Weather Station

[jyl]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I did not put mine on my roof. I ended up using a 12 foot steel pole that has three hose clamps to the metal fence pole of my stockade fence. My neighborhood HOA rules say no visible antennas or storage building from the street in front of the house. I likely have a slightly lower wind speed recorded than reality, but rain and temperature are the same. My neighbor keeps saying he will get a receiver like I have in my home office to see the reading. As yet he has not done so.

I would have to put my anenometer on the roof. I have a postage stamp lot with a large house, tiny yard areas, and tall trees on north and east - so unless the instrument is mounted on a pole on the roof, I think wind speed measurements will be very unreliable. The peak of the roof is about 35-40', the tallest trees are about 40' laterally to the north from that and are 100' pines, so even with a rooftop location there could be issues. Fortunately, the wind we care about usually comes from the east.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I did not put mine on my roof. I ended up using a 12 foot steel pole that has three hose clamps to the metal fence pole of my stockade fence. My neighborhood HOA rules say no visible antennas or storage building from the street in front of the house. I likely have a slightly lower wind speed recorded than reality, but rain and temperature are the same. My neighbor keeps saying he will get a receiver like I have in my home office to see the reading. As yet he has not done so.

The weather people say it's best to put your temp sensors no more than 6' about grass or something like that. So having your sensor on a pole in the back yard is perfect, although 12' might be a bit much.

Originally Posted by jyl

I would have to put my anenometer on the roof. I have a postage stamp lot with a large house, tiny yard areas, and tall trees on north and east - so unless the instrument is mounted on a pole on the roof, I think wind speed measurements will be very unreliable. The peak of the roof is about 35-40', the tallest trees are about 40' laterally to the north from that and are 100' pines, so even with a rooftop location there could be issues. Fortunately, the wind we care about usually comes from the east.

I had a similar issue. The back yard was a great place for temp and rain sensors but was not a good place to get any sort of accurate wind readings. That's why I put mine on a pole that was strapped to the chimney. Yeah, it wasn't very fun doing that on the edge of the second story, but I'm not bad with heights.

[GH85Carrera]

I figure my sensors are all a compromise location for my property. The only part of the yard that gets sun for the solar cells on the outdoor part and some decent access to wind and open completely for the rain is the spot it is in. Yea, temp may be a little off, but the rainfall is the biggest data point we care about.

Right now the winds are up because of area thunderstorms. Averaging 9 MPH winds, 95% humidity outside and 77 degrees with a heat index of 80.

We are likely to get some rain soon.

[GH85Carrera]

OK, weather geeks:

since my post above the temperature has dropped to 66, humidity down to 78% and the heat index in now 68. Winds are gusting 10 to 12 MPH. A front came through and we got no rain at all but it is a lot cooler out there.

Typical Oklahoma weather, always changing.

[masraum]

Yep, I miss watching the wild temp/humidity swings when a front comes through.

I always found dew point to be a better indicator of comfort than humidity.

[flipper35]

We measure the wind by how far the grill blows across the yard after breaking the post it is tied to.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by pete3799

I have this one that i got for Christmas 2015. Has been working fine since.

-22 F and still 62% humidity? The indoor inverse is funny though.