Davis Vantage Vue Weather Station with WeatherLink Console 6242UK

• The Vantage Vue consumer weather station delivers real-time weather updates every 2.5 seconds, ensuring access to the most precise weather data.
• Set up a home weather station with this self-contained, easy-to-install system that includes a sensor suite and console.
• Industry-leading transmission range of 1,000’/300 m from the sensor suite to the console.
• Sensor suite’s rugged, weather-proof housing gives you years of reliable data.
• This home weather station measures inside and outside temperature and humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, rainfall, dewpoint, wind chill. It also displays forecast, moon phase, alarms, and more.
• Access data anywhere, anytime, with WeatherLink Cloud.
• Includes WeatherLink Console (6313) with a vibrant, HD color touchscreen. The WeatherLink Console is the best way to visualize weather data for your personal projects.
• The Vantage Vue Sensor suite is solar-powered weather station with night mode (battery back-up at night); console is AC-powered with battery backup.
  
  

The Vantage Vue (#6242) wireless weather station includes two components: the Sensor Suite (#6357) which houses and manages the external sensor array, and the WeatherLink® Console (#6313) which provides the user interface, data display, and calculations, as well as the option to upload data to WeatherLink.com. The Vantage Vue sensor suite and console communicate via an FCC-certified, licensefree frequency-hopping transmitter and receiver. Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) technology provides greater communication strength over longer distances and areas of weaker reception.
User-selectable transmitter ID codes allow up to eight stations to coexist in the same geographic area. The WeatherLink Console can receive and display data from up to eight Davis transmitters, including Vantage Pro2™ or Vantage Pro2 Plus sensor suites. The WeatherLink Console is powered with an included AC-power adapter with backup battery. The wireless sensor suite is solar-powered with a battery backup. The Vantage Vue station relies on passive shielding to reduce solar-radiation induced temperature errors in the outside temperature sensor readings.

Data Displayed on Console:

General

Display Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Current reading for selected weather variables. In most cases, the variable lists the most recently updated reading or calculation. Some current variable displays can be adjusted so there is an offset for the reading

Tabs

Current Weather Home Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Details of current weather including sunrise and sunset, daily highs, lows and averages. See historical data and forecasts for hourly, 7day, monthly, and annual.

Graph Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphs of weather data from selected sensors over a selected time period

Data Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Archived (or historical) data over any selected day.

Map Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See conditions and details for stations worldwide

Account Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account information, console configuration (including console name, stations and sensors), display customization, console settings, alarms, device information

Operating System Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Console and operating system are both updated automatically at 3:00 am local time when they become available.

Alarm Indication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Console will show an alarm icon and play an audible alarm (if you choose) when alarm thresholds are met. Alarms will go off automatically after one minute or can be silenced by tapping the Off Alarm icon.

Transmission Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Varies with transmitter ID code from 2.25 seconds (#1=shortest), to 3 seconds (#8=longest)

Update Interval ................................................................. Varies with sensor - see individual sensor specs

Barometric Pressure:

Resolution and Units......................................................... 0.01" Hg, 0.1 mm Hg, 0.1 hPa/mb (user-selectable)

Range............................................................................... 16.00" to 32.50" Hg, 410 to 820 mm Hg, 540 to 1100.0 hPa/mb

Sensor Installation Elevation Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Up to +15,000’ (4570 m)

Sea-Level Reduction Equation Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Altimeter

Equation Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±0.01" Hg (±0.3 mm Hg, ±0.3 hPa/mb)

Elevation Accuracy Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±10’ (3m) to meet equation accuracy specification

Overall Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±0.03" Hg (±0.8 mm Hg, ±1.0 hPa/mb)

Trend (change in 3 hours) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change 0.06" (2 hPa/mb,1.5 mm Hg) = Rapidly Change 0.02" (0.7hPa/mb, 0.5 mm Hg)= Slowly

Trend Indication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 position arrow: Rising (rapidly or slowly), Steady, or Falling (rapidly or slowly)

