Weather stations that can be used by people at home are quite useful weather instruments to monitor one’s immediate environment. These tools have the ability to provide information that the weather man can’t. There are many different types of weather instruments that offer excellent utility and accurate information for a range of activities, including sports, research, professional photography, adventure travel, and agriculture etc. A weather station at your house can be quite useful especially on the months of fall and winter, during which time the weather can be quite unpredictable. Weather during summer is pretty much predictable, but winter months especially in colder regions of the United States of America and Canada can be quite dangerous.

Unfortunately, even if you buy one of the best brands of home weather stations, it’s the batteries that often pose a problem. The colder the weather, the worse their performance. When compared with car batteries, that give specific warnings regarding battery performance during various seasons, batteries used in these weather instruments are conspicuous due to lack of this information. Since batteries form an important part of the station system, it’s important to not just be able to choose the right battery but also understand the difference between the different types.

Alkaline Batteries: These batteries are good for weather station sensor located outside your home during mild summers to cold winters. However, as it gets colder, below freezing point, the chemicals in the battery start to have a problem and become weak and may stop … Continue Reading ...

Weather, weather everywhere…Did you know what kind of weather was coming? If not, you certainly could have even without your TV or computer. With the advent of all the electronic, digital, solar powered weather instruments anyone who wants can become an amateur weatherman/woman or meteorologist.

What do you need to be a weatherperson? Just some good, solid knowledge and some fairly simple weather instruments. All of this can be acquired or purchased online. So, you see, you’re only limited by your own mental and financial resources. If you really want to be a weather hound, you can do it!

Though all weather instruments can stand alone when it comes to measuring certain aspects of weather characteristics, the weather buff is usually better off by just purchasing a decent wireless, solar powered home weather station. Why? Because it includes all or most of the necessary instruments and tools that any amateur weather hound needs.

Each weather station will include, at a minimum, the simplest forms of instrumentation such as an indoor outdoor thermometer, a barometer, a wind speed indicator, a wind direction finder and usually a hygrometer. With just these instruments you can start forecasting your local weather. Another instrument that you’ll need and usually comes with the kit is the rain gauge.

It can’t get much simpler than this. All of these instruments just have to be connected to the wireless, solar powered sensor in the yard or surrounding area and they transmit weather measurements back to the home unit … Continue Reading ...