Announcements
May 10, 2024
🎉 Welcome to the new site 🎉
Wow… Klimat finally has an updated site. Its been a long time coming 😅. Huge thanks to a friend to wants to remain nameless for now. If you happen to need help with site design, shoot me an email and I’ll see if I can talk him into another project 😃
I hope you find the site as refreshing as I do and, as always, if you have any questions shoot me an email.
Cheers,
Scott
scott@klimat.app
March 13, 2024
Finding Your Weather Provider
You can now check current weather from all of Klimat's providers at-once and compare the results, making it easier to find the one that's best for you. All you need to do is head over to your settings page and click 'Get Current Weather'.
Cheers,
Scott
scott@klimat.app
March 3, 2024
Mins-n-Maxs
Klimat can now return the minimum and maximum observed readings for temperature, wind speed, UV index, etc! No more messing around with start, middle, end, etc (unless you want to ;) ) just drop in the minimum observed or maximum observed fields of your choice.
As always, if you have any questions shoot me an email.
Cheers,
Scott
scott@klimat.app
February 5, 2024
Announcing Two New Weather Providers
Klimat now has 2 more weather providers: Apple Weather and WeatherAPI.
Apple Weather requires a bit of work translating for each language, so if you find that your native language isn't supported (you'll get a popup notification) please let me know! It takes less than 10 minutes to get it straightened out.
Cheers,
Scott
scott@klimat.app
October 11, 2023
Introducing Emails from Klimat
Klimat can now send emails! It will notify you of account status and, on occasion, about new features. Admittedly, this one took me a very, very long time. I built Klimat to be privacy-first, so I didn't want to collect or send emails, but this feels like the right choice for the community now.
You can always opt-opt or remove your email from the system. Feel free to shoot me an email if there are any specific things you'd like to be notified of.
Cheers,
Scott
scott@klimat.app
August 16, 2023
Air Density, now in Klimat!
Klimat now calculates the air density! I know the cyclists out there will be interested in this, maybe others too?
Drop a line and let me know how you use air density: scott@klimat.app.
Cheers,
Scott
August 11, 2023
Altitude-Corrected Pressure, now in Klimat
I was surprised when a Klimat community member pointed out that pressure readings from weather providers were sea-level pressure, not pressure for your altitude - it still kinda surprises me. It took a while, but I finally had a chance to really dig into this and the result is a new Klimat metric!
Klimat now calculates the pressure for the altitude of your activity. That’s right, you can now add altitude-corrected pressure to your weather 😃
Cheers,
Scott
scott@klimat.app
March 26, 2023
What’s your status?
Thanks to the awesome folks at Instatus, Klimat now has a status page. Now you can check if everything is operating normally whenever you'd like :). Just head on over to it any time.
Cheers,
Scott
March 2, 2023
Flags in Klimat
You can now add flags to your weather, e.g. 🇦🇺, 🇳🇴, 🇺🇸.
Cheers,
Scott
February 5, 2023
Updates
A few updates...
AccuWeather's 'feels like' temperature is now fixed. Previously it would report the same 'feels like' temperature as the actual temperature. This was due to an API issue. All is well now.
You can now add a separator between location title and the activity title. Look for Include Location Separator in the settings.
Dark Sky is gone. All community members using Dark Sky were switched over to OpenWeather. If you find OpenWeather isn't reliable in your area please choose a different weather provider.Cheers,
Cheers,
Scott
November 8, 2022
Dark Sky is leaving the building
Dark Sky will no longer be available as a weather provider very soon. In-short, Apple bought them a while ago and they're phasing out Dark Sky in place of Apple's weather, more details are available here. I will look into adding Apple weather in the future.
All Klimat community members currently using Dark Sky will be switched to OpenWeather in the coming weeks.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me, scott@klimat.app.
