by Steve Gifford | Aug 28, 2025 | Data
Ever wonder “where do weather apps get their data”? You’re not the only one. It turns out most apps in the U.S. are pulling from the same deep, government-funded well: the National Weather Service (NWS). That’s right, your favorite weather app,...
by Steve Gifford | Aug 14, 2025 | Data
At Wet Dog Weather, we process and store a lot of weather data. This includes using Zarr with AWS S3 to efficiently manage large, multidimensional arrays. We currently lean towards real-time weather display and query. However, our customers are nudging us towards...
by Steve Gifford | Aug 7, 2025 | Data
Air quality data isn’t quite the same as weather, but it’s similar. It covers the same areas, it’s structured in the same way, and it’s something that weather users often want to see. That’s why we now support air quality data alongside our standard weather products....
by Steve Gifford | Jul 17, 2025 | Data
The UV Index is a measure of ultraviolet radiation that reaches the Earth’s surface. You need sunlight, but too much will fry you. Go figure. That’s what the UV Index is for. And now we’re offering UV index data to help you put it to use. GFS UV...
by Steve Gifford | Jul 10, 2025 | Data
In past blog posts, we’ve talked about using AWS Lambda to handle importing weather data. However, as our importers become increasingly complex, we’re encountering limitations in terms of time, cost, and scale. So we’re moving some of that work to...
