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Ambient Weather Station

The Ambient Weather Station integration retrieves local weather information via personal weather stations from Ambient Weather.

Prerequisites

Using this integration requires both an Application Key and an API Key. To generate both, simply utilize the profile section of your Ambient Weather dashboard.

To add your Ambient Weather PWS to your Home Assistant installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
ambient_station:
  api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
  app_key: YOUR_APPLICATION_KEY

Configuration Variables

api_key string Required

The API key to access the service.

app_key string Required

The Application key to access the service.

Configuration

Adding Ambient Weather Station to your Home Assistant instance can be done via the user interface, by taking the following steps:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • In the sidebar click on Configuration.

  • From the configuration menu select: Integrations.

  • In the bottom right, click on the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, search and select “Ambient Weather Station”.

  • Follow the instruction on screen to complete the set up.

After completing, the Ambient Weather Station integration will be immediately available for use.

Local API Option

This integration communicates with Ambient Weather PWS units via the Ambient Weather Cloud. Users wishing to explore a local option are encouraged to explore the Ecowitt GW1000, a small device that is able to read RF signals directly from the PWS and transmit them to a variety of other applications, including ecowitt2mqtt (which supports MQTT Discovery).