on 01 Jan at 12:00 am
Highest daily rain 0.00 cm (0.00 in) on 01 Jan
Monthly rain total 0.00 cm (0.00 in)
Days that it rained 0
Days above 25 C 0
Days below 0 C 1


Lake Echo extremes since 2015

Maximum temperature 34.7°C (94.4°F) at 04:07 pm on 01 Jun 2023
Maximum dewpoint 24.4°C (76.0°F) on at 02:42 pm on 07 Aug 2022
Minimum temperature -24.4°C (-11.9°F) at 05:01 am on 04 Feb 2023
Minimum windchill -38.6°C (-37.5°F) on at 09:54 am on 04 Feb 2023
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
Maximun Humidex 43.2 C (109.7 F) at 04:55 PM on 28 Jun 2021
Maximun heat index 37.9°C (100.3°F) at at 04:55 pm on 28 Jun 2021


Monthly trend plots (updated: 02 Dec 2023): VE1DX plots

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 Halifax




Environment Canada radar loop for Nova Scotia




General Hurricane Tracking Information

 

About this weather station:

Collecting weather data since mid-2015 (8 years, 3 months, and 5 days)
There are 869,108 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

Station

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 Debian GNU/Linux 12 64-bit operating system.

Davis Vantage VUE Raspberry Pi 5

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: 1 day, 22 hours, 16 minutes

Server uptime: 2 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes
weewx v5.0.0rc2
Console battery: 4.8 V
Remote sensor signal strength: 98%

Today's Almanac
Sun
Start civil twilight: 07:16:23
Sunrise: 07:50:10
Transit: 12:16:54
Sunset: 16:43:48
End civil twilight: 17:17:35
Azimuth: 188.2°
Astronomical Altitude: 21.9°
Right ascension: 281.7°
Declination: -23.0°
Equinox: 20/03/24 00:06:22
Solstice: 20/06/24 17:51:03
Moon
Rise: 22:25:07
Transit: 04:23:13
Set: 11:11:47
Azimuth: 300.8°
Astronomical Altitude: -16.8°
Right ascension: 166.2°
Declination: 8.3°
New moon: 11/01/24 07:57:21
Full moon: 25/01/24 13:53:57
Phase: Waning gibbous
(72% full)




Today has 8 hours, 53 minutes, 38 seconds of daylight
0 minutes, 47 seconds more than yesterday
temperatures heatchill outside humidity rain wind barometer Hi Wind Wind Vector day rx percent

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