Weather stations are the set of instruments or appliances that record various weather conditions like temperature, humidity, wind speed and rain and analyze these conditions to predict the weather. These set of instruments record their readings individually and transmit them to weather stations or store the data, depending upon the type of weather station you choose. The weather stations are an important part of weather forecasting stations, scientific laboratories, oil and gas industries and oceanic study centers.

There are various types of weather stations available in the market, such as home weather station, personal weather station, professional weather station, outdoor or indoor weather station and automated weather station. You can either buy one of the standard types or buy a customized one designed especially for your application needs.

Some important parameters you must consider before you select weather stations are

1. The type of weather station you require
2. The number and accuracy of readings you require
3. The type of process of recordings you will follow
4. The parameters that you want to measure using weather stations

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Buy weather stations for commercial use

Once you understand your requirements, you can go to a specific weather station manufacturer or distributor to buy the right kind of weather station.

I recommend: Davis Instruments is a manufacturer that offers weather stations, weather station software and sensors. You can buy weather stations, dataloggers and a portable weather station from RainWise. You can also buy from WeatherBuffs.Com that offers different types of wireless weather stations.

Buy home weather station for your personal use

You can also buy a home weather station or personal weather station from various sources at attractive prices.

I recommend: If you are looking for a home weather station or remote weather station, then you can buy it from Campbell Scientific. You can buy a home weather station and personal weather station from Ambient Weather, a company that also offers professional weather stations. Morcom International is another source from where you can buy a personal weather station.

Buy data loggers for your weather stations

Data loggers are an important part of the weather station as they record and transmit the data. You can buy these data loggers for your weather monitoring station from the various sources that sell data loggers.

I recommend: Ben Meadows.com, a Lab Safety Supply company, supplies data loggers of various kinds which can be used independently or can be connected to the computer for output of readings. You can also visit TheDataLoggerStore.com to choose data from a range of usb data loggers and other data loggers. NovaLynx Corporation is another source to buy different types of data loggers.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  You should take proper care during the data recording procedure, as wrong data will give wrong results.
• •  Make sure your weather stations offer flexibility to change the data processing, data storage and data retrieval procedures.