I don't need the data when I'm not at home, I just don't want to have to buy another screen if I don't have to.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196709914926?_skw=la+crosse+screen&epid=8035164765

Thank you.

Pulled the trigger on getting an ecowitt WS2910 just now, and wondering on where I should mount it in my back garden - three storey house so I don't want to put it on the roof.

I got it primarily for sun and rain info (and also that it should easily integrate in Home Assistant), so should it matter where exactly I mount it?

The contrast is so bad on this display I find it hard to get rid of my cheap temp gauge. I can barely read this until I'm a few inches away. It often has a glare too. So expensive for something that is hard to see. I know they make a better console, but don't want to spend another $350

I’m looking to buy my parents a a weather station but they have no wifi and was wondering what models would be the best ?

No responses? Really?

I have a 2k budget and can add another 1k over the next year.

I’m building an insect reserve and monarch butterfly tag / study project with carbon sequestration component. Aside from the usual suspects like temperature, humidity, rain, wind, evaporation, and I’d like to know when the site is in fog, how much water is in the soil, hours of sunlight, etc.

I understand that this is a long list of interests and can build this over time. Over time we’d like to add more - more being loosely defined : )

I do however need to tap the hive mind to best understand what system / brand I should start with so I can build up the monitoring system.

The site is remote - it’s in the Azores Islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There is 3g and 4g cell service available..

The website for the project should be able to display the information coming from the sensors.

Webcams will be part of the project, tied in to the weather stations if possible or just by proximity.

There is no freeze cycle at this location. Maximum summer temperatures- so far - are 26c.

Thoughts?

Thank you - I love this sub.

Hi, looking for a weather station or weather station app that allows custom alerts when humidity, temperature, and pressure goes above (or below) a certain point. I’m in Australia in case that is important. Thanks very much for any advice you can offer. K

Hi,

I am planning on buying a weather station (probably a single Davis unit), but I'm afraid the readings (especially the ones for rainfall) will be totally off. My mounting options would be:

Under trees, on my house's roof (which is from metal, so I can say goodbye to temperature readings?)

https://preview.redd.it/ql75oa34704e1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=933c83e5e30db557e89052ad0727b27f75d0d3bb

https://preview.redd.it/xhodo934704e1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3b794000baf46d86b1c7260d1cf8957be56fddd

Under trees, on my shed's roof (basically in a forest)

https://preview.redd.it/5qlpm7d1904e1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1850859f4edbd4d0ff1d14a5216202ffbc74afc8

Under trees, somewhere on the garage/neighbour's stable

https://preview.redd.it/rkacka94804e1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a49143a77584d70a1f265105a2406b8d0ac6fd02

Under trees, in the field (I consider this a last option because that would be very difficult cable-wise)

https://preview.redd.it/gysrv734704e1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83b9cad6f2d75e899d384986d5585d22b619318f

I'm not a weather scientist, so I'm prepared to lose a bit of accuracy on things like wind speeds and temperature, but not by a ton of course...

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I've been wanting a weather station for a while but I've never pulled the trigger. My wife is asking for ideas for Christmas presents so I thought this would be a good opportunity to get one.

I'm not super concerned about money but this is my first one so I don't want to plunk down $750 on a WS-5000 or even $250 on a WS-2902. Just looking for a basic consumer level weather station but I don't want some white labeled off-the-back-of-the-truck knockoff from Amazon.

Here are a couple I'm looking at. I know for you guys these aren't great but are either of these good starting points? The $150 is probably my upper limit for now. At least the upper limit of what I can convince my wife to spend on a weather station!

I'd take any other suggestions as well. I'm in Canada, if it matters.

https://www.costco.ca/la-crosse-wireless-wi-fi-professional-weather-station.product.4000304320.html

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/la-crosse-wireless-weather-forecaster-wind-gauge-digital-thermometer-1425478p.html

Also, I was wondering what the best place to mount the sensor is. We get a lot of ice and heavy, wet snow here. I also live in the woods on a steep hill. If I mount it on the roof it has enough clearance from the trees but there will be w few feet of ice and snow stacked up next to it before too long. If I mount it on the deck it'll be low and the trees/hill will block the wind. Also, ice and snow will inevitably bury it no matter how good I do a clearing it.

What's my best option here? Put up a post somewhere in the yard and stick it on top? How tall does it have to be?

Edit: Since these two have moving parts and we get a decent amount of ice, will it freeze up? Would I be better off getting something with a sensor like this until I decide if I really want to sink some money in to this?

https://www.amazon.ca/Newentor-Thermometer-Barometric-Adjustable-Backlight/dp/B0CS97LGTJ

Also, it wont let me fix the typo in the title....

I’m using the ECOWITT WH40 rain sensor with the GW1200BU gateway to push data to this ESP32 for my local system. No cloud needed (well, except for the rain 😂)

The first image I see on the website for this accessory has these strap mounts, but the description says these are not included? Anyone have a suggestion on a similar strap that will fit the bracket as shown in the the image?

My wife always wants to know the difference in temperature from yesterday to today. Is there any type of weather station i can buy that will show me something similar to that?? Thanks!

Thoughts about mounting a Tempest off the side of a telephone pole in my yard using a 33” angled tubular mount? The surrounding is clear, but the ground has ledge and doesn’t allow for installing a fence pole.

