diff --git a/firmware/Weather_Shield_with_GPS/Weather_Shield_with_GPS.ino b/firmware/Weather_Shield_with_GPS/Weather_Shield_with_GPS.ino
index 57c8b2954906393222ce3ce324c63128555c731c..b003fc12990c2471308aacb4a8599d7027bf0e08 100644
--- a/firmware/Weather_Shield_with_GPS/Weather_Shield_with_GPS.ino
+++ b/firmware/Weather_Shield_with_GPS/Weather_Shield_with_GPS.ino
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ void loop()
 
     //Calc the wind speed and direction every second for 120 second to get 2 minute average
     float currentSpeed = get_wind_speed();
+    windspeedmph = currentSpeed; //update global variable for windspeed when using the printWeather() function
     //float currentSpeed = random(5); //For testing
     int currentDirection = get_wind_direction();
     windspdavg[seconds_2m] = (int)currentSpeed;
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ void calcWeather()
   winddir = get_wind_direction();
 
   //Calc windspeed
-  //windspeedmph = get_wind_speed(); //This is calculated in the main loop
+  //windspeedmph = get_wind_speed(); //This is calculated in the main loop on line 193
 
   //Calc windgustmph
   //Calc windgustdir
@@ -463,4 +464,3 @@ void printWeather()
 
 }
 
-