Do You Own A Personal Weather Station
The Met Office has a weather station network across the whole UK, with more than 200 automatic stations.
These weather stations measure a large variety of different meteorological parameters, including air temperature; atmospheric pressure; rainfall; wind speed and direction, humidity; cloud height and visibility.
Stations are usually around 40 km apart, enabling us to record the weather associated with the typical low pressure and frontal systems that cross the UK.
UK weather station locations
Weather station sites are selected to ensure that the observations are representative of the wider area around the station and not unduly influenced by local effects.
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Ideal site
These weather stations measure a large variety of different meteorological parameters, including air temperature; atmospheric pressure; rainfall; wind speed and direction, humidity; cloud height and visibility.
Stations are usually around 40 km apart, enabling us to record the weather associated with the typical low pressure and frontal systems that cross the UK.
UK weather station locations
Weather station sites are selected to ensure that the observations are representative of the wider area around the station and not unduly influenced by local effects.
Go Here to find more information about personal weather station.
Ideal site
- Level ground.
- No trees; buildings, or steep ground nearby that might influence the measurements.
- Warming effect of buildings on the measurement of temperature
- Sheltering or shading effects of trees on the measurement of sunshine and wind.
- Frost hollow where overnight temperatures on still clear nights may be far lower than at neighbouring locations.
- Top of a hill or steep escarpment where winds will be unrepresentative of the wider area.