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RUN 2 minutes ago 21.10.2026 22:29

CH1Measured temperature, last 24 h min 5,07 · max 15,50 °C Shade estimate Raining now, 22:19-22:29
24 h ago now

Measured inside the radiation shield. The shade estimate subtracts the modelled heating of the shield. Compare with Mikulka.

Channels

last 24 h · 10 min windows · min / max over 24 h

Temperature

CH1

8,15°C

min
5,07
max
15,50
Δ/h
−0,94

SHT4x, in the shield. Dew point 6,79 °C.

Humidity

CH2

91,17%

min
65,67
max
92,79
Δ/h
−0,15

SHT4x, relative humidity.

Pressure, MSL

CH3

1 012,16hPa

min
1 006,49
max
1 012,41
Δ/h
+1,12

BMP280 indoors, reduced to sea level.

Noise, LAeq

CH4

60,5dB(A)

min
40,9
max
71,1
Δ/h
−1,6

INMP441 in the shield. Rain heard now.

Light

AUX

1lx

min
0
max
2 248
Δ/h
+0

VEML7700 in the shield, behind the louvers.

Measuring the air beyond the shield

How closely can this balcony station estimate outdoor air temperature after correcting for heating inside its radiation shield?

An ESP32 on an east-facing balcony in Plzeň records temperature and humidity with an SHT4x in a radiation shield, and pressure with a BMP280 indoors. It samples every 30 seconds and sends a ten-minute summary. Light and sound are recorded alongside these measurements.

The graphs show the original sensor readings alongside a shade estimate from a correction calibrated for this shield and its position on the balcony. The estimate appears only when a valid calibration and enough light history are available.

ČHMÚ Plzeň-Mikulka, about 3.5 km away, is the professional temperature reference for developing and evaluating the correction. Differences in location and microclimate remain part of that comparison.

Explore the measurement history

How the station is wired: SHT4x, VEML7700 and BMP280 on I2C, INMP441 on I2S, all wired to the ESP32-WROOM-32, which uploads over HTTPS to the Laravel API, PostgreSQL and this page. RADIATION SHIELD · OUTDOOR SHT4x Temperature, humidity CH1 CH2 0x44 VEML7700 Light AUX 0x10 INMP441 MEMS microphone CH4 BASE BOARD · INDOOR BMP280 Pressure CH3 0x76 U1 ESP32-WROOM-32 ESP32_DEV · fw 4.0.0 I2C I2S Wi-Fi sample every 30 s fold into 10 min I2C · SDA 21 · SCL 22 I2S · SCK 26 · WS 25 · SD 33 SERVER HTTPS Laravel API validates, stores PostgreSQL readings, events Dashboard Livewire, this page
Signal path · each dot is data on the move, in its channel's colour I2C · I2S · HTTPS

Station status

ACQ RUN report 21.10.2026 22:30 RSSI −67 dBm uptime 21 d 8 h buffered 1 failures 0 fw 4.0.0 Station report

Where it is

Plzeň-Slovany · within 800 m