# Recommendations for a replacement wall-hanging 'weather station'?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-replacement-wall-hanging-weather-station/986380 "2023-06-30T22:22:57Z")\
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I guess ‘weather station’ is what they’re referred to from searching Amazon. I’ve had a wall-hanging thermometer / hygrometer / barometer for around 30 years, that survived two or three moves, and today I clumsily knocked it off the wall and broke it pretty much beyond repair. It looked a lot like [this one](https://www.amazon.com/Ambient-Weather-WS-YG315-Traditional-Station/dp/B004GF1OVY/ref=sr_1_28?crid=3DEDI6V9LDO6A&keywords=temperature+barometer+hygrometer&qid=1688161373&sprefix=temerature+barometer+hygrometer%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-28), but was blond wood, not the darker cherry.

It’s been decorative, but also useful, at least the thermometer and hygrometer-- I have no idea if the barometer part ever even worked. I’m most interested in the _ **indoor** _ weather of my office-- It’s a loft space above a garage, and can get pretty hot on summer days like right now. Also, I keep my acoustic guitar up here, so I like to keep an eye on the humidity level in winter.

I’m kind of torn. I have a bare spot on my wall where it used to be, but I don’t necessarily need something old-fashioned and decorative; I definitely want it to be accurate and useful. I’m not against something modern and digital, yet I’m sick and tired of adding yet another ‘internet of things’ style wireless device [like this](https://www.amazon.com/SMARTRO-SC93-Thermometer-Wireless-Temperature/dp/B08V52Z5JZ/ref=sxin_17_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.749943ff-94bd-4679-8f03-3b5488f65fae%3Aamzn1.sym.749943ff-94bd-4679-8f03-3b5488f65fae&cv_ct_cx=temperature+barometer+hygrometer&keywords=temperature+barometer+hygrometer&pd_rd_i=B08V52Z5JZ&pd_rd_r=3f2178c4-e605-4a14-927f-3744a528d2bc&pd_rd_w=wsiuJ&pd_rd_wg=SATih&pf_rd_p=749943ff-94bd-4679-8f03-3b5488f65fae&pf_rd_r=BRMW6TCSZ0KVB2GSA6X8&qid=1688162735&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sr=1-4-2b34d040-5c83-4b7f-ba01-15975dfb8828-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9zZWFyY2hfdGhlbWF0aWM&psc=1). We have around 57 different things connected to our wireless router, including our garage door opener and an automatic cat feeder, for god’s sake. I wouldn’t mind replacing my dear departed analog weather station for another analog replacement, as long as it’s reasonably accurate.

I’m not really seeing anything on Amazon that’s calling to me. [This one](https://www.amazon.com/Bjerg-Instruments-Thermometer-Temperature-Measurement/dp/B085H6HK4L/ref=sr_1_13_sspa?crid=3DEDI6V9LDO6A&keywords=temperature+barometer+hygrometer&qid=1688161373&sprefix=temerature+barometer+hygrometer%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-13-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&psc=1) is thermometer / hygrometer only, which might be ideal, but it’s for saunas. My office _ **can** _ become a sauna on hot days if I don’t run the window A/C, but still, I think this is just a bit too high of a temp range for my needs.

So, in summary, also the ‘tl;dr’ version:

- I’d like a replacement that is useful, that has as a minimum a thermo / hygro.
- Would like something with at least a little bit of decorative appeal. Prefer a wall-hanging thing.
- Analog would be nice, if accurate. Not against digital, but _ **do not** _ want another wireless device.