Update Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 minute

Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High and Low Threshold for Sea-Level Barometer and Absolute Barometer High Threshold from Current Trend for Storm Clearing (Rising Trend) Low Threshold from Current Trend for Storm Warning (Falling Trend)

Range for Rising and Falling Trend Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 to 0.25" Hg (0.1 to 6.4 mm Hg, 0.1 to 8.5 hPa/mb)

Clock Source & Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On Wi-Fi in online mode: Network Time Protocol, converted from Universal Time, updated continuously In offline mode: ±8 seconds/month Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 minute

Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time: 12 or 24 hour format (user-selectable)

Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US or International format (user-selectable)

Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time: Automatic Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time for your location as set on the map Date: Automatic Leap Year

Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One per day

Dewpoint (calculated)

Resolution and Units.........................................................1°F or 1°C (user-selectable)

Range...............................................................................-105° to +150°F (-76° to +65°C)

Accuracy...........................................................................±2°F (±1°C) (typical)

Update Interval..................................................................10 to 12 seconds

Source..............................................................................World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Equation Used..................................................................WMO Equation with respect to saturation of moist air over water

Variables Used..................................................................Current Outside Temperature and current Outside Relative Humidity

Alarms..............................................................................High and Low Threshold 

Evapotranspiration (calculated, requires Vantage Pro2 ISS with solar radiation sensor)

Resolution and Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.01" or 0.001", or 0.1 mm (user-selectable)

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Daily to 0.255" (6.5mm); Monthly & Yearly to 65.535" (1664.6 mm)

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greater of 0.01" (0.25 mm) or ±5%, Reference: side-by-side comparison against a CIMIS ET weather station

Update Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 hour

Calculation and Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Modified Penman Equation as implemented by CIMIS (California Irrigation Management Information System) including Net Radiation calculation Display Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Latest Total Calculation for daily, last 7 days, monthly, or yearly

Data Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Latest Hourly Total Calculation

Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High Threshold from Latest Daily Total Calculation

Forecast

Online Forecast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Provided by CustomWeather

Offline Forecast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Classic Davis algorithm Variables used: Barometric Reading & Trend, Wind Speed & Direction, Rainfall, Temperature, Humidity, Latitude & Longitude, Time of Year Variables Predicted: Sky Condition, Precipitation, Temperature Changes, Wind Direction and Speed

Online Update Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 hours

Offline Update Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 hour

Heat Index (calculated)

Resolution and Units.........................................................1°F or 1°C (user-selectable)

Range...............................................................................-40° to +200°F (-40° to +93°C)

Accuracy...........................................................................±2°F (±1°C) (typical)

Update Interval..................................................................10 to 12 seconds

Source..............................................................................United States National Weather Service (NWS)/NOAA

Formulation Used..............................................................Steadman (1979) modified by US NWS/NOAA and Davis Instruments to increase range of use

Variables Used..................................................................Current Outside Temperature and current Outside Relative Humidity

Alarm................................................................................High Threshold from current Calculation

Humidity

Inside Relative Humidity (sensor located in console)

Resolution and Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.1% or 1% (user selectable)

Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.1 to 100.0% RH

Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±2%

Update Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 minute

Calibration Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .User-adjustable offset (±20.0%) available

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High and Low Threshold from Current Reading Outside Relative Humidity (sensor located in sensor suite)

Resolution and Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.1% or 1% (user selectable)

Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.1 to 100.0% RH

Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±2%

Drift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<0.25% per year

Update Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 seconds to 1 minute

Calibration Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .User-adjustable offset (±20.0%) available

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High and Low Threshold from Current Reading

Moon Phase

Console Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/8 (12.5%) of a lunar cycle, 1/4 (25%) of lighted face on console

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±38 minutes

Rainfall

Resolution and Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.01" or 0.2mm (user-selectable) (1mm at totals  2000mm) Daily/Storm

Rainfall Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 to 99.99" (0 to 999.8mm)

Monthly/Yearly/Total Rainfall Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 to 199.99" (0 to 6553 mm)

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .For rain rates up to 10"/hr (250 mm/hr): ±3% of total or ± one tip of the spoon (0.01"/0.2mm), whichever is greater.

