Well, now I have managed to make my database read-only:

Jan 22 22:54:02 linux-3wjh weewxd[7035]: ERROR weewx.manager: Unable to add 
record 2026-01-22 13:00:00 EST (1769104800)>

Can I use the weectl database command to fix this?
On Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 12:27:56 AM UTC-5 Jim Wilkerson wrote:

> Hi, thanks for the tip.
>
> I removed the old reports in
>
> /var/www/html/weewx
>
> Reinstalled 5.2.0  (openSUSE 15.6 repos)
>
> Noticed that my weewx.conf was still
>
> # Do not modify this. It is used when installing and updating weewx.
> version = 4.10.2
>
> Fixed that with the new weewx.conf from the 5.2.0 install
>
> # This configuration file was created by ...
> version = 5.2.0
>
> As per
>
> https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.2/usersguide/where/
>
> I set the skins to the absolute path on my system
>
> [StdReport]
>     
>     # Where the skins reside, relative to WEEWX_ROOT
>     SKIN_ROOT = /usr/share/weewx/weewx_data/skins
>     
>     # Where the generated reports should go, relative to WEEWX_ROOT
>     HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx
>
> The web page runs again (also had an Apache issue to resolve) but the 
> Monthly reports still show the gaps as prevoius, example:
>
> MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for Nov 2025 NAME: Cary, NC USA ELEV: 348 
> feet LAT: 35-47.90 N LONG: 078-50.46 W TEMPERATURE (F), RAIN (in), WIND 
> SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME 
> DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 
> 26 27 42.6 52.1 14:30 32.9 00:00 22.4 0.0 0.00 0.9 15.0 16:30 338 28 36.7 
> 46.2 14:00 28.8 07:30 28.3 0.0 0.00 0.9 18.0 10:30 329 29 34.9 45.5 14:00 
> 23.9 07:00 30.1 0.0 0.00 0.3 9.0 10:30 98 30 44.9 54.9 13:00 36.8 02:00 
> 20.1 0.0 0.25 0.1 7.0 14:00 304 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> 39.3 54.9 30 23.9 29 100.8 0.0 0.25 0.5 18.0 28 338
>
> That data had been showing on the other system (which was mostly a mirror 
> as this one)
>
> One thing I do notice though is before I was only seeing Monthly Data up 
> to May 2023, now I see it 27 Dec 2024.
>
> I working on learning the sqlite syntax.... I assume the above command is 
> a generic example...
>
> On Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 4:22:24 PM UTC-5 Tom Keffer wrote:
>
>> Not a lot of information here, but assuming you're running the Seasons 
>> report, and assuming that by "Monthly report" you mean the NOAA reports, 
>> one thing you could try is deleting all of the generated files and let 
>> WeeWX recreate them. This will ensure that what you're seeing is what is 
>> truly in the database.
>>
>> As for seeing what records are in the database, that could be a very long 
>> list indeed --- perhaps hundreds of thousands or even millions of records. 
>> For a shorter summar, you could ask it for which months it has any record 
>> at all. Assuming that you are using SQLite and that you have the tool 
>> "sqlite3" installed, use it to look inside the database. Assuming that you 
>> did a package install (not pip), then this would look like:
>>
>> *sqlite3 /var/lib/weewx/weewx.sdb*
>> sqlite> *select distinct 
>> strftime("%Y-%m",dateTime,'unixepoch','localtime') from archive;*
>> sqlite> *.quit*
>>
>> Depending on how long you've been using your database, this could a 
>> hundred lines or so.
>>
>> If you want even finer detail and wish to see which days have data, you 
>> could do
>>
>> sqlite> *select distinct date(dateTime,'unixepoch','localtime') from 
>> archive;*
>>
>> But be prepared, this could list thousands of lines.
>>
>> I've made a lot of assumptions above. If any are wrong come back with 
>> more information.
>>
>> -tk
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 9:34 PM Jim Wilkerson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I recent had an event where I needed to move my weewx database to a 
>>> different drive. 
>>>
>>> I had first started the backup system, which had not been up since about 
>>> May 2023.
>>>
>>> Once I copied the database over to the new location and restarted weewx, 
>>> all starts but when I look in the web UI the Monthly Reports show no data 
>>> from 28 May 2023 (the last time the system was apparently up, until 25 Nov 
>>> 2025/
>>>
>>> How can I list the database records to make sure they are intact, then 
>>> get the historical data to be viewable once more on the Web UI reports?
>>>
>>> Weewx version 5.2.0
>>> openSUSE LEAP 15.6
>>>
>>> <code>
>>> # weectl database check
>>> Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>> Checking daily summary tables version...
>>> Daily summary tables are at version 4.0.
>>> Interval Weighting Fix is not required.</code>
>>>
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