Weather Station

GoldenCityMuse · #1 07/22/12, 09:28 PM

Who has a weather station at their home? [And no, I am not interested in weather rocks/sticks, etc. I know you HT folks ALL to well {grin}]

Any recommendations, how accurate are wireless systems, and so forth.
Does it interface w/ the computer well for logging data.

GoldenCityMuse · #2 07/28/12, 06:59 AM

Anybody?

No one has an electronic weather station at home.

puddlejumper007 · #3 07/28/12, 07:31 AM

i am not sure what your mean..but i have a radio with a alarm that goes off if bad weather is in our area...

MO_cows · #4 07/28/12, 07:44 AM

We had one that gave temp, humidity, wind speed, precip, pressure, etc. Can't remember the brand name offhand but it was from WalMart, an impulse buy when DH was with me. It was real handy but it didn't last a year. A thunderstorm with high winds took out the wind sensor, then the rest of the functions died off one by one. Paid around $100 bucks for it. Don't know what you would have to pay for a really good one.

blooba · #5 07/28/12, 08:56 AM

Here is the best wireless weather station you can get. But it doesn't plug into your computer.

Weather Station - Homesteading Questions

(He didn't say anything about weather vanes...lol)

frankva · #6 07/28/12, 09:12 AM

I have a bunch of free standing stuff. Oregon Scientific is my favorite. Has digital barometer. Hard to find one like that now. I would buy one to stash away.

Must be 8 years old.

Wireless rain gauge is marvelous. Burned thru a couple until I started leaving batteries in it, but putting it in the basement in the Fall. Current one is 4 years or so. Have a new one stashed.

The remote sensors are only weather resistant, I tuck them into protected spots. Distance is less than advertised.

I wouldn't get an internet connected unit, why wouldn't you just check the NOAA site.

Had an expensive Rainwise unit. Useless. Ate batteries. Pain to change etc. Tourist item.

SolarGary · #7 07/28/12, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenCityMuse

Who has a weather station at their home? [And no, I am not interested in weather rocks/sticks, etc. I know you HT folks ALL to well {grin}]

Any recommendations, how accurate are wireless systems, and so forth.
Does it interface w/ the computer well for logging data.

Hi,
I've had several. They don't tend to have a many year life.

The one I have now is a La Crosse WS-2813U-IT
Bought it at Costco for around $80.
Its probably the best of the ones I've owned.
The wireless works well -- mine is about 80 ft from the wind sensor with pretty good line of sight.
It has been trouble free for going on a year.
This one does include an interface to a PC and the software was included. I installed it, and it worked OK, but I've not used it routinely.

One of the ones I had before this one was a Davis Pro, which was a whole lot more expensive and just had one problem after another -- I'll sell the box of parts cheap

Gary

GoldenCityMuse · #8 07/29/12, 08:45 PM

Hey, that is great info folks. Well, except for blooba [ must be a sea lawyer {grin}].

I will be checking these out soon.

Wozzy · #9 07/30/12, 07:28 AM

I've had a Davis Vantage Pro 2 running for 3 years now. Readings are uploaded to the weather sites.

**Cabin Fever** · #10 07/30/12, 07:56 AM

I had one once. It stopped transmitting to the indoor station every time the temp dropped below zero.

frankva · #11 07/30/12, 08:42 AM

Lithium batteries on my remote sensors. Helps. What good are they if they don't work when you want then to...

My most accurate thermometer is a very old spring dial unit. 2.5 degree increments. Very odd. No clue where it came from.

CherieOH · #12 07/30/12, 01:45 PM

I had a LaCrosse unit with the outdoor sensor and indoor readout. I put the sensor on my shed under the eave to protect it from rain, but it picked up the heat from inside the shed and always read warmer than it really was. Then last winter when it went below zero, it just quit working altogether. Now I just call time and temp for local info or check Weather Underground for nearby information. I have a weather vane on the shed, but it only lets you know which way the wind is blowing, not the speed. I also have a big rain gauge I can see from my window but have to empty it after each rain. I like having the rain gauge because I know I need to water the garden if I don't get an inch of rain each week.

freegal · #13 07/30/12, 02:21 PM

I had a LaCrosse one that I liked but the rain gauge stopped working fairly quickly and after several years it died. I got a new one - LaCrosse Weather Channel - as a gift and I hate it. It really is useless with a couple of useless features and it seems inaccurate to me. I leave small buckets out here and there to get a better idea of how much rain fell and the thermomter on the side of the house thats been there for sixty years gives a better temperature reading.

A waste of money in my opinion.

barnyardgal · #14 07/31/12, 04:59 AM

I got a 'weather channel' one for a b-day gift about 6 years ago & it is still going strong-no problems at all...

I got my parents/kids one for a gift about 5 years ago from Walmart & it is till going strong,cannot remember the name of it,it was a mid price range one about $25.00-i think..

All we have to do is change the battery's every couple of years & reset them & they are good to go...