Updates to the site
Over time, some errors slipped in, and, as usual, they need to be fixed. So this page shows what is been worked on this month.
Rain Total
In Australia, we calculate daily rainfall from 9 am to 9 am. I guess nobody wanted to get up at midnight, so a typical AU sleep-in is required.
The new dashboard (Dayboro Weather Hub) had an error: the 24-hour rain was shown, not for today. That is fixed now.
Evening Market Intelligence
The commodity tracking was not working correctly; it uses 10 years of historical data and updates every day. Then the Gann method is applied and recommends (only for entertainment purposes) the trend and recommendation.
We now fixed that to work properly. As a member, you can subscribe to the email reports here. Did I mention it is only $3.95 per month?
Read more about this report here.
10/01/2026
Still some issues with daily data collection and AUD-to-USD conversions to keep the report values consistent in a single currency. I think I figured it out… time will tell.
Directory Buddy
Added to Open Now & Emergency the local firewardens. When you click Open Now & Emergency in the Directory section of Dayboro Buddy, you will see the numbers, and they are all clickable to dial for your convenience.
Updated the Justice of the Peace section; all justice of the peace numbers and names are now listed. These numbers are also click-to-dial.
Phone number protection is now implemented:
How it works:
- Business Cards – Show “📞 Tap for details” instead of the actual number (scrapers can’t see it)
- Business Details Modal – Phone shows as a clickable button:
- 🔒 Tap to reveal number
- Click reveals: (07) 3456 7890 + 📞 Call button
- Protection method:
- Phone stored as base64 in data-phone attribute (not plain text)
- Only decoded when user clicks
- Bots/scrapers see encoded gibberish, not phone numbers
- Emergency numbers (000, Police, SES, etc.) remain visible – they’re public services
Garden Buddy
Updated Garden Buddy to match the complete webpage; members can view full details. Non-members only get a small subset.
On the website, we show what to plant and whether it is a good idea to grow, based on current, medium, and long-term forecasts. For each vegetable, we provide details such as germination time, early growth, main growth, etc.
Smart Irrigation
Added/updated the Dayboro Smart Irrigation Guide, to help you decide if you should irrigate your veggies or not.
We, obviously, use past, current, medium-term (7days) and long-term forecasts to give you advice if you should irrigate or not.
Pest and Disease
When growing veggies, there will be uninvited guests that want to eat for free. Generally, these depend on what you plant and the weather conditions.
For that reason, I have created the pest & disease alert system. It is a guide, not a gospel. Like with all the information on this website… use for educational purposes only.
Percipitation
The 2mm precipitation was confusing, I have to admit. I fielded some “pokes” about that, so I have now removed the 2mm showing in the perception column.
New logic:
- Precipitation amount only shows if POP ≥ 40% AND amount ≥ 2mm
- POP percentage only shows if ≥ 40%
- Otherwise, the precipitation column shows empty
Notifications
One thing I kept hearing was this:
“I like Dayboro Buddy… but I don’t always remember to check it.”
Fair enough. Weather, fire danger, storms, events — they don’t wait for anyone. So instead of making you chase information, Dayboro Buddy can now push the important stuff straight to your phone or tablet.
No social media.
No algorithms.
No noise.
Just local alerts, when they actually matter.
This is a members-only feature
Push notifications are available to Dayboro Weather Report members.
That keeps the system reliable, quiet, and useful — and it avoids the spammy mess most apps turn into.
If you’re not already a member, you can join here:
👉 Join Dayboro Weather Reports ($3.95/month)
https://dayboro.au/membership-checkout/?level=4
Once you’re signed in, push notifications are available immediately.
Where to find notification settings (important)
This trips people up, so here it is clearly.
You do not set notifications from a separate page or menu.
You do it inside Dayboro Buddy itself.
Go to https://app.dayboro.au
Make sure you are signed in
At the top of the screen, tap Settings (in the Dayboro Buddy header)
Scroll to Push Notifications
Toggle Enable Push Notifications
Choose the alerts you want
Tap Save Preferences
That’s it.
What you can be notified about
You’re fully in control. Tick what matters, leave the rest off.
Weather alerts
Severe weather (storms, cyclones, floods)
Lightning & thunderstorm warnings
High temperature alerts (35°C+)
Low temperature / frost alerts (5°C−)
Heavy rainfall warnings (25mm+)
High wind warnings (50km/h+)
Fire danger ratings (High+)
Daily forecast summary
Community & events
What’s On Today
Weekly events digest
Urgent community notices
Garden & rural
Garden tips & alerts
Livestock heat stress warnings
If you don’t want an alert — don’t tick it. Simple.
This dashboard displays lightning strikes as they happen across Southeast Queensland, helping you monitor approaching storms and make informed decisions about outdoor activities, livestock management, and property safety.
We track storms within a 400km radius of Dayboro Centre.
I’ve added atomic writes to prevent the race condition that caused the data not to be displayed.
Sensors of channel
Some sensors are somewhat temperamental; they always have been, so I am awaiting a 433 MHz antenna. Should arrive soon.
Because some of my reports rely on these sensors, it is important that I get the data… until then, the reports will be chunky and not quite correct. That said… I seem to have troubles getting it right lately…. time will tell.
We recently identified and resolved a technical issue affecting the accuracy of our forecast calculations.
A combination of factors contributed to the problem: a data processing error was incorrectly
converting rainfall measurements, and a configuration change in our forecasting system temporarily caused temperature data to be recorded in the wrong format. Both issues have now been
corrected.
As our system uses a 30-day rolling analysis period, you may notice the accuracy scores fluctuate over the coming weeks as the affected data ages out and is replaced with correctly
processed information.
The forecasts themselves remain reliable and detailed—only the accuracy-comparison calculations were affected. We expect scores to stabilise and return to their
normal levels within 2-3 weeks.
