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For years I've known of Davis having the best weather stations, and I Will say I have to agree.

But times do change and I'm wondering, what most people buy these days? What are the most accurate, with the quickest refresh rate, options, etc.

How many different brands are there? It's been about7 years roughly since I've bought my Davis station,with no replacement or repairs expect for bad temperature and fan replacement for the fan aspirated shield.

How's everyone else's stations holding up?

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Very nice, I used ambient weather, they are pretty good outfit to use when looking for a station, they have guides etc.

I'd post a photo of my station but,you can go to my weather underground link to get a photo if out on the Gladstone site. Going relocate my station to on top of roof. It's mounted on side of house by eve,and I'm aiming for better wind readings.

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I see you have the whole unit on the roof...If possible you should really have the thermo and rain gage at ground level.

Yeah, though not ideal,my readings are extremely accurate compared to what madis uses and 99% reliable

Rainfall is actually more accurate then in my yard,idk how but it is. We have a gauge,manual in yard for noaa or something. I forget who exactly.

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I see you have the whole unit on the roof...If possible you should really have the thermo and rain gage at ground level.

I didn't have the room for a ground level station when I lived in Brooklyn...I had a small back yard and an alley way...The front was short...I had no choice but to put it on my roof...

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Good Evening,

 

Over the years we have had almost every weather station known to man, The best weather station out there for the price hands down is the Davis Vantage Vue, easy to install and easy to place online you do not have to be a computer wiz.  

 

Another good station but very pricey is to the Earth Network's Weatherbug stations which are professional grade stations. 

 

Also if your going to have a station you should try to mount the station close to NWS spec's for surface weather stations granted your location may not be perfect to monitor wind and precipitation due to trees and other elements. 

 

Also good station that has last for years is our PEET Brothers station which we have that hooked up 

via telephone something like an AWOS station.  

 

Here is a link to our vantage vue station online with Davis Weather Link.

 

http://www.weatherlink.com/user/hsnn4/

 

Tony Mondaro

NWS Cooperative Weather Observer

Station: HSNN4 - Harrison, NJ 

 

 

 

 

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  • 3 months later...

My set up...

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Rain gages and vantage pro...thermometer shelter that houses couple other thermometers, and rooftop anemometer. Shelter was built by my dad about 30 years ago...( He's still going strong living at home at 100 years and 6 months of age!!!)

wow...I hope he has many more years a head...Does your shelter get shaded during the day?...I had that problem when I lived onn Victory Blvd...

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wow...I hope he has many more years a head...Does your shelter get shaded during the day?...I had that problem when I lived onn Victory Blvd...

Yard is surrounded by woods on three sides so thermos are shaded from the se after  sunrise for a few hours...so my station will warm up slower than other places during growing season but readings have always been consistent with others, The shelter and the vantage pro are several feet from each other and always agree to a few tenths of a degree. Here's another pic...

 

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Nice set-up don.

 

I've had the Davis Vantage Pro 2 since 2007 now, and other than replacing the hum/temp sensor once, then adding the fan in 2010 I believe, it's been working great. Raised up the anemometer several years ago as well to height of about 27 feet (recorded some good gusts in the 50s and one in the 60s since then). I find it to be very accurate. On uniform temp days, I'm usually quite close to either TTN or BLM.

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My set up...

attachicon.gifdoncatweatherstation55.jpg

Rain gages and vantage pro...thermometer shelter that houses couple other thermometers, and rooftop anemometer. Shelter was built by my dad about 30 years ago...( He's still going strong living at home at 100 years and 6 months of age!!!)

That is a nice compact shelter...was your father into weather?...I built one for the country home in the poconos that lasted a few years because I didn't maintain it...I found an old picture of it...

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That is a nice compact shelter...was your father into weather?...I built one for the country home in the poconos that lasted a few years because I didn't maintain it...I found an old picture of it...

No my father wasn't really into weather but he helped me when I was growing up with the purchasing and installation of all my gadgets...remember back then there weren't wireless stations, you had to run wires and drill holes into the house...the good old days!

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Well here's an update,so to speak, with new roof and siding on house being replaced, station has to come down. Being it's my parents house, and moving into my house, (once habitat for humanity comes back so we can finish it and I move in), I want to keep this season here,sure to the fact it's in a wide open area compared to me location 5 minutes away. Decided to replace wind came and wind cups, main cover with solar panel as well.

Noticed the aspirated fan wasn't working, perfect time to do a cleaning and other odds and ends. Turns out the circuit board has failed, on solar panel side. I really don't want to send back to Davis and so I did some extensive online searching... Found a website,or 2 that allows you to buy, any part that isn't available to public to buy,online. The lists updated from Davis very often.

https://www.scaledinstruments.com/product-category/davis-instruments/

Anyway, bought the board,batteries, hopefully be back in business This week! Basically the only real failure I've had minus having the original temperature sensor fail while under warranty,(seemed to of been a common issue).

Plan on getting the weather bridge to keep everything online. Should be fun

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One thing I've noticed and have been wondering, when wag the last time Davis came out with anything crazy new? I wonder if they have any big plans or anything. They have improved since sensors a and things, designed some new wind vans and rain bucket, long range sensor and remote station with ability to have it transit through cellular network. Maybe new station ideas some day? Would be really cool if they integrated or had lightening sensor.

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One thing I've noticed and have been wondering, when wag the last time Davis came out with anything crazy new? I wonder if they have any big plans or anything. They have improved since sensors a and things, designed some new wind vans and rain bucket, long range sensor and remote station with ability to have it transit through cellular network. Maybe new station ideas some day? Would be really cool if they integrated or had lightening sensor.

Yeah everyone is waiting for the Vantage pro 3, and upgrade the console from its 90's look.
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My station was the first Staten Island one on wunderground back in 2009...now I think there are around 10.

someone had a coop weather station in Westerleigh from the early 1950's to the 1980's near Marble St....I was able to get all the dailies from the Utah climate site 15 years ago when I lived in Westerleigh...I was there from 1999-2006...I had a station across from the Westerleigh tennis courts...

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