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Justifying purchasing a weather station
(lemmy.world)
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I use mine quite a lot. I have a weather dashboard, and the forecasts from my weather station are second to none, way more accurate than any other option. I also use them in a lot of automations. Many of which are here, the python script described there is using a lot of weather data to make decisions about whether to keep the heat lower in the morning or not. Saves me pretty good money on heating.
Nice dashboard!! What weather station do you use?
Weatherflow Tempest. Not cheap but excellent weather station with great integration ro HA.