Weather Station

[Storm Clouds]

I had a Davis Vantage Pro 2 for 12 years until it crapped out unfortunately. I really enjoyed it, but it was a pain to clean and maintain because of how big and different size parts were on it. I don’t need anything that size again. 

I was looking into weather stations and I especially like how sleek and simple the Tempest weather station (new 2026) model is. The lightning detector is also very attractive and would be cool to have. It’s on sale right now too for $60 off. Anyone have this model? Is it worth it? 
 

https://shop.tempest.earth/products/tempest?currency=USD&country=US&variant=50448868638996&stkn=9ccf78003e23&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping-B2C-LowROAS-US&hsa_acc=8776118551&hsa_cam=21297992765&hsa_grp=197465983899&hsa_ad=812073822909&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=pla-2439630180389&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21297992765&gbraid=0AAAAADhFFvG_EJNyfP3g0dzsNAuUW8POS&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImJiypZy0lQMVlHBHAR3mZS9LEAQYASABEgLqafD_BwE

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On 7/2/2026 at 10:48 AM, Storm Clouds said:

I had a Davis Vantage Pro 2 for 12 years until it crapped out unfortunately. I really enjoyed it, but it was a pain to clean and maintain because of how big and different size parts were on it. I don’t need anything that size again. 

I was looking into weather stations and I especially like how sleek and simple the Tempest weather station (new 2026) model is. The lightning detector is also very attractive and would be cool to have. It’s on sale right now too for $60 off. Anyone have this model? Is it worth it? 
 

https://shop.tempest.earth/products/tempest?currency=USD&country=US&variant=50448868638996&stkn=9ccf78003e23&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping-B2C-LowROAS-US&hsa_acc=8776118551&hsa_cam=21297992765&hsa_grp=197465983899&hsa_ad=812073822909&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=pla-2439630180389&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21297992765&gbraid=0AAAAADhFFvG_EJNyfP3g0dzsNAuUW8POS&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImJiypZy0lQMVlHBHAR3mZS9LEAQYASABEgLqafD_BwE

I had a Davis VP 2 years ago, as well.....agree that the maintenance is cumbersome and the data interface is not very user-friendly. Ambient is a nice alternative....not a huge step down in terms of accuracy and much less of a PIA. I've had it for about 7-8 years.