Hi All

Hope this is the right forum for this! I wish to buy a home weather station to replace a cheap 'Auriol" station which has ceased to function.

I don't require wind or rain sensors, but do want a reliable and well made station that must monitor outdoor temperature, humidity and dew point together with air pressure and pressure tendency graph. It would also be good if the unit could download to a computer and be compatible with Cumulus software.

I can spend up to £100.

Does anyone have any suggestions please?

Many thanks.

David Burns 

 

A fir-cone for humidity, a wet finger for dew point, some binoculars for the waxwings for temperature and salt for pressure would be less than £100.

Sorry- RMS 'weather' magazine used to have high quality second hand or excess but top condition apparatus for sale. Not sure if it still does.

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Hi David,

I have been using the Maplin USB wireless weather station for several years now without any serious issues. It is reliable and the readings seem to be pretty accurate (although I think it may underestimate winds but that may be the quite sheltered location I have it in the garden). It works very well with Cumulus and has only ever lost connection wirelessly when the batteries have run very low and that is not frequently.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/black-usb-wireless-touchscreen-weather-centre-n96gy 

The WS itself is based on the Fine Offfset WH1080 I believe (and it is that setting you use for Cumulus). Others may have had different experiences but for the price I have found this station to be more reliable than any of the other "low budget" options I have had previously.

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Thanks for the responses. I will take a look a the Maplin model.

Weathershop have the WS1600 for under £100

https://www.weathershop.co.uk/shop/weather-stations/electronic/complete-weather-station/technoline-ws1600-weather-station

It seems to be similar to the WS2350 which I know many of us use and was for sometime the standard "cheap" option.   Not perfect but a good starter.

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Thanks Essan. But that model appears not to have computer download capability. Also I was hoping to be able to get a better unit by sacrificing wind and rain sensors which I have no use for.

Have used the Fine of set from the site mentioned for over 3 years. Parts easily come by and inexpensive. can use weatherunderground all the time.

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