I bought an indoor/outdoor weather station this morning. I'm having issues finding somewhere to put it to get an accurate temperature reading. I have it on my fence, facing north so it's shaded. But I think the sun reflecting off of the garage is causing problems. I doubt my yard is 20° warmer than the official reading at the airport. 😖
It was bothering me too much, so I broke out my tape measure. I found a website that said that the temp sensor should be at least 10 ft from all buildings/fences and 4-6 ft from the ground. I'm just going to let it sit for the rest of the weekend to see if things level off. If not, I may have to move to a new house ... or just return the weather station. 🤪
The weather station seemed pretty close to accurate overnight ... after I moved the sensor for the 5th time. 🙈
I'm starting to wonder if the fact that my neighbor's yard [to the south] is all concrete [no grass] is making the temp higher. 🤔 Of course, living in a row of townhouses where all the buildings are close together doesn't help.
Oh well. My weather geek side is still happy to have a weather station after all these years. 🤓
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