Position for weatherstation

[tornando9]

I'm planning to buy a weatherstation in the near future, looking at pictures of members stations here most are located in fields or up mountains (or beside rivers SQ  )
Are there many PWS members that live in housing estates and where have they the station located. I'm fortunate enough that i don,t have any houses to the back of me and have a SW facing back garden. Would it be an option to mount it on a pole fixed to the back wall or would it be better high up on the house.

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[Mothman]

In short as far away from house as possible though the anemometer could go on house beaering in mind the need for servicing. House will make rain shadow, and create shelter from the ambient air.

Put in some photos so we can give appropriate advice/opinion. How high is the wall?

[Snowbie]

I think you posted a video of lightning before on the forum and can see the exposed area to the rear of your house.
Locate the station away from any buildings/walls if you can. In the middle of the garden at 4ft above short grass is best so the air can be mixed up and circulate.
Buildings (house) and walls can give off heat and this will affect the air temp and also you may lose rainfall measurements if sited near a structure. Expose the station site as much as you can to eliminate the above affects.

I use to live in a UHI (and done my best to site the station as exposed as i could. I recorded the local environmental conditions really. My new site is exposed better to the elements due to more rural location and away from any buildings.

All you can do is your best but most will not have the perfect site for a station but if you can eliminate siting the station next to buildings/walls or anything that can give off heat, you will do alright. You would have a better site than i did when i use to live in Dublin.

[tornando9]

I could ask the owner of the field behind me if i could place it on his land. What is the range like on the wireless stations.

[Snowbie]

Vantage pro2 is 1000ft

[Mothman]

I could ask the owner of the field behind me if i could place it on his land. What is the range like on the wireless stations.

What is the security like? from being stolen, damage by animals or machinery. can you get in to cut the grass?
One aspect to consider is situation years later. The consistency of a site over many years is desirable so that proper comparisons can be made. If you use the field site and then have to move station back to garden, they are different sites even if only a stones throw apart and temperature readings pending relative exposure of garden may not be comparable. Gardens are rarely static either with trees/hedges/buildings changing etc, so the site may change without moving station. Birr, Kilkenny etc are all examples of this.

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