Best,
Scott
April 13, 2022
More about free plan changes
Klimat's free plan now only processes 90 activities. Once a free account has processed 90 activities a subscription will be required to process additional activities. Everyone's activity counts started at zero today no matter when you connected Klimat or how many of your activities it had already processed.
As mentioned, premium will remain $5/year.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me, scott@klimat.app.
Best,
Scott
April 10, 2022
Free plan changes
Klimat's free plan will soon change to only process 60 90 activities. Once a free account has processed 60 90 activities a subscription will be required to process additional activities. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Unfortunately, there is a disproportionate amount of free users that account for the vast majority the costs and I have to ensure that Klimat continues to cover those costs.
Klimat's premium plan will stay $5/year.
As always, if you have any questions do not hesitate to email me, scott@klimat.app.
Best,
Scott
June 21, 2021
More about Dark Sky
More credit where it's due. Dark Sky has extended API support for another year. That means Klimat will have access to Dark Sky's data until the end of 2022. This is awesome, and further proof they're a great group of people.
Cheers,
Scott
April 7, 2021
Lost your weather?
This one is for the Strava community.
For a long time Klimat has reprocessed activities for the Strava users, adding back weather that was removed by other Strava apps or by random edits. This was automatic and was something most people wanted, but, as one community member recently pointed out, would be much-improved if people could decide for themselves. So now you can. Simply set 'Reprocessing' to 'Yes' or 'No' in your settings.
Unfortunately, this feature is only available to subscribers. If you run into issues with weather disappearing (most people do not) please consider supporting Klimat by subscribing. It's Klimat's supporters that keep it running.
Best,
Scott
March 7, 2021
Choices
Replacing Dark Sky with one weather provider just didn't feel right so I decided to take Dark Sky going away as an opportunity to expand Klimat's weather providers. Premium members can now choose between Weatherstack and OpenWeather, in addition to AccuWeather. I hope everyone is able to find a provider that works well for them.
Cheers,
Scott
PS - Let me know if you have a favorite weather provider, scott@klimat.app.
January 7, 2021
Mid-activity weather
Yup, another one that's been on the checklist for entirely too long... Klimat now can add weather from the middle of your activity!
Cheers,
Scott
December 11, 2021
and now presenting… Decathlon!
October 28, 2020
Upcoming changes
As you may know, Dark Sky will not be available for anyone to use at the end of 2021. In short, Apple bought them and they're no longer allowing apps or websites to use their data. The news was a bit of a bummer, but the notice they gave everyone (over 18 months) was awesome - they're doing it the right way. I'm currently working to replace Dark Sky and, hopefully, will have the changes complete in the next month or so. When the time comes, I will move everyone that uses Dark Sky to the new weather provider. Anyone using AccuWeather will not be affected.
At the same time I will also simplify a few things around air quality.
If you have any questions please email me, (scott@klimat.app).
Cheers,
Scott
September 10, 2020
Nolio!!!
September 3, 2020
Payments
Ok, payments aren't exactly the most exciting thing in the world, but handling them in a way that is secure and easy is critical. After everything I've learned running Klimat for the past 2 years I've decided to use FastSpring for payments. FastSpring accepts more payment types (credit card, PayPal, Amazon pay, ... Apple/Google pay coming soon :) ), does so securely, localizes your checkout experience and handles a lot of complex backend things that I don't really want to spend time on. Simply put, it's a complete solution. So now I can spend more time making Klimat better for all of you (and me too!).
Please note that existing subscriptions paid via Stripe or PayPal will continue to work as they always have.
If you have any questions, concerns or just want to say 'hi' please email me (scott@klimat.app).
Thank you for your continued support.
Best,
Scott
August 19, 2020
Suunto!
A massive announcement summed up in 4 words: Klimat works with Suunto!
Cheers,
Scott
PS - Have an app you want Klimat added to? Shoot me an email scott@klimat.app.
May 1, 2020
It’s your data
Subscribers can now export their weather data from Klimat! Head over to your activities page to download your activity weather.
