Design and Development of IoT Based Weather and Air Quality Monitoring Station

Abstract

This paper presents the Design and Development of IoT Based Weather and Air Quality Monitoring stations that provide weather-related information for agriculture, and aviation climate forecasting purposes. The prototype is made up of an outdoor unit that consistently monitors numerous climatic variables such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, and air quality using sensors with high accuracy. The air quality index(AQI) is also calculated using the sensors values which tell us whether the atmosphere is safe or polluted. ESP32(Microcontroller) which has a WiFi module is used to gather and send the sensor data through the Internet of things (IoT) to a ThingSpeak channel (IoT cloud), an internet platform where the data is saved, analyzed and read the data remotely. The weather station makes use of photovoltaic power and a rechargeable lead-acid battery to sustain the system. This paper also discusses the obvious strengths and shortcomings of the system and suggests plausible upgrades to assist the system in obtaining higher and long-term performance.