Weather Stations

This page will show pictures of various weather stations. If you visit a weather station and take a photograph, we would be happy to put it up here if we have room. You will need to describe when and where you took the photograph.

Kew, London, UK

This weather station is in a large grassed area. Kew Gardens is a large park full of all sorts of plants. Click on the image to see the flower beds. See the location on the Google Maps satellite image. The weather station has a variety of traditional and digital equipment. There are thermometers to measure soil, grass and concrete temperatures. There is more than one type of rain gauge. The weather data from this station is published on the Meteo Group website. The photograph was taken in summer 2006.
kew uk weather station

Kew has traditional instruments in a Stevenson Screen and an automatic weather station. In the picture you can see the solar panel which powers the automatic weather station. This makes it easier to put your weather station in the middle of an open area where there may not be power points.
This photograph also shows some of the thermometers that are outside the Stevenson Screen. Find out more about what that slab of concrete might be for on More About Temperature.

kew uk weather station

Roadside Weather Stations

See details about a roadside weather station in the UK on the Why Measure the Weather page.

a raodside weather station