Topic: Wired Weather Station

[riverrat373]

Hello! I'm new here and would like some opinions on weather stations. I live in Washington State close to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. We have a lot of wind and weather changes in this area and I would like to monitor the winds and temps mostly. I have heard that wired weather stations are better for wind monitoring because the data is in real time while wireless stations update info every 5 or 6 seconds only. I do not have a large budget (around $400.00) and would like to buy the best  system I can for the money.

I have been looking at the Peets system and wonder if anyone has had any experience with this company. I am open to any other brands that might fall into my price range. I want a system can record high and low temps and maximum winds. Being able to hook to a computer would be nice too.

Thanks,
riverrat373

[fritz_monroe]

I've been looking at the Davis systems.  I've found that the Davis Vantage Pro2 cabled system can be had for under your budget.

[Weather Display]

the davis station updates every 2.5 seconds, wireless, or wired options
you need to purchase the weather link data logger though if you have want to get data to a pc

[Clay]

You can get a wireless 6152 VP2 for $396+shipping here.

http://www.ambientweather.com/davaproandpr1.html