10:20–11:10 AM · Radar trails
First, where the rain is going.
Fifty minutes of radar, drawn as trails rather than a blinking loop, so the direction of travel is the first thing you see.
The Weather Story instrument
A naturalist’s instrument for your wall.
A 7.5-inch sheet of e-paper that notices the sky and tells you its story — the pressure sliding before the rain, the week the geese start south. No glow. No app. No subscription, and every view we add later is included.
The first batch is 25 instruments, made to order.
A beta, still under construction. The instrument runs every day on our own desks, and its views are still being redrawn — you’ll see changes land on yours as they ship, no update to install. Preorders are open now; each one is built to order.
- 7.5″
- e-paper panel, 800 × 480
- 16–19
- live views, depending on your city
- 0
- backlight or glow — it reflects the room
- $0
- a month. No subscription
The story, not the data
It reads the weather the way a naturalist would.
A weather app hands you numbers. Weather Story tells you what they mean: why the morning felt cold, what the barometer is about to do, which small season just began. When it is delighting you it talks like a naturalist. When it is protecting you it talks like a dispatcher — a severe warning takes over the whole screen.
Real screens, rendered by the service that drives every instrument. Shown at the panel’s own 1-bit resolution.
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Seven days on one scale. Each bar runs from the day’s low to its high, set against what is normal for the season — so a warm Friday stands out at a glance.
One morning, one storm
A nor’easter, as the instrument told it.
Photographed on a desk on September 26 as an early-season storm came up the coast. Perspective and tone corrected; nothing on the screens changed.
11:07 AM · Stations
Then, what it feels like out there.
Live airport observations around the region: New York at 58° with a north wind gusting to 31, the coast overcast and damp.
Keep a naturalist on the wall.
$199 once — about 55¢ a day for the first year, and nothing after.
The first batch is 25 instruments, made to order.
Why paper
Restraint is the feature.
E-paper reflects the light in your room instead of shining at you, so it reads like a printed page in full sun and disappears into the wall at night. Between refreshes it draws no power to hold the picture. It chimes only for discoveries and warnings, and never between 10 pm and 7 am.
| Weather Story | A weather app | |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Reflects the room, like paper | Shines into your eyes |
| Attention | A glance, when you want one | Notifications, when it wants one |
| What you get | The story behind the numbers | The numbers |
| Where it lives | On the wall, always on view | In your pocket, behind a lock screen |
Setup
Three minutes, then never again.
- 01
Plug it in
USB-C power. The panel wakes with a setup screen.
- 02
Tell it where you are
Join its Wi-Fi from your phone, pick your home network, and enter your ZIP code. That is the whole setup.
- 03
Leave it alone
It refreshes itself every few minutes and pages through the day’s views. Three buttons step forward, back, or refresh when you want to look closer.
The object
Specifications
Only what we have measured. Where we have not measured something, it is not listed.
- Display
- 7.5-inch monochrome e-paper, 800 × 480. Active area 163 × 98 mm. Holds its image with the power off.
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Connectivity
- 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi
- Sensor
- Indoor temperature and humidity, shown alongside the outdoor reading
- Controls
- Three buttons — previous, refresh, next
- Sound
- A soft chime for discoveries and severe alerts. Quiet from 10 pm to 7 am
- Power
- USB-C
- Coverage
- Any U.S. ZIP code. A few views (the NYC watershed, calendar and local satellite) are New York City only
- Updates
- New views arrive from the service; no firmware update needed
- Hardware
- Built on the Seeed Studio reTerminal E1001 (ESP32-S3)
From the notebook
Earlier builds — not what ships.
Photographed on the desk this spring while the instrument was being made. The screens have been redrawn since.
Is it finished?
Not quite — Weather Story is in beta. The hardware is the same unit we run every day, and the views are still being redrawn and added to. Those changes come from the service, so the instrument you receive keeps improving on its own; there is nothing to install. If something reads wrong, write to support@weatherstory.io and a person will fix it.
Is there a subscription?
No. Everything on this page is included, and so is every view we add later. There is no monthly fee.
When will it ship?
Weather Story is made to order. Ships within 4–6 weeks of your order, and we email a tracking number when it leaves the studio.
How many are you making?
The first batch is 25 instruments. When it is spoken for, the next batch opens to the email list first.
Where do you ship?
Anywhere in the United States, free. We do not ship outside the U.S. yet.
Does it work outside New York?
Yes — anywhere in the U.S. by ZIP code. New York City gets three extra local views; everywhere else gets sixteen.
Is it color?
No. It is true black and white, like a printed page — which is why it reads in full sunlight and never glows at night.
What does it need from my home?
USB-C power and a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network. There is no app to install and no account to create.
What if it isn’t for me?
Send it back within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.
Weather Story
$199. Free shipping in the USA.
The instrument, every view on this page, and every view we add later. One payment. Made to order — ships within 4–6 weeks.
The first batch is 25 instruments, made to order.
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