My wonderful, reliable Vantage Pro II was completely refurbished less than 2 years ago. It had been performing perfectly.
But here in NC Texas, like everybody else, the temps went way down, especially for us. We went down to about 11 degrees and were below freezing for several days. At one point we got some snow and some ice, not a huge amount.
When the temps went back up above freezing, I expected to see sudden precip gains as the ice in the rain collector melted. Didn't happen. Then a day later, with temps now a balmy 40 degrees, we got heavy rain.
No rain reported at all...zero.
What has happened up there? Did the cold break my rain gauge? It survived colder many times. It has spikes to keep out the birds. Unfortunately this station is up on a high roof tripod where I can't get to it. Only place on my property to put it.
I have to call a brave soul to get up there.
What could have gone wrong? The outdoor temp with its fan is fine. The anemometer is fine. But the essential rain gauge is missing in action. This is the wireless station with the asperated fan.