I know its a totally rubbish place for the rain gauge but my old gauge was in a worse place, ontop of a dog kennel, screwed to a brick by the side of the house, not level and that did a pretty good job, until a bad storm killed it... I should of drilled a few holes in the platform I made for the new gauge, because I have made a effort to get the platform level, so the water will just sit on the platform and rot the wood. I didnt think of that, damn.
I have checked the manual, and it says that temp by the wind direction on the main unit is "the temperature at place of anemometer"..... Now I have it up, night times the temperature is lower at the anemometer, then the one under the barn. But the one under the barn is quite sheltered but it works well there, as almost always the same as the temp on the tv forecast and its even screwed on to a brick wall, so thats bad also
So I don't know if having a temp sensor out in the open on the anemometer is actually going to be that bad,,, for night times anyways. But hot days maybe a different story as Im guessing it will get to 40c+ easy. I will just say thats what it feels like outside, if anyone asks.