Curious if anyone else has experienced this. My unit appears clouded on the solar collector top. Not sure if it's moisture or what. It seems to be on the inside. Also happening is the humidity sensor reads greater than 90% most of the time, which I believe is also housed in this unit.

https://preview.redd.it/hj1nkw2pj33e1.jpg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35ab0b6aef6a990b9610d29c2d136fddbc2a91d5

I was all set to purchase the Ambient Weather WS-4000 then read some of the negative reviews on Amazon. What do you all who have purchased it think about the functionality and build quality? Heard people say the display is a cheap unit, issues with haptic rain sensor, unit failed after 2 years,etc...

Now I'm wondering is the WS-5000 or the Tempest may be a better choice?

all the sensors for the project(trademark pending) are here, as well as the main enclosures. Still working on the tripod and electronics. To do list includes getting a junction box, batteries, solar and wireless equipment, tripod. I'll need to send off the sensors to be calibrated, and then final assembly can begin.

I suffer from chronic back pain and I want to log basic weather. I've built weather stations using research grade sensors but this is for my own insight and I dont have a huge budget.

Initially, I was thinking of grabbing data from a La crosse weather station using an SDR but the supported stations are obsolete and no longer sold.

I want to collect Temp, Humidity, Barometric Pressure. It would be a bonus if i can get wind and solar. Surely there is something that has an API or I could intercept with a software defined radio. I did a search and most of the sensors arent exposed in a useful way and was wondering if anyone could give me a starting point.

I got my tempest in early 2022. After installing I was really impressed with the forecasts and accuracy. I was the only tempest station within 100 miles of my location so I was sharing my station data with friends etc and raving about how much better it was than typical forecasts for our area.

I was approached by someone in town about the type of station I had and told them. They proceeded to install one at their house about 5 miles away. Since then, approximately 6 months ago, the forecasts have been awful. Amazingly incorrect. For example, this past week and for the future 9 days it has claimed low temps of 10-12 degrees but the temperatures have not gone below 20 and the temperature trend is always decreasing yet the temperatures have been increasing to up to 35 during the day. In the past it has called for full sun but has poured rain. This is in contrast to, for instance, Apple weather which has been far more accurate during this time. This is not isolated and has been on going for months.

I assume this must have to do with the modeling network weatherflow uses and though the two stations are close by they are in very different locations topographically. They have quite different weather patterns and this seems to have made the forecasts just wild.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? And are there suggestions for how to fix it? I want my weather back!

Hello,

Looking for recommendations on pipe to mount Ambient Weather WS-4000.

The WS-4000 Pole Mount $69.99 listed on the Ambient website seems pricey and doesn't list the height?

I was looking for something sturdy in white (1" diameter). Thinking a white closet rod at Home Depot but can't find anything in 1 inch diameter and I feel that PVC might not be very sturdy?

Hello! Hoping to give my husband a weather station without totally breaking the bank. From some preliminary research, I've been looking at Ambient Weather and Ecowitt. Any recommendations between the two or other suggestions? (Preferably under $200 if possible.)

Hi:

I've recently upgraded my WS2902 to a WS2000 and now, just all of a sudden, I've stopped getting real time updates from the console or I guess it is possible AWN is down.

I've verified my MAC address is right, that there is a strong wifi signal to the console and I've rebooted the console. Nothing is making a difference. Has anyone else experienced this type of behavior and if you did, how did you rectify the lack of data reporting? Many thanks for all suggestions!

It's the SC088 model. I didn't do the tilting of the sensor to make it "click" for the rain gauge. Didn't do the drip either. It finally rained. I can gauge rain myself pretty good. Just by sound I figured it had rained about 0.15in during the first round. The weather station had 0.23, So I checked on the NWS rainfall monitoring page for a weather station that is roughly 2.7 miles from me. He had 0.13in. About 30 minutes later there was another round of moderate rain. My weather station had .034in. The other station near me had 0.24in. There was a 3rd and final round of moderate rain and my station ended up with 0.56in. The other station near near me had 0.44in.

Another station that is roughly 14 miles away did end up with 0.55in but that higher concentration of rain missed me by about 4 miles.

Maybe I'm jumping the gun, but it seems like my gauge may be off by about 0.10in. I thought you had to turn screws near the sensor to calibrate the gauge but the instruction manual is talking about pressing buttons on the monitor and adjusting by .25 or .75. It just isn't making sense to me.

Got a Ambient Weather WS-2902 WiFi Smart Weather Station

Would love to add another display in an additional room

How do I know what would work vs what wouldn't?

Overall suggestions?

Many thanks

I inherited a HeathKit weather station and the temperature probes work great. I am looking for a wired wind/rain sensor. Any suggestions?

I run a website for an outdoor club and our Vantage Pro2 is garbage. What weather station will let us display the data (temp and all that) on our website so our members can get info? iframe or directly, doesn't matter.

Do I want the Ambient Weather WS-5000? Or the Tempest?

Can anybody tell me what it means when the stars are flashing every few seconds. It’s very cloudy out, so I don’t believe it’s going to be a starry night.

Only set this up today, so still learning.

Lower left corner showing 11:42am and 11:49 pm. Is that supposed to be sunrise and sunset time? I set the clock and time zone. (CST) Any idea why its off? Ambient WS2000

https://preview.redd.it/1u83mgydkd1e1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2660faccf125b3e1d192d0b22ff9ead81f0dfaf8

What is the best pipe material to put a weather station up on? I was considering leaning towards Sch80 PVC or possible Galvanized Pipe, but I’m open to other ideas. I’m using the Tempest station which is comes with the 1” Pole mount. I’m planning to attach to my privacy fence which will put the station about 11’ from the ground & 5’ above the fence.