The Top 5 Smart Home Weather Stations Under $500AU
If you are interested in your local weather patterns, if you rely on your weather records or need accurate hyperlocal forecasts - then a Smart Home Weather Stations is the perfect accessory for your home.
Discover what makes a weather station Smart, how you could benefit and what you can get for under $500.
What Makes a Weather Station Smart?
When we say “smart home weather station”, we refer to weather stations with the capacity to upload your hyperlocal weather data to the internet. Generally, smart weather stations come with a user-friendly app or website where you can access all of your home weather data, no matter where you are.
The Benefits of a Smart Weather Station
Five reasons you need a smart home weather station:
1. Easily log, graph, track, share and store data.
Gone are the days of manually recording or plugging in weather stations to transfer your data. Instead, internet weather stations will wirelessly transfer and store all your weather data online.
2. Alerts to your pocket.
Take immediate action against adverse weather with the ability to receive local alerts via your phone – like when high winds or extreme temperatures are on the way.
3. Instant hyperlocal information.
Always be on top of your local weather and learn about your current climatic conditions as they happen.
4. Better plan your life with an accurate forecast.
With accurate local forecasting, you’ll never get caught by bad weather again - know what conditions to expect and when they’ll occur.
5. Contribute to better weather forecasting for all.
Some stations can connect to third-party services such as Weather Underground, where you can share your collected weather information and view other private weather station owners’ weather from all over the world.
The indoor and outdoor modules of the Netatmo Urban Weather Station are stylishly designed using durable, high-quality materials. The IC-NWS01-P includes an indoor and outdoor module.
Indoor Module: This tracks interior comfort levels and will alert you to ventilate your home to bring down pollution levels when necessary. The system accommodates three extra indoor weather modules – so you can monitor indoor air quality and environmental conditions in multiple rooms.
Outdoor Module: This component captures real-time weather data, including temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure. Add on wind and rain sensors (sold separately).
The IC-V22-WRTH features three separate outdoor sensors which relay accurate real-time information to the indoor colour display.
Through the easy to navigate LaCrosse view application, you can enjoy on-the-go monitoring of your indoor and outdoor data, straightforward data sharing, and an easy set up of personalised push notifications.
Interface: LaCrosse View app for Apple and Android
The IC0370 is the most popular mid-range weather station at Instrument Choice. Features that make the IC0370 fly off the shelf include:
The measurement and calculation of nine critical weather parameters
100m wireless data transmission from station to console; and
An aesthetically pleasing 7-inch indoor colour display.
Not home to see your colour display? In addition to all the features mentioned above, the IC0370 Wireless Weather Station is WIFI enabled and compatible with a host of third-party weather applications. The most popular of these is Weather Underground.
The aesthetically pleasing and functional V40-PRO Wireless WiFi Color Weather Station provides real-time weather data straight from your home to your phone via the LaCrosse View app.
The app enables you to check real-time information and receive alerts and push notifications when user-defined values breach your predetermined range.
Interface: LaCrosse View app for Apple and Android
Get your personalised weather forecast with the IC-XC0436 WIFI weather station.
The feature-rich system is supplied with a wireless 5-in-1 outdoor sensor and a separate high-precision humidity-temperature sensor to measure humidity and temperature. Both sensors send data to the multi-colour main display unit up to 150m away (line of sight).
Video: How to Connect the IC-XC0436 Wireless Digital Weather Station to WiFi and WeatherUnderground
Bonus Review: Best Smart Weather Station Under $900AU
OK – admittedly, this station doesn’t fit our “best stations under $500AU” criteria, but we had to include it! Why? The featureful Davis Vantage Vue is a hugely popular weather station - it has an impressive wireless range, measures the most important weather variables, the brand is trustworthy and well-known, and this model has proven longevity.
If you want a long-lasting station that delivers professional accuracy with internet connectivity – we recommend you check out the Davis Vantage Vue and WeatherLink bundle below.
The IC6110AU measures ten key weather parameters and sends information directly from the outdoor sensor to the WeatherLink Cloud via WeatherLink live – with an impressive transmission distance of up to 300m!
Forecast: 7-day and hourly forecast on the WeatherLink app.
Video: How to Connect the Davis Vantage Vue to WeatherLink Live (WiFi)
Conclusion
If weather affects the quality of your life, then a Smart home weather station makes perfect sense. You can secure a powerful device for under $500 that will enhance the quality of your life, plus share your weather information with an international community!
Need a hand finding the best smart home weather station for your application? Speak with an Instrument Choice Scientist! Call 1300 737 871 or email [email protected].
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