Shoot me an email with any questions, curiosities or randomness, scott@klimat.app.
Happy Friday,
Scott
April 9, 2020
Air Quality + 💚🧡❤️
No sooner did I release air quality then people asked if I would add emojis for them. It made total sense, but I wondered what to use. A little while later an awesome Klimat member suggested heart emojis... perfect! So here you go.
As always, if you have any questions, or just want to say hi, shoot me an email, scott@klimat.app.
Cheers,
Scott
April 1, 2020
Apple buys Dark Sky
Klimat uses Dark Sky so you may be wondering how this affects your weather... Thankfully, the answer is simple. It doesn't until the end of 2021. After that Klimat will no longer be able to use Dark Sky for weather, but that's ok. The advanced warning gives me time to get things squared away with another weather provider.
Dark Sky deserves credit here - more than a year-and-a-half notice is amazing.
If you have any questions just shoot me an email, scott@klimat.app.
Happy Friday,
Scott
March 21, 2020
Ride with GPS
And now Klimat works with Ride With GPS!
Just like with Strava way back when, and then Under Armour Connected Fitness a few weeks ago, I'm giving away premium features to the first group of Ride With GPS users! All you need to do is connect your account - the rest happens automatically.
Cheers,
Scott
March 5, 2020
Freebie!
When Klimat started I gave away premium features to the first group of Strava users as a 'thank you'. It only seemed right, they helped me get off the ground.
Now that Klimat works with Under Armour Connected Fitness (MapMyRun, MapMyRide, MapMyFitness, MapMyWalk) it only feels right to do the same once again. I'm giving away premium features to the first group of Under Armour users! All you need to do is connect your account - the rest happens automatically.
Thanks again for all your support and don't hesitate to email me with anything, even if you just want to say 'hi'. I love hearing from you all.
Cheers,
Scott
February 25, 2020
Under Armour Connected Fitness!
About 6 months ago people started asking me to bring Klimat to other platforms. It starts today. Klimat is now available to the entire Under Armour Connected Fitness community! (MapMyRun, MapMyRide, MapMyFitness, MapMyWalk)
Stay tuned. More platforms are coming...
Cheers,
Scott
February 22, 2020
Air Quality data in Klimat
It's late here so I'm keeping this very brief. Klimat now includes air quality data from AirVisual! The template keys are:
:airquality.epaAQI - Air quality index value based on US EPA standard.
:airquality.epaPrimaryPollutant - The main pollutant for EPA AQI.
:airquality.cnAQI - Air quality index value based on China MEP standard.
:airquality.cnPrimaryPollutant - The main pollutant for China AQI.
Head over to your settings page to update your template today!
As always, email if you have any questions, scott@klimat.app.
Cheers,
Scott
PS - A huge THANK YOU to Klimat's subscribers - this wouldn't be possible without each of you.
January 13, 2020
Altitude (new year, new data)
Start and end weather are very informative, but there are times they don't tell the whole story. Altitude can play a big role too. To support this Klimat now extracts full weather conditions at an activity’s minimum and maximum altitude and makes them available just like start and end weather conditions. The template keys are “:minaltitude.” and “:maxaltitude.“.
E.g. :minaltitude.temperature, :minaltitude.windDirection, :minaltitude.weatherIcon, :maxaltitude.windSpeed
Head over to your settings page to see how altitude affects your weather!
Please email if you have any questions, scott@klimat.app.
Cheers,
Scott
October 24, 2019
Start city/region
Here's one more requested by a few folks. Subscribers can now include the activity's start city/region in their titles. Head over to the settings page if you want to enable it.
Please note that there are times that the city/region isn't available. For example, when you're swimming in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. When this happens Klimat will not add anything.
As always, email if you have any questions, scott@klimat.app.
