I built a weather site for the Eastern Caribbean

Name: I built a weather site for the Eastern Caribbean
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Author: ashitlerferad

by ashitlerferad·Apr 9, 2026·12 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidNiche Gem

Tropical climate tuning is valid, but Weather.com and Windy already dominate this space.

Strengths

•Recognizes temperate climate defaults fail for tropical regions—82°F feels different in humidity.
•Simple stack (PHP, MySQL, Leaflet) means fast load times and easy maintenance for a regional site.

Weaknesses

•Site behind Cloudflare bot verification—can't assess actual UX or data quality without clearing it.
•Weather data is commoditized; Visual Crossing API is available to anyone building similar tools.

Post Description

I built a weather and hurricane tracking site for the Eastern Caribbean islands (https://dewedda.com). PHP, MySQL, Cloudflare, Visual Crossing API, Leaflet.js for maps.

The interesting part wasn't the stack. It was realizing how much the interpretation layer matters when you're building for a specific region. Wind descriptions, "feels like" calculations, condition summaries, all tuned for temperate climates by default. I've been reworking them for the Eastern Caribbean audience.

Wrote about what I learned: https://hydn.dev/82-degrees-feels-like/