I need to install a weather station to monitor the conditions on the family farm about 20 miles from where I live. There is limited (metered) internet available at the farm, and the connection is a bit unreliable (weather fade during heavy rain, etc.). The main things I need to monitor are temperature, wind, and rain fall. There is a wired ethernet port that I can plug into on the wifi access point, so either wired ethernet or wifi is an option.
My big concern is I need a weather station that will tolerate intermittent internet drop outs and will not require me making numerous unplanned 40 mile round trip drives to reboot things.
Absolute accuracy is not all that important on the rain gauge, I live in Louisiana where we often have afternoon thermal thunderstorms in the spring and summer so it may come a downpour in one spot and be completely dry a couple of hundred feet away.
One important issue, is whatever I buy needs to be able to operate in outdoor ambient temperatures, as there is no full time climate controlled structure available to house the interface box, and there is no available windows computer to plug a USB interface into. The WIFI access point / router is located in a well pump shed.
A local display would be nice, but not really necessary since everyone seem to carry a smart phone with them these days.
I am considering the Ambient Weather WS-0900 as a possibility and would like your thoughts, as well as thoughts on the WS 2902, and WS 1401 and any other comparable units you might suggest I consider.
Ideally I would like something that could buffer its readings then upload them when there is an available internet connection so as to avoid data drop outs when there may be a temporary rain fade net connection event. Data use is also concern, which I read has been somewhat addressed in recent firmware updates on most Ambient Weather products.
thanks for your thoughts