Choosing a home weather station – what are the options for connectivity?

Today’s news weather forecast said it’s going to be great weather. Reality: It’s pouring. Yeah, great weather... for ducks! How does this happen?

Such events can occur if your local station is located a fair distance from you, so the forecast you get may not be accurate for your coordinates. With a home weather station, you can have hyperlocal and accurate forecasts right from your own backyard.

Sound appealing? Even more impressive is the huge range of options available. Choose between connectivity options such as station-to-console, Bluetooth compatible or WIFI enabled models to send updates right to your pocket.

What is a home weather station?

A home weather station is a device that typically includes an outdoor sensor suite and an indoor console or receiver such as a phone or PC. Home weather stations are used to collect a range of environmental and weather data right from your backyard.

Why do you need a home weather station?

In a nutshell, the official forecast may not be based on the local weather conditions you experience in your area. The solution is a home weather station. These will provide you with hyperlocal and accurate real-time data. Some of the parameters that home weather stations measure include temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, dew point, heat index, wind speed/direction/chill, rainfall, rain rate and weather forecasting. What’s more, there is a variety of ways to access your weather data being through your home console or wirelessly through Bluetooth or WIFI.

Some examples of Home weather stations from basic to high tech.

See just a few of a huge range of home weather stations listed below. These are split based on connectivity options being Station-to-console, Bluetooth enabled and WIFI enabled.

Simple to use – Station to indoor Console

Wireless Home Weather Station - WS1151

The station is supplied with an indoor and outdoor console. The indoor main display is designed to be sleek and modern, it can free stand on a desk or be mounted to a wall. The outdoor sensor is automatically synchronised with a reception range of up to 100m.

At a glance, it provides a wealth of information that includes; indoor and outdoor temperature, indoor and outdoor humidity and barometric pressure. Additionally, you can plan your life easily with forecasting and sunrise and sunset times.

TESA Solar Powered Touch Panel Home Weather Station with PC interface - WS1081

This station comes with an indoor console and a hardy outdoor sensor. The indoor console features an LCD touchscreen for easy use. The outdoor console is a weather-resistant, solar-powered multi-sensor with a transmission range up to 100m.

The console can measure inside and outside temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, wind chill, rainfall and dew point.

The home console synchronises instantly with the data transmitted by the outdoor station. In addition, the indoor console comes with a USB port to easily upload weather data and weather history to your Mac or PC. All the necessary computer software is included in the package.

Convenient – Bluetooth compatible

Weather@home Bluetooth Indoor/outdoor Thermometer IC-EMR211HG

This impressive, compact home weather station is perfect for measuring indoor and outdoor temperature. Use the indoor console to read measurements or connect via Bluetooth Low Energy to your enabled smart device.

One outdoor sensor is included in the kit. The system can be expanded connect and view weather from a further four sensors. Additionally, the ice alert feature will notify you when temperatures are near freezing.

High-Tech – Internet-enabled

7 Inch Colour WiFi Wireless Weather Station

A feature-rich weather station at a reasonable price, the IC0370 is proving to be an incredibly popular weather station. Able to display temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, wind chill, barometric pressure and dew point all on a beautiful colour LCD 7-inch indoor console.

On top of all these features, this station also connects to WIFI so that you can connect your station to third party platforms such as WeatherUnderground.

Perfect for the home weather aficionado, or just anyone interested in weather, See for yourself why this station is flying off the shelves.

Weatherlink Live IC6100

Compatible with the Davis Vantage Vue and the Davis Vantage Pro2. The system uses Weatherlink live to negate the need for an indoor console and simply live streams all your weather data via WIFI to the Weatherlink cloud. Easily access all of your data from the app on your phone or computer.

With either the Vantage Vue or Vantage Pro2 you will be able to measure indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity, rainfall, rain rate, heat index, dew point, barometric pressure as well as wind direction, speed and chill.

In addition to weather data, the Davis app provides forecasts, past weather events, alerts, weather warnings and notifications. Weatherlink is also compatible with both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. ‘Hey Google, will it rain at home tomorrow?’

Conclusion

If you want accurate and hyperlocal data and hate the inconveniences caused by inaccurate forecasts, you need a home weather station. Here at Instrument Choice, we stock a range of weather stations from basic easy-to-use station-to-console units, all the way up to high tech devices for professional use.

You can learn more about the best home weather stations and browse other models on the Instrument Choice website. If you have some questions or need a bit more help choosing the best home weather station for your application, then call one of our friendly scientists on 1300 737 871 or email [email protected].