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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 1.8.9.4 (March28 31,November 20102014). There is also an entirely new release in beta testing -- [[Cumulus MX]]
 
Full productProduct details are available on the official [http://sandaysoft.com/products/cumulus[Software|Cumulus Cumulussoftware webpagepage]] including details on how to download
 
 
*Davis Vantage Pro and Vantage Pro2 weather stations
*Oregon Scientific WMR-928 and WM-918 weather stations (and related models)
*Oregon Scientific WMR88 and WM100/200 weather stations (and related models)
*Fine Offset stations such as the WH1081
*La Crosse WS-2300 range
==Key Features==
*Free for personal and non-profit use, but a donation would be appreciated if you continue to use Cumulus after trying it
*RunsCumulus 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 (optionally during 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
*DisplaysCumulus 1 can display selected historical data for any given month, year, or yearother 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.