Tempest: The best home weather station, by a mile

I've reviewed the Weatherflow Tempest weather system. It's an absolute masterpiece of design and one of the best man-gadgets of 2020/2021.

The Tempest measures rainfall, windspeed and direction, barometric pressure, temperature, humidity, ambient light and lightning.

It's desperately easy to install and set up. Very simple and intuitive to use. And on top of accurately measuring and recording your local weather conditions, it offers an AI powered forecasting system and can control smart home devices.

It's genius.

0:00 Introduction: replacing my antique barometer
0:31 The Tempest
1:03 Tempest features: barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, rain sensor, anemometer, light & lightning
1:39 Tempest Installation
3:56 Tempest App
5:13 Always on display
5:57 Accuracy
6:27 Smart home applications

That campaign is now closed and Weatherflow is not yet shipping outside the US and Canada, but they are due in 2021.

To install, I used

As always, I have not been paid, bribed or otherwise coerced into recommending any products in this film, and the onions expressed are entirely my own.

#tempest #weatherstation #review

[PortugalCarp]

Love the "Ice Station Zebra" name!

[SharingtheRoad]

Perfect review! Loved the details and the humor, exactly what we needed! Great job!

[jayjacobs]

This unit is amazing . Solar powered. No changing batteries . No moving parts. No wires. But omg the software is even better. Plus you can see other stations from local to around the world . Best 300 bucks spent.

[SoulStarLA]

Very nice review that helped me make the decision to purchase one, thank you! Also, love your music by the way.

[YukonHawk]

I love your humor. Absolutely brilliant video. Thank you. New sub here too.

[chipsawdust]

I just bought one of these and have it on a pole 20 feet in the air. Not a permanent location yet, but up there in the wind at least. So far I love the device and support from Tempest has been way above par for most companies. I asked them about an Apple Watch complication and they say that is coming with their next major iOS release of the software. We've been having a heat wave here in the NW US, temps above 100F and it appears to match other weather stations quite well. And I've found that YAY my home is five or so degrees cooler than the airport from where most weather data comes.

Although chances of lightning hitting the pole are remote, I like your idea of tapping a copper stake in the ground and fastening a good cable to it. Don't need a lightning strike to start my house on fire just because I was lazy or cheap. :)

[vywyv]

Good review, thanks. I'm deciding between this unit and the WS-5000. Thanks for mentioning the ""always on mode" -- perhaps I could use an old tablet for continues feed, similar to the screens that ship with the AW systems, e.g., the ws-5000. ...also, I'm wondering if sharing my weather data with WU will allow add free access to the wundermap.

[lhunterdds]

My weather flow tempest is due to arrive today or tomorrow so I have been scouring the Internet for set up information. Your channel is by far the most realistic, entertaining and informative. I would consider it Dr. science meets Monty python. The dinner party confrontation was not only very funny but very evocative of me banging on to a group of disinterested people about my new weather station.

[tvold]

I've had mine for 1 week now and am very happy with it!

[mikep]

Great review...I laughed aloud, which is a feat considering the subject matter.

[DaveTinNY]

Love mine! Have had it one week and it measured 4.01" of rain here in NY.

[paulbond]

Nice review, always had a weather station but way more basic than this one, maybe one for the future, cheers

[ralphtaylor]

Hmm nice gadget, now how do I convince her indoors that I can have one! :-) Good review, interesting as always and love he light hearted humour. Thank you.

[akbarshoed]

Good review!! Price up front!! Details are fantastic!

[SteveMartinUSA]

I like larger dedicated displays, such as the Ambient Weather Stations. If you're OK with the phone then maybe just use Weather Underground to get the reading off your neighbor's setup. I wonder if you could set alerts on the neighbor's device... Anyway, my phone is busy doing a lot of things and I don't want to fuss with it. Wouldn't it be more accurate if the sensors were separated so that you can put them in different locations, as with the WS-5000? Like keep the temperature sensor in the shade and the wind on the roof. I wonder how people like Big Sky on Amazon Alexa...

[michiel]

Very funny video with at the same time some handy info

[cb]

Coming a little late from the States. Stumbled on your channel and review after unexpected severe thunderstorm hit our area out of no where (0% chance of rain on all apps) and rained in the Jeep with no doors/top on. Needless to say, looking for a more local robust solution to telling me when to put things in the garage. Subscribed. Cheers!

[edwatts]

Nice review! The ultrasonic anemometer is a nice touch. In any event, "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant."

[ukweathervideos]

That was me when my DHL van arrived with mine as well XD

[dougtaylor]

I can see a knife fight breaking out over the rainfall. A sticky subject at my home too. lol