I opted for the “up, up and away” approach to mounting my Davis VP2. My thought was; I’d rather lose some temperature accuracy (although I don’t see how raising the temp. sensor above 5’ does that) to ensure a good wind and rain reading.
I ended up mounting the ISS about 25 feet in the air (on an old bird house pole):
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The temp. readings don’t seem to suffer (these are unadjusted CWOP readings):
Just a thought…