Weather
Weather on TerraPulse is organized as Locationdexes — one slot per fixed station, each a
measured record of an instrument that actually reports. The weather_station dex holds the
surface-observation network; the precipitation_station dex holds the dedicated rainfall
network. Every value is a reading taken by a real gauge. No estimates, no forecasts.
The dexes
The data lives across two parallel Locationdexes. Counts are live and grow as new stations join the networks:
| Dex | Holds | Stations |
|---|---|---|
weather_station | Surface observing sites — temperature, wind, pressure, humidity | 2,784 |
precipitation_station | Dedicated rain-gauge network — hourly and daily precipitation | 2,093 |
Together, nearly 4,900 measured weather stations, each slot a real instrument on the ground.
Provenance
Every station traces to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
The weather_station dex draws on NCEI's Local Climatological Data, the Integrated Surface
Database (ISD), and the ISD station history; the precipitation_station dex draws on the
Cooperative Hourly Precipitation Data (HPD) network. Those sources are registered against
their dexes, so any record on TerraPulse carries a direct line back to the originating NCEI
observation.
What's in a record
Each station slot carries:
- Identity — station ID, name, and network affiliation
- Location — latitude, longitude, and elevation
- Observed conditions — temperature, dew point, humidity, wind speed and direction, sea-level pressure
- Precipitation — measured accumulation, hourly and daily
- Period of record — first and most recent report