![]() ![]() (I have the original Vantage Pro.) It’s expensive, and overkill, and I might not buy it today. The model I have is (unsurprisingly) no longer sold, but its successor still is: the Davis Vantage Pro2. (I have to clean it periodically-the spiders love webbing down the rain collector cup so it can’t move-and I had to replace the rechargeable backup battery once, but it has been a remarkably resilient piece of tech to have survived 12 years outdoors, admittedly in the not-particularly-harsh climate of northern California.) ![]() I installed it in August of 2004 for a story I wrote for Macworld and it’s been running ever since. In the May issue of the Six Colors Magazine-one of the benefits of supporting this site-I did write about it a little. I’ve mentioned the weather station I have in my backyard in passing on this site and on several podcasts I do, but I realize that I’ve never presented the details here. I had a lot less gray hair when I installed my weather station 12 years ago. Thank you so much for stopping by.Note: This story has not been updated for several years. You can read about my experience buying and setting up my Davis station here. Green lawn, without spending a small fortune in water. My hope is that many of my neighbors will come to use the data here, so they too can have a lush, It's fun to be able to upload live data, not only to this site, but to many placesĪnd see our home's live weather online. I think it is fascinating and really enjoy being able to monitor a If you'd like to learn more about lawn care, TheLawnForum is a friendly online community of lawn enthusiasts.īecause I'm a pilot, I take an obvious interest in weather. This website dedicated to the lawn because getting it right while saving on water is important. Totals, the E/T, the soil moisture, and then control the Rachio sprinkler system, all via my iPhone. Even when I am away on a trip, I can remotely monitor the rain Part of the reason for getting the Davis weather station was to moreĪccurately take care of my lawn's watering needs here in Texas. I really enjoy photography and lawn care. I'm a husband, a father of four daughters, an airline pilot, and have a lot of varied interests Which produces this website, and stores the data in a database for record keeping and producing graphs. The computer runs the latest version of Trixology's WeatherCat software, The Meteobridge is what sends the data out to the internet (Wunderground, NWS, etc) and to our iMac. The console has a data logger that connects via USB to a Meteobridge. ![]() The station data but don't have soil moisture probes.ĭata from the station is transmitted every 2.5 seconds to the indoor console, that displays the information The evapotranspiration (E/T) calculations can aid in watering lawns as well, especially those nearby who use This will help prevent over watering and reduce water waste. Root-zone readings for accurately watering the lawn. The soil temperature and moisture probes are 3-4 inches in the soil to provide The station is solar and battery powered and runs 24/7 year round. The station also has a leaf and soil sensor unit, which measures soil temperatures, soil moisture levels,Īnd leaf wetness values from sources like dew and the early stages of rainfall. It comes with a suite of sensors to measure wind speed, rainfall, temperature, humidity, solar radiation, and UV radiation.įrom these sensors, it can then also compute heat index, wind chill, dew point, and evapotranspiration. The Castle Hills North weather station is a Wireless Davis Vantage Pro 2 Plus with a 24-hourįan Aspirated Radiation Shield (FARS), model 6163. ![]()
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