Weather stations. What do you all have at home and whats your opinion of it.

[candcallen]

Gonna get a home weather station so I'm looking for info on what you all use and what your opinion is of it.

I'm wanting one that records info on wind rain temp etc and stores that info for a decent time period. Example is the wind for the last couple days not just an hour or top speed for the day.

Rain and temps records for longer periods.

Wireless or solar powered monitoring station for ease of installation and easy setup.

Ability to report to weather underground or like site doesn't matter. Ability to remotely check in would be great for folks back home.

Price not really an issue upto a couple hundred dollars and willing to pay for quality and features.

No voice interface as I have banned all voice interface devices from my house. I hate spying bastard machines conntected to the internet.

 

[texasnurse]

https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-Wir...ite+5+1+weather+station&qid=1618502684&sr=8-9
This is what I have; pretty fancy rain gauge. It gives a pretty good reading of the temperature/weather conditions, and an indication of future weather forecast. It will store weather conditions ie: wind speed, temp, rainfall.

I have the additional “PRO” Add on https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-060...te+5+1+weather+station&qid=1618502684&sr=8-11

, it does tend to save your battery a little bit.

Battery life on sensor(6-12 months). Does better with lithium batteries, works with alkaline.


My display is battery backed up DC wall charger.

I can’t speak for the remote connection as mine is radio only display(local)

I’ve had mine for going on 6 years and I have replaced the humidity/temp sensor once. The rain sensor is auto dumping and is accurate out of the gate with options to calibrate to your specifications.

This would be recommendation for a remote monitoring version without weather underground integration

https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-Wir...ccurite+weather+station+pro&sr=8-8&th=1&psc=1

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[Axxe55]

I have a thermometer on the front porch. I can look out the window and tell the temperature!



Seriously, I have been thinking about a remote weather station for the house as well. Subbed for the information.

 

[Brains]

I just use the data from all of the ones my neighbors have posting to wunderground.com

 

[Texas42]

I got my wife a Tempest. It over-estimates the rainfall. It is suppose to be adjusted by emailing the company, but I haven’t had time to do it. It uses a haptic rain sensor, which is a little different than many.

Overall been pretty happy with it. I think it was like $300. A much smaller and cleaner package than some of the others.

 

[skfullgun]

I don't have any info to help the OP - just responding in case others have subscribed.
I have a LaCross Technology I purchased years ago at either Sam's or Walmart for about $40.
It has a remote sensor for temp, humidity, and barometric pressure - with indoor and outdoor readings.
It shows "trends" and predicts weather based on the data it collects.
FWIW, it is more accurate than the weathercasters in predicting precipitation or sunny weather.

 

[cygunner]

My smartphone with Weather Channel and Weather Bug. Average them and come pretty close. Have rain gauge with very nice $17.31 replacement tube after I let the damned thing blow off the smoker onto the patio while I was distracted by something as I was taking it into the house to remove snow and ice during Texas Freeze of '21.

 

[gll]

https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-Wir...ite+5+1+weather+station&qid=1618502684&sr=8-9
This is what I have; pretty fancy rain gauge. It gives a pretty good reading of the temperature/weather conditions, and an indication of future weather forecast. It will store weather conditions ie: wind speed, temp, rainfall.

I have the additional “PRO” Add on https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-060...te+5+1+weather+station&qid=1618502684&sr=8-11

, it does tend to save your battery a little bit.

Battery life on sensor(6-12 months). Does better with lithium batteries, works with alkaline.


My display is battery backed up DC wall charger.

I can’t speak for the remote connection as mine is radio only display(local)

I’ve had mine for going on 6 years and I have replaced the humidity/temp sensor once. The rain sensor is auto dumping and is accurate out of the gate with options to calibrate to your specifications.

This would be recommendation for a remote monitoring version without weather underground integration

https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-Wir...ccurite+weather+station+pro&sr=8-8&th=1&psc=1

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I have had the same Accurite for about 8 years, but I don't have it connected to the internet, and recently the thermometer on the outside unit quit, so I replaced the whole outside unit with an identical working unit that a neighbor gave me.

He replaced his with an Ambient WS-5000, and he really likes it. Much better for internet.
Amazon product ASIN B087V6N5WZ

 

[Hoji]

Works pretty good.

Weather app on phone in all seriousness, but a window will confirm what the app says

 

[deemus]

I have one I bought at Bass Pro. My outside sensor went out, and don't have any of paperwork for it, so I guess I will be buying a new one soon. Had the present one for about 10 years.

 

[candcallen]

I noticed weather underground and ambientweather.net both list several stations within a 1/4 mile of the house that I can sub to. Maybe a cheap alternative to buying a couple hundred dollar unit, the sam one I would likely get.

Some of those units get stupid expensive too.

Ouch.

 

[gll]

Ambient Weather and Weather Underground have apps that allow you to find your neighbor's weather stations...

 

[FireInTheWire]

I like my cheapo accu-rite.

3 things I use most.

Outside temp) I get outta bed and pound a glass of water in the mornings. While pounding, I observe outdoor weather conditions.

Humidity) To see if I'm going to feel like this all day

Also... been using this station without trouble for 4yrs now.

Wind speed) Just for more data for my long range shot solution.

 

[baboon]

National Weather Service web site is what I have used for years.

I had a Lacrosse that I got as service award @ work. Never did work right. Lacrosse wouldn’t warranty it because I didn’t have a receipt. Service awards went to shit and went down hill from then on!

 

[pbratton]

I use the AcuRite Atlas unit and have it tied into Weatherunderground - KTXSUGAR83 .

Tied it into my sprinkler system as well so it know when it is going to/has rained.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Weather channel or Channel
26 news.

 

[kbaxter60]

We have a simple indoor/outdoor temp model from Oregon Scientific. Battery life on both ends is very good. I think I change them about every 6 to 9 months. Here is what it looked like during the Little Ice Age in February. Yes, it was 53 in the house. We had a little propane heater and were damn glad of it:

 

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[TxStetson]

I used to have an accurate weather station, can't remember the model #, but the sensor heads kept going out so when I moved a couple years ago I never put it back up. I have had the Ambient Weather 2902C for about 5 months now.

Amazon product ASIN B01N5TEHLI
It can upload to weather underground, pws, and ambient weather sites. You decide whether it gets shared with your neighbors or not. You can go onto Ambient weather's site and see graphs of your data for days, weeks, months, and the year. It's worked out so well, my son now has the exact same station.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

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