This is a weather station plugin for homebridge. You can download it via npm.
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This plugin is a fork of homebridge-weather-station that doesn't get code updates anymore which is a fork of homebridge-wunderground.
The following values can be displayed and used in HomeKit rules.
- Temperature
- Air pressure
- Relative humidity
- Rain last hour (precip)
- Rain today (precip)
- UV-Index
- Visibility
- Weather Condition
- Weather Condition Category (Sunny = 0, Cloudy = 1, Rain = 2, Snow = 3)
- Wind direction
- Wind speed
- Station
The Apple Home app just knows temperature and relative humidity at the moment. So use e.g. Elgato Eve app to see and use all values.
- Switch on a blue light in the morning when it rains and you will need an umbrella today (or white when it snows / yellow when it's sunny).
- Start your automatic garden irrigation in the evening depending on the current weather condition and the amount of precip today.
Hint: To trigger rules based on time and weather condition you will need a pluing like homebridge-delay-switch. Create a dummy switch that resets after some seconds. Set this switch to on with a timed rule. Then create a condition rule that triggers when the switch goes on depending on weather conditions of your choice.
- Install homebridge using:
npm install -g homebridge - Install this plugin using:
npm install -g homebridge-weather-station-extended - Gather a free developer key for Weather Underground here.
- Update your configuration file. See the sample below.
Add the following information to your config file. Make sure to add your API key and provice your city or postal code.
"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "WUWeatherStationExtended",
"name": "Weather Station",
"interval": "4",
"key": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"location": "78613"
}
]