Simple Backyard Weather You Actually Own
Palmetto Telemetry Systems was founded in Jacksonville, Florida with one clear goal: to make personal weather stations simple, dependable, and subscription-free.
Why The Palmetto? Engineered for Florida Resilience
The Sabal Palmetto is Florida's official state tree—legendary for its unmatched natural survival engineering. While rigid oak branches splinter and pine trees snap in Category 5 hurricanes, the palmetto's fibrous, flexible trunk bends with the gale, sheds non-critical fronds, and stands tall through the storm.
We chose the Palmetto as our namesake and emblem because personal weather monitoring must be just as resilient. Built to endure Florida salt air, tropical torrential rains, and hurricane-force gusts, Palmetto Telemetry Systems gives homeowners sovereign, hyper-local data that stays online when the power grid and municipal sensors go dark.
Zero Monthly Subscriptions
When you buy a PTS station, you own it completely. We do not charge monthly subscription fees, software fees, or cloud fees. Your indoor smart hub keeps all your weather history safely stored right inside your home.
Solar-Charged with Internal Battery Backup
Most weather stations run on small disposable batteries that die during freezing winter nights, forcing you to climb dangerous ladders. PTS stations use solar harvesting paired with internal rechargeable battery backup. If you ever experience weeks of heavy overcast winter skies, a simple USB-C top-up gets you right back up and running with no disposable battery swaps required.
Personal Setup Help Right in Your Neighborhood
We are local to Greater Jacksonville and St. Johns County, FL. If you want a hand getting your station mounted on your roof or fence, our local installation team will personally come to your home, install the mount safely, and get your phone and tablet connected in minutes.
Open Meteorological & Community Ecosystem
Palmetto Telemetry Systems believes local weather data belongs to the homeowner while creating immense value when pooled into open, high-density scientific networks. We support open data exchange across meteorological networks:
Siting community stations into NOAA's Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) and Citizen Weather Observing Program (CWOP) for National Weather Service research.
Direct REST exchange linking Palmetto backyard nodes with 100,000+ commercial, DOT, and university mesonets across the southeastern United States.
Volunteer community precipitation integration and open weather platforms for hyper-local microclimate cross-calibration.