# Tell me about your weather station

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-weather-station/289035>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 8, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-weather-station/289035 "2005-02-08T18:10:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-weather-station/289035/1 "2005-02-08T18:10:03Z")

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Now that the Christmas bills have been put to rest, the Lizardo household would like to get a weather station. I would love to get the [Davis vantage Pro](http://www.weathershack.com/davis-instruments-vantage-pro.html) which monitors and graphs temp, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall and other stats, but it’s WAY too expensive. The features I would like to have are indoor and outdoor temp, humidity, and barometric pressure, with some kind of rudimentary forecasting. The two units that are actually in my price range that I am looking at are [this one from LaCrosse](http://www.weathershack.com/lacrosse-technology-ws9032-wireless-weather-station.html) and [this one from Oregon Scientific.](http://www.ambientweather.com/orscbhmowest.html) Does anyone have any experience with these models or manufacturers? I’m flying pretty blind here, and any help is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-weather-station/289035/2 "2005-02-08T18:16:34Z")

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I have a simpler LaCrosse model with atomic time and temp/RH but no barometric display, just a fuzzy-forecast graphic that shows a trend: rising (up arrow with sun picture) or falling (down arrow with cloud picture). It seems reliable enough and was easy to set up.