On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:02:29 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:

Does anyone have experience of a weather station
sending back information over the internet,
preferably by WiFi but possible by USB connection
to a remote computer?

Try uk.sci.weather (added to the Newsgroups: line).

Several weather stations have USB connectivity, a now reducing number
have RS232. I've not come across one that supports ethernet or WiFi
directly.

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Cheers
Dave.