List of weather instruments
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This is a list of devices used for recording and give output readings of various aspects of the weather.
Weather stations typically have these following instruments:
- Thermometer for measuring air and sea surface temperature
- Barometer for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Hygrometer for measuring humidity
- Anemometer for measuring wind speed
- Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation
- Rain gauge for measuring liquid precipitation over a set period of time
- Wind sock for measuring general wind speed and wind direction
- Wind vane (also called a weather vane or a weathercock) for showing the wind direction
- Present Weather/Precipitation Identification Sensor for identifying falling precipitation
- Disdrometer for measuring drop size distribution
- Transmissometer for measuring visibility
- Ceilometer for measuring cloud ceiling