Cheers,
Scott
October 7, 2019
Thresholds
Subscribers have been asking for this one for quite a while. To be honest, I've wanted it too :)
The ability to configure when end weather is included for an activity... it's a simple concept. If an activity is short end weather probably doesn't matter, but if you're on a multi-hour epic run/ride then it probably does. So you can now configure exactly when end weather will kick in. Head over to your settings page to update things and, as always, shoot me an email with any questions you have, scott@klimat.app.
Cheers,
Scott
September 8, 2019
Behind the scenes
Its been a few months since my last blog entry so what's been going on? A bunch of behind-the-scenes work... I took a bit of time to move to Strava's (new) more secure authentication system. I also fixed a few bugs here-n-there and made things a bit more scalable. Basically a bunch of nerdy stuff :)
Now that it's all done I'm hoping to get back to features in the next few weeks. Stay tuned.
Cheers,
Scott
June 4, 2019
Translations
This one is long overdue... I've finally added localization for free users!
This also means I could use some help. If you aren't seeing weather entirely in your native language please email me, scott@klimat.app. I only need a few words and phrases translated to fix that.
Na Zdrowie!
April 8, 2019
Weather providers
A big change with a little announcement - sorry, I'm not feeling verbose this Monday. Accuweather is available in Klimat subscribers can now choose their weather provider!
Cheers,
Scott
March 11, 2019
⚡Now with even more Emojis⚡
You can now add Emojis to activity titles in Strava - and this is a free feature!
I also reworked the settings page to be a little cleaner. Go check it all out, and if you have any questions shoot me an email.
Best,
Scott
February 19, 2019
A few new details
Klimat now has average temperature and average apparent temperature fields. Go give them a try.
Janurary 29, 2019
Got the time?
You can now add the activity start and end times to your weather in either 12 or 24 hour format. Go give it a try!
December 28, 2018
Wind direction arrows
It's the little things in life... in this case those little things are arrows... Klimat has arrows for wind direction! (↓, ↙, ←, ↖, ↑, ↗, →, ↘) Go update your template!
Please note that the arrows may look slightly different on different devices, no worries though, they'll always be pointed in the right direction.
December 18, 2018
‘Tis the season…
Life gets busy, especially this time of year. In the middle of it all I'd like to thank to all of you - Klimat's awesome users. If you ever have any questions or just want to say 'hi' email me - I love hearing from you. I'm working on a few really cool new features for 2019. Stay tuned...
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Scott
November 16, 2018
Activity feel
Activity Feel is a measure of what it really felt like when you were out there. Klimat extracts details from your activity and the weather and uses them to calculate the temperature you actually felt during your activity.
Get outside and give it a try!
November 14, 2018
“It kinda feels like a product now”
The past month has been a bit rough. If you follow me on Strava you’ll notice I haven’t ridden much. The combination of a few months of stress ending and the kids oversharing their germs left me with pneumonia. I’m finally getting over that and hope to return to cycling in about a week. I can’t wait.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that I had extra time to work on Klimat!
If you used the first version of the service you know it was really simple - no configuration, no settings management - but it worked. People got their weather at-a-glance, in their Strava feed on their device.
In the past month I added a settings page where you can define exactly how you want your weather, an activities page where you can see what conditions you’ve been exercising in and fixed a few odd issues around how Strava deals with data from different devices. I also added a subscription for advanced features to offset the costs of running the service. Klimat is starting to feel like a real product. Neat.
Have something you’d like added to Klimat?
Send me an email, info@klimat.app.
October 16, 2018
Beginnings…
Note - This has been abbreviated.
Hi. I'm Scott and I created Klimat. So where did it come from?
In August 2018 I realized my Strava feed didn't have weather info in it. It felt like something was lacking and a quick test seemed to indicate that other people wanted it too. Strava has awesome APIs, so I built Klimat.
What does Klimat mean?
Klimat means 'climate' in Swedish. I used Swedish because Strava means 'strive' in Swedish. I thought it'd be cool to choose a name that had the same lineage.
Cheers,
Scott