diff --git a/bmsapp/periodic_scripts/ambientweather.py b/bmsapp/periodic_scripts/ambientweather.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a42a7a43d3662edb5d4b5c65ad9d021b72e699b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bmsapp/periodic_scripts/ambientweather.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Periodic script to collect readings from AmbientWeather weather stations.
+AmbientWeather provides API access to the data.
+"""
+import requests
+
+def run(application_key: str, api_key: str, **kwargs) -> dict:
+
+    # collecting the data from the ambient weather site for a sensor
+    # gathered into a json file format
+    api_url = 'https://api.ambientweather.net/v1/devices?'
+    payload = dict(applicationKey=application_key, apiKey=api_key)
+    response = requests.get(api_url, params=payload)
+    response_body = response.json()
+  
+    # Empty list created to hold all reading data from all sensors.
+    sensors_reading_list = []
+
+    for sensor in response_body:
+        # dicts with the neccesary information from api repsonse
+        mac_address = sensor['macAddress'].replace(':','')
+        sensor_data = sensor['lastData']
+
+        # desired sensor data values for extraction
+        # hard wire values here for extraction
+        desired_data_keys = ["windgustmph","winddir_avg10m", "windspdmph_avg10m", "tempf", "humidity", "baromrelin", "baromabsin", "tempinf", "humidityin", "hourlyrainin", "solarradiation"]
+        data_log_timestamp = int(sensor_data['dateutc'] / 1000)
+
+        # extracting data from api response and adding proper key names for value
+        for key in desired_data_keys:
+            if key in sensor_data.keys():
+                sensor_id = mac_address + '_' + key
+                sensor_data_value = sensor_data[key]
+                
+                sensor_data_tuple = (data_log_timestamp, sensor_id, sensor_data_value)
+                
+                # appending timestamp sensor data values to readings list
+                sensors_reading_list.append(sensor_data_tuple)      
+        
+    # return of function in dict form for bmon data  
+    return {'readings': sensors_reading_list}    
diff --git a/bmsapp/views.py b/bmsapp/views.py
index 309a00dd2347dd51c0bd1d86901b89593ae858d5..f7900cca955907cbf7683c7feef23cef9db95bd7 100644
--- a/bmsapp/views.py
+++ b/bmsapp/views.py
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ def delete_sensor_values(request):
     elif delete_where == 'values_lt':
         where_clause = f'WHERE val < {where_value}'
     elif delete_where == 'dates_between':
-        where_clause = f'WHERE ts > {bmsapp.data_util.datestr_to_ts(start_date)} and ts < {bmsapp.data_util.datestr_to_ts(end_date)}'
+        where_clause = f'WHERE ts > {bmsapp.data_util.datestr_to_ts(where_start_date)} and ts < {bmsapp.data_util.datestr_to_ts(where_end_date)}'
     else:
         return HttpResponse(f'Invalid parameter: {delete_where}', status=406)
 
@@ -716,12 +716,12 @@ def delete_sensor_values(request):
             if delete_where == 'all_values':
                 db.cursor.execute(f'DROP TABLE [{sensor_id}]')
                 qs = models.Sensor.objects.filter(
-                    sensor_id=params['sensor_id'])
+                    sensor_id=sensor_id)
                 if len(qs) > 0:
                     qs[0].delete()
             db.conn.commit()
         except Exception as e:
-            return HttpResponse(e, status=500)
+            return HttpResponse(repr(e), status=500)
         return HttpResponse('Records Deleted')