They're free, but use at your own risk
The scripts referenced here are used in the operation of this weather station, and may be freely copied and used to support your station. Please note that you use these scripts at your own risk. No warranty is expressed or implied. I accept no liability for any damages that may ensue from their use.
You will need to configure them for your own particular weather station website.
A RSS Feed is available to help keep you informed on updates to the scripts.
Many of these scripts are now available on GitHub at https://github.com/ktrue
A Version History is available -- check back from time to time to see if there are updates to scripts you have downloaded earlier.
Announcements of version updates and new scripts are made on
WXForum.net and
Weather-Watch forums
and saratogaWXPHP Twitter account as they become available.
Note: Twitter widget has been disabled 3-Jul-2023 since it no longer displays the recent update Tweets.
This page was updated
Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 2:17 PM
Legacy Weather PHP scripts
In the 10+ years I have been offering my scripts freely, there have been many others who did likewise with their weather-related scripts. That community effort is greatly appreciated by weather enthusiasts, and is what keeps this hobby a fun learning experience. Sometimes, authors of popular weather-related PHP scripts will decide to discontinue publishing/ongoing support for their effort due to personal reasons. That is a normal outcome of life's passage of time and the authors should not be expected to continue support indefinitely.
What I've tried to do here is to curate a selection of the most popular author-discontinued scripts that still have usefulness, to provide a common download point, and attempt to provide needed updates as PHP versions change over time. Where possible, I asked permission to do this from the original authors and they have agreed to allow me to offer this to the weather enthusiast community. Where contact was not available, the scripts are posted here as they existed in the last versions posted by the original authors using their original licensing information.
These scripts are offered as-is and peer support is available and should be requested on wxforum.net, weather-watch.com or the Cumulus forum. The support can be provided there by the many enthusiasts who have previously installed/configured these scripts on their personal weather websites..
Anole's wxgraphic.php script
Larry Boyd (anole) wrote the highly popular wxgraphic script which creates a weather graphic (banner or stamp) with an image and current weather conditions. A sample is shown below and also on my weather graphics page.
He discontinued his PineislandWeather.com and anolecomputing.com websites when he moved July, 2017.
Weather software supported: Weather-Display,
WeatherLink, VWS, wview, WXSolution, wview32 (others if suitable stickertags template is used)
Requires: PHP V5.2+, GD Library (enabled on most PHP installations)
Script |
Version |
Date |
Download |
wxgraphic avatar/banner generator
( instructions PDF)
|
6.3 |
25-Oct-2008 |
ZIP |
TNETweather scripts
Sadly, Kevin Reed of TNETweather.com passed away in January, 2018. His contributions to the weather enthusiast community are legendary in his assistance, his scripts and his graphics site logos/mastheads. Many of his creations are in daily use today (including on this site). He specialized in PHP/JavaScript scripting and custom graphics, and he generated scripts that many Weather-Display and Cumulus users found useful for their own sites. The architecture of the Saratoga template set ("Included Settings website template") was Kevin's design. His Weather-Display Clientraw Parser for Weather-Display lives on here.
I have included below some of his most popular scripts. Please note that some of them are weather software specific.
Script |
Version |
Date |
Download |
Scripts for Weather-Display software |
WD Sparkline Graphs
(updated for PHP 8.x) |
1.07 |
02-Feb-2023 |
ZIP |
WD Raindetail (for Saratoga template) |
2.0 |
06-Sep-2009 |
ZIP |
PHP Included Site Design (Base design for Saratoga templates) |
1.0 |
04-Oct-2007 |
ZIP |
WD main screen condition icons |
1.0 |
23-Oct-2004 |
ZIP |
Scripts for Cumulus software |
CU-dayfile parser |
0.12 |
12-Feb-2010 |
TXT(save as .php) |
CU-GD-banner |
3.0 |
20-Oct-2009 |
ZIP |
CU-GD-avatar |
1.0 |
08-Oct-2008 |
TXT(save as .php) |
CU-jpgraph-graphs
(Note: requires JpGraph be installed) |
3.1 |
26-Oct-2008 |
ZIP |
Relayweather scripts
Michael Holden (mth) of relayweather.com wrote several popular scripts. He discontinued his script distribution and weather website
Acknowledgments: Special thanks go to Curly of Michiana Weather and to Murry Conarroe of Wildwood Weather
for providing many tips and code snippets
to educate me(mth) in the PHP scripting language. Without their kind help
and assistance, none of these scripts would be possible. *The clientraw
parser was originally by Valentinois and was modified for use with the
Saratoga Template.
