{"id":16759,"date":"2017-04-14T21:49:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16759"},"modified":"2017-04-14T21:49:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:49:50","slug":"create-a-weather-station-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-a-sensehat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16759","title":{"rendered":"Create a weather station with a Raspberry Pi and a SenseHAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/senseHAT_weather_station.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16760\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/senseHAT_weather_station.jpg?resize=560%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/senseHAT_weather_station.jpg?w=757&amp;ssl=1 757w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/senseHAT_weather_station.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/senseHAT_weather_station.jpg?resize=560%2C391&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/senseHAT_weather_station.jpg?resize=260%2C181&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/senseHAT_weather_station.jpg?resize=160%2C112&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gus, over at PiMyLifeUp, has done a great tutorial on setting up a SenseHAT as a weather station. He goes through all the software and the Python code you will need. He&#8217;s also connected it up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.initialstate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Initial State<\/a>\u00a0service so you can see the readings online. <a href=\"https:\/\/pimylifeup.com\/raspberry-pi-weather-station\/\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look at the tutorial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gus, over at PiMyLifeUp, has done a great tutorial on setting up a SenseHAT as a weather station. He goes through all the software and the Python code you will need. 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