changelog

1.7beta2 February 10, 2026
All bug fixes.

1.7beta1 January 18, 2026

Addition of Pirate Weather (https://pirateweather.net/en/latest/) as a (limited free) forecast service option to replace Darksky

New in this version:
- Back end Pirate Weather API fetch/read logic
- Improvements to API calls for both forecast sources
- Front end processing of Pirate Weather forecast data (current conditions/1hr/24hr)
- Some page formatting logic to display the current conditions icon and format 7 day forecast (forecast descriptions are longer in PW)
- Forecasts now scroll horizontally on mobile
- Versions are now marked as New Belchertown to better distinguish this fork from the original

1.6 November 26, 2025

Minor bug fixes for specific circumstances. Most notable changes are code standardization/modernization. 

**Support for WeeWx < 5.0 is dropped by this release!** Minimum WeeWx version is now 5.0.

1.5 November 7, 2025

First new version release to New Belchertown -- much thanks to contributors! Many minor bug fixes, documentation updates, and coding changes.

Notable new features courtesy of @pablos-here:
- Ability to refresh "Current Conditions" portion of forecast more frequently if desired. These options can be set from weewx.conf or skin.conf.
- More granular control over forecast location.
- Ability to set units in the default Windy.com radar widget:

Please note: support for WeeWx 3.9 and earlier has been dropped by this release!

Notable bug fixes and tweaks since v1.4:
- Fix for a Cheetah error with sunrise/sunset data
- Fix for a crash that would disable the weatherRange chart on days with no data
- Fix for potential octal/leading zero errors
- Fix for language/locale files by @daudo
- Fix for a crash when Beaufort category was set to display based on wind speed, not wind gust
- Fix for Beaufort category not appearing upon initial page load by @pablos-here
- Tweak that makes the weather records page more accurate when there are gaps in data
- CSS / formatting improvements on different screen sizes by @pablos-here



1.4 June 27, 2025

Start of a new fork, since the old repo is no longer being actively maintained. I'll do my best to keep up with bug fixes and add a few new features! 

New in this version:
- Multiple bug fixes that have been pending
- Multiple code formatting cleanups
- Cardinal directions are now calculated programmatically, instead of relying on a dict
- Display colors are now programmatically calculated on a gradient, depending on set high/low values