Weather Journal
Project & Methodology
Weather Sensitivity Journal helps people record their own perceptions in a consistent format and later compare them with observed weather at the selected approximate location and during the selected time window.
The journal is solely for personal self-observation. It does not provide a diagnosis, treatment, or medical recommendation.
What is recorded
A personal entry connects a voluntarily selected perception with severity, time, approximate location, an expected weather phenomenon, and a prediction window. Free-text notes remain private.
Categories create a consistent journal structure without asserting a health meaning. People describe their own perception; the system does not assess the person.
How weather comparison works
- The user records a perception and a weather expectation.
- The selected time window passes without the result being edited retrospectively.
- Hourly Open-Meteo values are retrieved for the rounded location and time window.
- Defined thresholds for precipitation, pressure, temperature, humidity, wind, and storm indicators produce a match, partial match, or no match.
The result only describes whether the expected weather phenomenon was measurable during the selected window. It does not establish a medical or causal relationship.
Map and community
The map presents aggregated signals within a selected radius. Public signals are spatially rounded and combined. Exact locations, identities, and personal notes do not appear on the map.
Rank levels refer to how earlier weather expectations compared with later weather data. They are a playful quality indicator, not an assessment of a person's health or credibility.
Data sources and limitations
The current weather view and retrospective comparison use weather data from Open-Meteo. Map presentation uses OpenStreetMap tiles.
Weather models, observation networks, rounded coordinates, and subjective entries can be incomplete or imprecise. Results are therefore journal prompts, not scientific or medical conclusions.
Privacy principles
- As few required fields as practical.
- Approximate rather than exact public location display.
- No publication of personal notes or identities.
- Account deletion and transparent privacy information in the app.
- Advertising remains disabled until policy review and a Google-certified consent solution are complete. Any later ad placement is intended only for public information pages, not the personal journal or community signals.