Weather Data Format

Weedcast users will never need to edit the weather files by hand, but they certainly may do so if desired.

The associated weather file used in WeedCast must be a tab delimited text file containing the following weather data:

Date, Minimum Air Temperature, Maximum Air Temperature, Soil Temperature, and Rainfall.

WeedCast will accept emperatures and rainfall in either (°F) and inches or (°C) and millimeters. The latest version of Weedcast will automatically recognize the units from the file header. Furthermore, you may omit either the air temperatures or the soil temperatures, as long as you include one of the two (or both).

One example of a properly formatted weather file is:

Date	Min Temp	Max Temp	Soil Temp	Rain	   
	(C)	(C)	(C)	(mm)	   
4/1/2004	1.082222	20.42	-0.91778	0	   
4/2/2004	0.482222	14.29	-1.51778	0	   
4/3/2004	-4.175	13.02	-6.175	0	   
4/4/2004	-1.64111	19.42	-3.64111	0	   
4/5/2004	3.642222	20.47	1.642222	0

In this example, the units don't lime up under the headers solely because of the length of the words. The number of tabs is correct.

If you have a file that contains other weather information it can not be placed within the first five columns. The fifth column must not contain data of any type.

You can create a weather file by using the Weather Editor supplied in WeedCast or you can use any other spreadsheet program as long as the format stated above is followed. Data can also easily be cut and pasted into the weather editor from other spreadsheet programs.

More Information:
Creating a weather file