Update Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 to 24 seconds

Storm Determination Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.02" (0.4 mm) begins a storm event, 24 hours without further accumulation ends a storm event

Current Display Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Totals for last 15-min, last one hour, last 24 hours, daily, last seven days, monthly, yearly, current rain storm, last storm total

Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thresholds for 15 minute rain total, 60 minute rain total, 24 hour rain total, current rain storm, and last rain storm

Range for Rain Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 to 99.99" (0 to 999.7 mm)

Rain Rate

Resolution and Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.01" or 0.1 mm (user-selectable) (See Figure 1 on page 9)

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0, 0.04"/hr (1 mm/hr) to 30"/hr (0 to 762 mm/hr)

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±5% for rain rates up to 10"/hr (250 mm/hr)

Update Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 to 24 seconds

Calculation Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Measures time between successive tips of tipping spoon. Elapsed time greater than 15 minutes or only one tip of the rain collector constitutes a rain rate of zero.

Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High Threshold for current and 15 minute rain rate

Solar Radiation (requires Vantage Pro2 ISS with solar radiation sensor)

Resolution and Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 W/m2

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 to 1800 W/m2

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±5% of full scale (Reference: Eppley PSP at 1000 W/m2)

Drift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .up to ±2% per year

Cosine Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±3% for angle of incidence from 0° to 75°

Temperature Coefficient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-0.067% per °F (-0.12% per °C); reference temperature = 77°F (25 °C)

Update Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 seconds to 1 minute (5 minutes when dark)

Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High Threshold from Current Reading

Sunrise and Sunset

Resolution........................................................................1 minute

Accuracy...........................................................................±1 minute

Reference.........................................................................United States Naval Observatory

Temperature

Inside Temperature (sensor located in console)

Resolution and Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.1 or 1°F or °C (user-selectable)

Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .+32° to +122°F (0° to +50°C)

Sensor Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±0.4°F (±0.2°C)

Update Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 minute

Calibration Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .User-adjustable offset (±20.0°F/11.0°C) available

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High and Low Thresholds from Current Reading Outside Temperature (sensor located in ISS)

Resolution and Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.1 or 1°F or °C (user-selectable)

Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-40° to +150°F (-40° to +65°C)

Sensor Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±0.5°F (±0.3°C)

Radiation Induced Error (Passive Shield) . . . . . . . . .+4°F (2°C) at solar noon (insolation = 1040 W/m2, avg. wind speed  2 mph (1 ms)) (reference: RM Young Model 43408

Fan-Aspirated Update Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 to 12 seconds

Calibration Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .User-adjustable offset (±20.0°F/11.0°C) available

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High and Low Thresholds from Current Reading

Temperature Humidity Sun Wind Index (THSW, requires Vantage Pro2 sensor suite with solar radiation sensor)

Resolution and Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.1 or 1°F or °C (user-selectable)

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-110° to +200°F (-79° to +93°C)

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±4°F (±2°C) (typical)

Update Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 to 12 seconds

Sources and Formulation Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .United States National Weather Service (NWS)/NOAA Steadman (1979) modified by US NWS/NOAA and Davis Instruments to increase range of use and allow for cold weather use

Variables Used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Instant Outside Temperature, Instant Outside Relative Humidity, 10minute Average Wind Speed, 10-minute Average Solar Radiation Formulation Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Uses Heat Index as base temperature, effects of wind and solar radiation are either added or subtracted from this base to give an overall effective temperature Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High Threshold from Current Reading

Temperature Humidity Wind Index (THW)

Resolution and Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.1 or 1°F or °C (user-selectable)

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-110° to +200°F (-79° to +93°C)

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .±4°F (±2°C) (typical)

Update Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 to 12 seconds Sources and

Formulation Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .United States National Weather Service (NWS)/NOAA Steadman (1979) modified by US NWS/NOAA and Davis Instruments to increase range of use and allow for cold weather use

Variables Used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Instant Outside Temperature, Instant Outside Relative Humidity, 10minute Average Wind Speed, 10-minute Average Solar Radiation

Formulation Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Uses Heat Index as base temperature, effects of wind is either added or subtracted from this base to give an overall effective temperature

Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .High and Low Threshold from Current Reading