Script |
Version |
Date |
Download |
CWOP Statistics Viewer |
1.1 |
01-Jul-2010 |
ZIP |
(USA) Air Quality (from airnow.gov) |
2.0 |
11-Jul-2010 |
ZIP |
Clientraw Parser
(Weather-Display only* updated for PHP7+) |
N/A |
19-Feb-2008
(PHP7+ 29-Nov-2017)
|
ZIP |
Temperature and Rain Trending
(Weather-Display only)
|
1.0 |
20-Jan-2010 |
ZIP |
Weather "On This Day" US History |
3.1 |
01-Dec-2011 |
ZIP |
World Weather 24 Hour Extremes Full Version |
0.5 |
02-Dec-2010 |
ZIP |
World Weather 24 Hour Extremes Menubar Gadget |
0.4 |
26-Nov-2010 |
ZIP |
Curly's scripts
Curly (of Michiana Weather/weather.ricksturf.com) wrote several popular scripts. He discontinued his script distribution and his weather website in 2017. His most popular script (nws-alerts) is included in the Saratoga template set. I've added distribution for the 'standalone' version here.
He gratiously allowed me to take up support and distribution for his scripts.
Requirements: PHP 5.3+
Script |
Version |
Date |
Download |
USA NWS Local Storm Report for Saratoga Base-USA templates (and standalone) |
1.09 |
22-Jun-2018 (w/PHP 7.x fixes) |
ZIP |
NWS Alerts for Standalone use (already included in the Saratoga Base-USA template)
|
1.44 |
17-Jan-2023
(Leaflet maps) |
ZIP |
Scott's scripts
Scott of BurnsvilleWeather/WebsterWeather created several popular scripts for Weather-Display/Saratoga template users. He discontinued his script distribution and his weather website in 2018. He has generously allowed me to take up support and distribution for his scripts.
Requirements: PHP 5.3+, Saratoga template, Weather-Display software
Weather-Display
Scripts and Graphics by Burnsville Weather Live
Script Name |
Version |
Last Updated |
Download Link |
Logfile Error Detect Utility |
0.60b |
29-Mar-2009 |
Download
320K Bytes-Zip Archive |
Alt-Dashboard 6.95h Script
REPACKAGED and includes complete
support scripts and image files needed,
use this for NEW installs or to get updates.
(PHP 5.6+,PHP 7+, PHP 8.1, 8.2)
Updated Moon calcs/tables to year 2030
cloud-base.php V2.5 for PHP8.2
raintodate.php for PHP 8.2+ |
6.95h |
16-Oct-2024 |
Download
8.64M Bytes-Zip Archive |
MOBILE Dashboard 1.9x Script
REQUIRES Special ajaxWDwx.js |
1.91 |
11-Feb-2014 |
Download
101k Bytes-Zip Archive |
High/Low/Averages Script
For Ver 3 Ajax-PHP Template Only |
3.02 |
31-Dec-2011 |
Download
406k Bytes-Zip Archive |
Large Beveled Current
Condition ICONS |
1.00 |
08-Mar-2009 |
Download
273K Bytes-Zip Archive |
Small Beveled Forecast
Condition ICONS |
1.00 |
08-Mar-2009 |
Download
1.67M Bytes-Zip Archive |
Fire Danger ICONS
(Contains GIF and JPG) |
1.00 |
01-Dec-2008 |
Download
126K Bytes-Zip Archive |
WindRose ICONS
(Contains GIF,JPG,PNG) |
1.00 |
01-Dec-2008 |
Download
694K Bytes-Zip Archive |
AQI - Air Quality Index ICONS
(Contains JPG Only) |
1.00 |
26-Aug-2010 |
Download
66.8K Bytes-Zip Archive |
Solar Index ICONS
(Contains gif Only) |
1.00 |
19-Jun-2011 |
Download
27.9K Bytes-Zip Archive |