I was recently in touch with the Met Office about the up coming changes,
The questions I asked were
The questions I asked were
"Hi
Looking for some clarification on a couple of points
I currently upload my weather station data to my site (Well Road
Weather ID: 20250914g153qzwtpoe9bk1rxusa41wapr) on the Met Office WOW Will
the DataPoint retirement affect this ? If do how do I continue to submit
Data ?
I also currently download a 7 day forecast from the MET office will
this continue or will I have to access it a different way.
I used to be able to upload weather cam images to WOW by FTP but this
no longer seems to work, is it discontinued? if so will there be an
alternative method available ?
Any information/help would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards
Jimi Lawson "
The answers received today (14/09/25) are:
"On 14/09/2025 14:53, Enquiries wrote:
Hi Jimi,
Thank you for your email. To answer your questions:
No, the removal of DataPoint will not affect uploading data to WOW.
A service called Weather DataHub will be taking over from DataPoint,
through there you can download forecasts. Please see further information
here: https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/
The WOW FTP server has been retired. If anyone wishes to upload webcam
images they'll have to use their own FTP server. Steps for this can be
found here: https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/support/webcams
I hope the above helps.
Kind regards,
Jennifer
Weather Desk
Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter Devon EX1 3PB United Kingdom
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On Sunday, 14 September 2025 at 08:39:03 UTC+1 John Smith wrote:
> I haven't seen anything from wow.metoffice.gov.uk, but on
> https://wow.meteo.be/en/ it has the following pop-up:
>
> The UK Met Office will soon stop managing WOW’s central data. With WOW-BE
> reboot, the RMI is preparing the platform for an independent future. This
> new system now runs in parallel with the old system. On December 1, 2025,
> the old platform will be disconnected.
> WOW-BE reboot is faster, simpler, and built for the future. You can now
> easily register your weather station in Dutch, French, or English, and
> measure new variables like solar radiation. Everything is open and ready
> for the community!
> 👉 Register your weather station today to stay connected in the future.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Sept 2025 at 12:51, 'John Kline' via weewx-user <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It is my understanding that the DataPoint API is going away (i.e.,
>> accessing data).
>>
>> I am not aware that the ability to upload observations is going away.
>> Where are you reading this?
>>
>> On Sep 13, 2025, at 6:25 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 14 Sept 2025 at 09:48, Glenn McKechnie <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the heads up.
>>>
>>> Account creation was easy enough, Although their timezone selection
>>> didn't seem to work until the account was actually created? No matter, it
>>> just meant a revisit and an edit to their profile section after the site
>>> was generated.
>>>
>>> I used your suggested edits but I duplicated the restx WOW section
>>> therefore I have both uploads happening. Belts and braces :-)
>>>
>>
>> I thought about doing that but if they're planning to turn it off soon,
>> is there much point as the data is going to be deleted, not able to be
>> transferred. anyway.
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