Extract text from WLK files
To convert your WLK file to another format, you need WeatherLink or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Weather Station Log" file type, you need software like WeatherLink or a similar tool.
A .WLK file is a proprietary historical weather data archive created by Davis Instruments WeatherLink software. These files serve as the primary database for storing meteorological records - such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, rainfall, and barometric pressure - collected by weather stations like the Vantage Pro2 and Vantage Vue.
While .WLK files are efficient for storing months or years of sensor data, they pose significant challenges for data analysis. The format is a structured binary database, meaning it is not human-readable; you cannot simply open it in a text editor or import it directly into standard spreadsheet tools like Microsoft Excel. Users often find themselves locked out of their own climate data if they do not have the specific version of the WeatherLink software installed, or if they wish to perform advanced analysis in third-party tools like Python, MATLAB, or Tableau. To make this data accessible and actionable, users typically need to convert .WLK archives into open, universal formats like CSV (Comma-Separated Values) or XLSX spreadsheets.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WLK file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted XLSX, DRS, ARB and STA files.
If you want to convert WLK file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use WeatherLink or similar software from the "Meteorological Data Archiving" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to WLK, try WeatherLink or another comparable tool in the "Meteorological Data Archiving" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our WLK converter.