About This Station
This weather station is privately owned and operated, it
should not be considered an officially recognized station for
weather reporting.
Never base important decisions on information gathered from
this site.
Audley weather station has been recording data since 25th December 2008. During that time I have made a few modifications and general improvements to the positioning of the various sensors.
Hardware
The WH1081 is manufactured by Fine Offset Electronics but has many other brand names around the
world.
Sensors:
The anemometer and wind direction indicator are attached to my
TV aerial.
The raingauge is positioned 2 meters above
ground and 5 meters from the house.
The temperature / humidity sensor is at 1.3
meters and housed in a Stevenson Screen.
All data is transmitted wirelessly every
48 seconds to an indoor base station; The base station also
records barometric pressure; indoor temperature and humidity.
The webcam is a Microsoft LifeCam Studio and is looking East.
Software
The weather station and website is powered by Cumulus, writen
by Steve Loft.
The webcam is powered by YAWCAM.
About Audley
Audley is a pleasant village located in the West Midlands
region of the United Kingdom.
It is a former mining village just 5 miles NW of
Newcastle-Under-Lyme and surrounded by farmland and nature
reserves.
Audley is also a village with an interesting history which could
be traced back to the time of King William I. The first mention
of Audley is in the Doomsday Book of 1086, and at that time was
known as Aldidelege when a Saxon called Gamel held the lands. At
this point in time there were very few settlements in
Staffordshire, and most of these settlements were situated either
on hills or near rivers.
One little known fact about Audley is that it has its very
own forgotten castle. The Normans: who were in the area at the
time built the monument which is now referred to as 'Castle
Hill'.
The iron and coal industries (now extinct) can be
considered as the two main industries which influenced the lives
of the people in Audley.
Population
Audley in 2011 had a population of 3184, the latest estimate is about 3263.
The Audley Parish Registers are rather special as very few
parishes have records dating back to the time when registrations
began in England back in 1538. These registers provide a
continuous record except for the possible under-registration
during the time of the Civil War and Commonwealth.
From 1801 onwards, with the publication of official census, it
was possible to record the population of Audley in much more
detail. Between 1801 and 1901, the population of Audley increased
six-fold from 2246 to 13918. After 1911, the population of Audley
began to decline, mainly because people were leaving the district
to seek employment elsewhere.