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+pywws Weather Data for Falkensee, Germany
+=========================================
+
+This is raw weather data read from a privately owned WH1080 type weather
+station located in Falkensee, Germany.
+
+There's data from mid-October 2008 to mid-February 2013 and then from
+end of July 2016 onwards.
+
+The barometric pressure seems to be about 4.8 hPa lower than what the
+nearest airport (EDDT/TXL) measures.
+
+You can use [pywws](https://github.com/jim-easterbrook/pywws) to visualise
+the data or calculate average values per month/day/year.
+
+This data is licensed under a [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
+