What if WeatherFlow changes their API?+
We monitor for API changes and push updates immediately. You don't have to do anything — Halcyon updates automatically.
Can I cancel?+
Yes, anytime. Your subscription runs through the end of the paid period.
Can I install it as a desktop app?+
Yes! Chrome: three-dot menu → Save and Share → Install page as app. Edge: three-dot menu → Apps → Install this site as an app. Safari (Mac): File → Add to Dock. Safari (iOS): Share → Add to Home Screen. Firefox doesn't support app install, but you can use F11 for full-screen mode. All options give you a clean, dedicated weather display.
What's included in the Plus charts suite?+
Everything your station has ever recorded, made explorable. Import your complete Tempest history (years of data), then dig in with interactive charts for temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, rain, and lightning: hourly heatmaps that reveal seasonal patterns, a wind rose, a rainfall calendar, climate clouds that plot two metrics against each other, and side-by-side comparisons. A records dashboard tracks your hottest day, biggest gust, wettest hour, and dozens more — each with its exact date and time, across week, month, year, and all-time views — and automatically surfaces your station's patterns in plain language. You can also pin annotations to your timeline and export any range to CSV. And Halcyon checks your station's whole history for sensor faults — readings that have stuck, drifted or stopped making sense — against its own past and, for pressure, against every other Halcyon station. A person reviews anything it finds before you hear about it, on your History page, and confirmed bad days are kept out of your records without being deleted.
What data does the dashboard show?+
Everything your Tempest reports: temperature (current, min/max, feels-like, 24hr trend), wind (speed, gust, direction with animated compass), barometric pressure (gauge with trend), rainfall (rate and accumulation with animated gauge), lightning (distance and strike counts), a 3-day forecast, a radar panel, aviation conditions (METAR from your nearest airport), and astronomy (sun/moon position, UV index, solar radiation). Live weather alerts from NWS (US) and Environment Canada are also surfaced as a bell icon with count, a pulsing dashboard border, and a full-screen takeover for critical warnings. All updated in real time via WebSocket. (The aviation panel and weather alerts come with Basic and above.)
Is Halcyon the same as PiConsole?+
No. PiConsole is a free, self-hosted Python app that runs on a Raspberry Pi. Halcyon is a hosted web dashboard — no Pi, no Docker, no server. Just open a URL. It's built from the ground up with modern web tech, animated panels, and cloud-synced settings.
Can I use Halcyon with multiple Tempest stations?+
Yes, on Basic and Plus. If your WeatherFlow account has multiple stations, Halcyon detects all of them automatically. Switch between stations instantly by tapping the station name in the bottom bar. The clock, forecast, and all panel data update to match whichever station you select. Free shows one station.
Does Halcyon work with WeatherFlow Tempest?+
Yes — Halcyon is built exclusively for the WeatherFlow Tempest weather station. It connects directly to WeatherFlow's API using your personal access token for real-time data.
Does Halcyon work with TRMNL?+
Yes. TRMNL is a small e-ink screen for a shelf or wall that redraws itself every few minutes, and Halcyon has two screens for it. Halcyon Weather shows your station's current conditions, the days ahead and any NWS or Environment Canada alert for your station; it comes with Basic and Plus. Station Records puts your all-time records and station patterns on the wall; it comes with Plus. Both are in TRMNL's recipe directory: search its recipes for “Halcyon”, add the screen and paste in your Halcyon license key. The free version doesn't include TRMNL screens.
Why isn't everything free?+
Most Tempest community projects are hobby tools built by one person in their spare time. Halcyon is actively developed and maintained as a product — hosted infrastructure, automatic updates, cloud-synced settings, and ongoing development all cost money to run. The free tier is the part that costs almost nothing to serve; the paid plans fund the rest.