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Cumulus is free software for retrieving, storing and displaying data from an electronic Automatic Weather Station (AWS). Cumulus will store full weather records, along with daily and all-time records, and graphical data. Cumulus can upload its data to a web server and comes packaged with template web pages for this purpose. Cumulus also supports automatic uploads to Weather Underground, PWS weather, Weatherbug, WOW and CWOP/APRS. A variety of example [[Cumulus Screenshots\|screen shots]] are available. The current stable [[Cumulus Versions\|version]] is 1.9.34 (~~February~~28 ~~09,~~November ~~2013~~2014). There is also an entirely new release in beta testing -- [[Cumulus MX]] ~~Full product~~Product details are available on the ~~official~~ [~~http://sandaysoft.com/products/cumulus~~[Software\|Cumulus ~~Cumulus~~software ~~webpage~~page]] including details on how to download ==Key Features== Free for personal and non-profit use, but a donation would be appreciated if you continue to use Cumulus after trying it ~~Runs~~Cumulus 1 runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, ~~and~~ Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 Supports Davis Vantage Pro and Pro2; Oregon Scientific WM918, WMR-918, WMR-928, WMR-968 weather stations; EasyWeather stations (MyDEL, Nevada, Watson, Fine Offset, WH1080, WH1081, W8681, FWS-20 etc); La Crosse WS-2300, and other models in the WS23xx range. Easy to use, clean display (Cumulus 1 has display/editing screens appearing directly on PC running the software, Cumulus MX generates a user interface that is viewed (on your local network) using a browser) Easy to use, clean display Choice of meteorological day - midnight to midnight or 0900 to 0900 or (~~intended~~optionally ~~for~~during ~~wintertime~~summertime only) 1000 to 1000) Cumulus 1 offered real time web display of wind speed and direction using Silverlight software that is no longer functional Numeric and graphical display of data Automatic upload of data to web sites, Weather Underground, CWOP/APRS, PSW Weather/WeatherForYou/HAMweather, WOW, Twitter▼ Real time web display of wind speed and direction Ready-made web template pages supplied, or build your own using web tags▼ ▲Automatic upload of data to web sites, Weather Underground, CWOP/APRS, PSW Weather/WeatherForYou/HAMweather, Twitter ▲Ready-made web pages supplied, or build your own using web tags Configurable alarms for various conditions Sunrise, sunset, and (Cumulus 1 only) moon phase display ~~Displays~~Cumulus 1 can display selected historical data for any given month, year, or ~~year~~other period Cumulus MX saves data from past months and can output regularly to a database (either standard or customised) Graphical display selected from Cumulus 1 main screen of historical data for any time period Generation of xAP home automation weather reports Comprehensive help file included Current Meteorological Day: Maxima and Minima Previous Meteorological Day: Maxima and Minima Monthly Records: Maxima and Minima All Time Records: Maxima and Minima *Trend Graphs The standard menu navigation allows for inclusion of both a forum link and a link to a webcam. Custom web pages can be achieved through the use of web tags added to any HTML/CSS layout. Support ==Help and Support== ''a note from the developer...'' ~~[http://www.sandaysoft.com~~ Sandaysoft] is the home of Cumulus, software to help you make the most of your weather station. Located on the island of [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sanday&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=16.5235,44.208984&ie=UTF8&ll=56.980911,-2.504883&spn=7.609419,22.104492&z=6 Sanday], in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland in the UK. Cumulus is '''donationware'''. If you like the software and find it useful, please make a contribution towards the continuing development of Cumulus. I rely on your donations to allow me to buy the software that I need to continue improving Cumulus. 100% of any donation received goes towards software development, either towards the cost of new development tools or the cost of hosting this site. We don’t make a profit from Sandaysoft - I have a full-time job and Sandaysoft is what we do in our spare time.