Hi All,

Am sure plenty of you on here have a weather station - am just wondering whether there is a reliable, fairly cheap robust brand that transmits wirelessly to an indoor base? Would be good to be able to access the data on the web when I'm away, too.

Despite being a lifelong "weather fan" I've never owned a station! Yes I do plan to do my own research but always good to hear from owners themselves.

Cheers
Richard

Richard Dixon wrote:

Hi All,

Am sure plenty of you on here have a weather station - am just
wondering whether there is a reliable, fairly cheap robust brand that
transmits wirelessly to an indoor base? Would be good to be able to
access the data on the web when I'm away, too.

Despite being a lifelong "weather fan" I've never owned a station!
Yes I do plan to do my own research but always good to hear from
owners themselves.

Cheers
Richard


Hi Richard,

Not the cheapest but the Davis Vantage Pro 2 does all that you ask.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr

On Thursday, 17 January 2019 23:10:03 UTC, Richard Dixon wrote:
Hi All,

Am sure plenty of you on here have a weather station - am just wondering whether there is a reliable, fairly cheap robust brand that transmits wirelessly to an indoor base? Would be good to be able to access the data on the web when I'm away, too.

I have a Davis VP2 - it is going strong still after almost 12 years. I would recommend this brand, although it is definitely not cheap. I think that cheap and robust are mutually exclusive - although popular opinion suggests that some of the cheap brands are becoming more robust. There are some entertaining threads on the topic over at wxforum - here's one for starters: https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=35926.0 (although it appears to be more about consoles, it does contain useful advice in some (10%?) of the posts.

--
Freddie
Ystrad
Rhondda
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://twitter.com/YstradRhonddaWx for hourly reports (very few tweets getting through currently)
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/st...201901JAN.xlsx

On 17/01/2019 23:10, Richard Dixon wrote:

Am sure plenty of you on here have a weather station - am just wondering whether there is a reliable, fairly cheap robust brand that transmits wirelessly to an indoor base? Would be good to be able to access the data on the web when I'm away, too.

Define 'fairly cheap' - it makes a big difference! But, unsurprisingly,
you get what you pay for.

I have owned a Davis for over 20 years, and am delighted with it still. Bits need replacing occasionally, spiders need removing, and batteries changing, but I wouldn't use anything else.

As for accuracy, more variation comes from the details of the siting.

Trevor

Hi Richard, I've just noticed that there's an article on personal weather stations and sharing data to the web in the current issue of Weather that reached my doormat this morning.

Julian Molesey Surrey

Norman Lynagh wrote:

Richard Dixon wrote:

Hi All,

Am sure plenty of you on here have a weather station - am just
wondering whether there is a reliable, fairly cheap robust brand
that transmits wirelessly to an indoor base? Would be good to be
able to access the data on the web when I'm away, too.

Despite being a lifelong "weather fan" I've never owned a station!
Yes I do plan to do my own research but always good to hear from
owners themselves.

Cheers
Richard


Hi Richard,

Not the cheapest but the Davis Vantage Pro 2 does all that you ask.

Hi again Richard,

The following is a link to my Vantage Pro to give you an idea of what
can be looked at remotely. My VP uploads data to Weather Underground
every 5 minutes. (Watch out for line-wrap on the link).


https://www.wunderground.com/persona...board?ID=ITIDE
SWE5

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr