Building your own weather station is a fun project in itself ... If the panel and battery are small, you’ll also need to make some power-saving tweaks to the code as well.

Create your own weather station with a rain gauge, snow gauge and high-low thermometer. These gauges monitor the conditions in your backyard as opposed to those reported for nearby locations.

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Weather stations are a big part of this ... It’s rare that manufacturers make it so easy, but debug ports can often be a treasure trove of information to the budding hacker.

Create your own weather station with a rain gauge, snow gauge, and high-low thermometer. These gauges monitor the conditions in your backyard as opposed to those reported for nearby locations.