Weather stations ??
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Topic: Weather stations ??
Posted By: DougG
Subject: Weather stations ??
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 2:15pm
| Looking at weather stations - the ones that gather the rain - then display in the house- whats some models you guys have that you like ? |
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 2:35pm
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I am using Logia now did have one from Lowe's. It gives outside temp, Humdity,feels like temp, wind speed & direction inside temp & humdity, barometer pressure,rain fall( by day or week . Time & date. I bought it on line I think Amazon |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 4:21pm
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Mine says ACU RITE on the display face.. Easy to read. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 8:28pm
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CHIT,,,I thought he was gonna start a thread on "Models",,,like in lady models,,,,, But to stay on topic,,,,I am real impressed at the accuracy now a days from the weather service,,Chit,, they can forecast mostly a week in advance and usually hit it dang close,,,
 ,,thats them supercomputors for you. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 9:06pm
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I have an AcuRite. Works good and the batteries in the outside unit last over a year. It has a solar cell in it to power a small fan to circulate air over the temperature sensor otherwise the sun shining on it would make the reading inaccurate. Measures rainfall, humidity, temperature, wind speed and direction. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 9:30pm
 This is my rain gauge.
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 1:20am
| my fly catcher hanging ona rope outside our kitchen winder, when it wet-it's raining, when the catcher is swinging-wind is blowing and it shows the direction, when it fills with flies-it's hot outside! all kidding aside...i would like one of them things ya'll are talking about too! |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 8:52am
| Thanks for the replys , i think i just want the rain gauge one - dont need the other stuff |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 9:08am
| Klinemar, I tried one of those rain gauges a few years ago. I found it wasn't accurate compared to a straight sided one a few feet away. |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2022 at 1:45pm
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NONE of the cheaper ones work! lol! have 2 here that lasted only a couple years so we gave up on them and just look in a 5 gallon buck for how much rain we had! Wind tore them up since the plastic is of poor grade that they are made of. ------------- http://machinebuildersnetwork.com/ |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2022 at 6:53pm
| And I have done the 5 gallon bucket method for years - works great!! |
Posted By: bigal121892
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2022 at 7:16pm
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Oregon Scientific makes good weather stations. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2022 at 3:06am
| it don't matter what kinda gauge i use around here, the old lady....ooooops....i mean the loving wife will hit it with something or mow it off with the lawn mower. had a fence post south of the driveway....been there as long as i've been alive, struck me one day that i should put the rain gauge on top of that post! yep...within a week she backed over it with the car! |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2022 at 6:09am
| Shameless,I have the idea your loving wife doesn't want to know how much rain falls! |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2022 at 7:26am
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I have my weather station mounted about 16' in the air on aTV tower againist the end of my pole building. When I got my first weater station I called and that was their recommendation
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Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2022 at 1:34pm
| I have a lacrosse it's got every thing I can go back 7 days and itll keep track on your net work drive if you let it this one I've had for 2 years the previous one lasted 15 years till we had 120mph winds that was the last speed it recorded when the anemometer blew off. Newer one keeps better rain totals the previous one I had to take rain guage down in winter. New one the outside transmitter is solar powered and sits up on a 10 ft pole temp and baro transmitter are still battery powered and are in the shade. I still have a manual rain guage in the garden so I can track watering. |
Posted By: Buzzeryn
Date Posted: 16 May 2024 at 8:41am
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Hey! I've got a favorite weather station that's been a game-changer for me. Last year, we had this intense storm roll through, and I was completely caught off guard. So, I did some digging and found this awesome model on https://ambientweather.com/all-weather-stations" rel="nofollow - https://ambientweather.com/all-weather-stations . It's been a total lifesaver! Now, I can keep tabs on rainfall right from my living room. |
Posted By: Bverwolf
Date Posted: 16 May 2024 at 10:23am
| I have had excellent experiences with “Davis” weather stations. They are spendy but seem to last and are accurate. My first one lasted 12 years. I’m 3 years into my second one and no problems yet. I keep records for the conservation district and there is 3 more Davis stations keeping records as well and all have performed flawlessly. Just my 2 cents… |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 16 May 2024 at 12:49pm
Man I miss him ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 17 May 2024 at 3:58am
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me too.  Just lost another friend a couple a four days back that we would converse about every three to five days. Nutz, I already miss him for his calls .. or to give him a call and ask 'what's happening'. Rest in peace, John. ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |