Ambient Weather WS-2902 WiFi Smart Weather Station
$199.99
Product Description
Ambient Weather’s WS-2902 personal weather station allows you to monitor your home and backyard weather conditions with the brilliant, easy-to-read LCD color display. Monitor indoor and outdoor conditions, including wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, UV, solar radiation, barometric pressure, indoor/outdoor temperature (F and C), indoor/outdoor humidity, and more. The weather station also calculates dew point, wind chill, and heat index.
Experience the convenience of having your personal weather information with you on the go using your computer, tablet, or mobile device. The enhanced Wi-Fi option connects to your router (2.4 GHz) and enables your station to transmit its data wirelessly to personal weather station networks and our exclusive AmbientWeather.net featuring the most user friendly design for monitoring your data across different platforms. Quickly view detailed information with our animated expandable modules.
Ambient Weather Network
Forge connections within the weather enthusiast community by seamlessly linking your Ambient Weather station to the Ambient Weather Network (AWN). Immerse yourself in an interactive weather community where your personalized online dashboard becomes a focal point for sharing your real-time weather data. This interactive platform empowers you to customize your dashboard according to your preferences and freely share your weather insights in the AWN community without additional cost. The Ambient Weather Network brings together like-minded individuals passionate about weather observation and analysis. Join the conversation, exchange valuable insights, and be a part of a community that shares your enthusiasm for understanding and appreciating the ever-changing weather patterns.
Responsive Design
Add your personal weather station to the map and create your own hyperlocal forecast for the community. Customize your personal weather dashboard, organize your tiles with the measurements you prioritize, and label your sensors. You can select the radar, wind, or temperature layers or drill down to view your neighborhood’s weather stations. Watch time-lapse videos of weather conditions from local weather cameras or add your own.
Weather on the Go
When you open the app, you will encounter an interactive map of weather stations, weather cameras, and map layers that provide an incredibly detailed and hyper-local view of current conditions. With this data, you can easily find information about localized temperature, “feels like” temperature, humidity, pressure, windspeed, and precipitation levels from actual points like the start line of a marathon or the north end of a beach.
Extensive Data & Alerts
Set up email or text alerts for high and low conditions for every parameter; send multiple alerts for the same parameter, and view all past alerts in a handy timeline. You can also visualize your data with daily, monthly and yearly graphs, or customize your graphing interval. The expandable tiles and handy charts and graphs allow you to analyze your data, or you can download csv files for a deeper dive.
Connect to AWN
Responsive Design
Weather on the Go
Extensive Data & Alerts
Virtual Assistants
The Ambient Weather skill for Alexa and Google Assistant provides Ambient Weather personal weather station owners with the ability to get real-time, and past weather information generated by the devices they have been linked to.
IFTTT Applets
The AmbientWeather server features a handy timeline for tracking IFTTT triggered web services, applets, and devices like blinds, rain gauges, and lights.
API & Third Party Apps
Developers, retrieve your own real-time and historical personal weather station JSON formatted data, or build 3rd party apps and get data from multiple devices.
Weather Networks
Connect to the world’s largest personal weather station network, Weather Underground, in addition to WeatherCloud and WeatherBug.
Weather Station Features & Specifications
The Osprey Sensor Array
The wireless sensor array connects to the console via RF (915 MHz) up to 330 feet line of sight in open air (100 feet under most conditions). The wireless signal will not pass through solid metal, earth, or ground. The sensor array’s primary power source is a solar panel which charges the super capacitor, with optional battery backup (batteries not included).
The sensor array mounts to any pole between 1.25 and 2″ diameter with adaptive mounting bracket and U-Bolt design that can be tightened to your mounting pole (not included).
Important Notes and Specifications:
Requires an iPhone, iPad, or Android device to program through the AmbientTool application (available in the Apple App Store or Google Play).
The new WS-2902D has all the same functionality as the WS-2902C but now with an easier setup.
Optional Sensors (sold separately)
The WS-2902 supports the following optional sensors:
(8) WH31E, WH31P, WH31PF, or WH51RF(1) PM25(1) PM25IN
The WH31E, WH31P, WH31PF, and WH51RF share the same 8 total channels and display on the console.
The additional sensor models do not display on the console, but pass-through to the Ambient Weather Network and can be viewed there.
Sensor Features & Notes
Includes RCC, and also supports NIST. 10 foot probe can measure many different mediums including air, water, soil, refrigerator, and freezer. Designed to operate in cold & humid conditions; includes base & hook for optimal positioning. Completely sealed, IPX6/IPX8 water resistant, floating sensor. Wireless sensor ideal for use anywhere in or around your home. Similar to the PM25, but intended for indoor use only.
Connectability
Up to 8 thermometers: mix & match WH31E, WH31P, WH31PF, and WH51RF. Up to 8 thermometers: mix & match WH31E, WH31P, WH31PF, and WH51RF. Up to 8 thermometers: mix & match WH31E, WH31P, WH31PF, and WH51RF. Up to 8 thermometers: mix & match WH31E, WH31P, WH31PF, and WH51RF. Only 1 sensor. Only 1 sensor.
Temperature Range Indoor: 14 to 140 °F, Outdoor: -40 to 149 °F Humidity Range Indoor: 10 to 99%, Outdoor: 10 to 99% Barometric Pressure Range 8.85 to 32.50 inHg Solar Radiation (Light) Range 0 to 200000 Lux Rain Range 0 to 394 inches Wind Direction Range 0 to 360º Wind Speed Range 0 to 100 mph Display Console Dimensions Frame: 7.5 x 4.5 x 0.75 inches, LCD: 3 x 6.75 inches Sensor Array Dimensions 15 x 11 x 10 inches Display Console Power 5V DC adapter (included), Power consumption: .05 Watts (1.25 Watts during WiFi configuration mode), 3x AAA battery back-up (not included) Sensor Array Power Solar panel, 2 x AA battery back-up (not included)
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.75 x 4.5 inches; 3.9 Pounds Item model number : WS-2902C Batteries : 3 AAA batteries required. Date First Available : January 26, 2017 Manufacturer : Ambient Weather ASIN : B01N5TEHLI
COMPLETE WEATHER STATION: (1) Osprey Sensor Array with Rain Cup, and (1) Brilliant, Easy-to-Read LCD Color Display AUTHENTIC HYPER-LOCAL DATA: Monitor your actual home and backyard weather conditions with our wireless and Wi-Fi-enabled sensor array measuring wind speed/direction, temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV intensity, and solar radiation SMART HOME READY: Set up alerts, access your data remotely, and program your home based on weather conditions using IFTT, Google Home, Alexa, and more ENHANCED WIFI: Enables your station to transmit its data wirelessly to the world’s largest personal weather station network (optional setting) JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Connect to Ambient Weather Network to customize your dashboard tiles, share hyperlocal weather conditions via social feeds and create your own forecasts (coming soon) Supports both imperial and metric units of measure, with calibration available Pole Mount and 3 x AAA batteries not included
Price: $179.99 - $199.99 (as of May 02, 2025 14:09:05 UTC – Details)
Customers say
Customers find the weather station easy to set up and appreciate that it works immediately, providing all necessary weather data. The device is highly accurate and offers good value for money, with one customer noting it saved them money on A/C during summer. The display quality receives mixed feedback – while the color display is vibrant, it can be hard to read at certain angles. Connectivity experiences are mixed, with some customers reporting no issues while others have connection problems.
8 reviews for Ambient Weather WS-2902 WiFi Smart Weather Station
Heather Liquore –
Reliable and User-Friendly Weather Station
The Ambient Weather WS-2902 is a fantastic investment! Easy setup, accurate data, and seamless WiFi integration make monitoring weather conditions a breeze. The app is intuitive, providing real-time updates on temperature, humidity, wind, and rainfall. Durable design withstands harsh elements. Perfect for weather enthusiasts—highly recommended for its value and performance!
Stuart Bruce –
Very nice weather station – super support – very easy
For years I wanted a weather station. At first, I did not want to deal with hard wiring the unit which is solved with these wireless models. Plus, they were expensive and now they are reasonable. This unit met my specifications and has exceeded my expectations. Now, after having the unit for 7 months, contacting support and adding another LCD display, I am ready to write a review.1. The unit is nicely packed and easy to unpack and assemble. Total assembly time was under 10 minutes.2. The instruction manual in really great. Some manuals have scant details, others are so long and detailed they confuse most. This manual is clearly written. Perfect length. Pictures match copy and language is easy to follow and understand.3. From the time I opened the box until the unit was fully functional was under 1 hour. This includes mounting in backyard.4. I bought this pole at Amazon and highly recommend: 5 Piece Feeder Pole Set with Twist-in Ground Socket by Erva Tool and Die. I actually put this pole into the ground at 9PM one summer night and it took about 10 minutes.5. You need to download the Ambient app to connect/set-up the unit to your house WIFI and another app to actually enjoy the features (wind, temperature, rain, humidity) of the weather station. My unit did not connect first time to WIFI. Maybe I made a typo, but second time was fine. Again, easy to follow instructions in app. The weather station unit now for sale had a software upgrade about a year ago. So issues with connecting to 2.4 WIFI networks were resolved and I had no issues. So ignore folks who raised this as an issue.6. You then connect the LCD display to the outside weather station unit and WIFI (as I recall) and it starts working right away.7. I also created an account at the Ambient website so I can see remotely on both the Ambient web site via a web browser and via the Ambient iPhone app – I use an iPhone and it works great.8. I also connected to Weather Underground and downloaded the Weather Underground and PWS Monitor iPhone apps so I can see my weather station. With PWS you can see other weather stations nearby.9. I have contacted Ambient support twice. Both times I got an answer in hours! Really great support. In fact, I wanted to add a second LCD display in my house and had a question and a follow-up question. Again, both times Ambient responded in hours. And I think one time they added a page to their excellent support pages with a picture to help me further. Now this is awesome support!10. You can also add alerts and get an e-mail/text if you get > xx rain in an hour (so I can check my sump pumps as an example), if it is really hot or cold inside or outside (if inside it would mean an issue with HVAC perhaps), so some nice ‘security/peace of mind’ type features.11. I enjoy seeing the various displays and checking locally and remotely. I have recommended this unit to a few people who are also really happy.I would highly recommend this unit. It works. Seems nicely calibrated when I compare to other devices and units in area, clean display and like I said – excellent support and instruction manual. Super easy to install and set-up.
Dennis Mabrey –
Easy setup. Works with my Alexa. Data looks good. What more need I say?
I have had a weather station (Davis Vantage Pro) for years which is an awesome weather station but is a bit dated (it also recently stopped transmitting). So in need of a new weather station I purchased the WS-2902 after looking at reviews and prices.Hardware setup is easy as it can mount to any pole between 1-2 inches in diameter. The installation is just two u-bolts and took me about 5 minutes. Plugging in the base station it instantly connected and started to read data from the weather station. It really could not have been easier.Software setup had two problems but neither of them were directly the fault of the base station. First, the setup of the base station requires a WIFI network with AP isolation turned OFF. AP isolation just means that no device/computer using wifi on the network can see any other device/computer on the network. So AP isolation turned on will not allow your cell phone to see or talk to your base station once it is connected. My router from Xfinity is terrible and for some reason doesn’t allow you to turn AP Isolation off. Luckily… I have an extender upstairs I connect to that does… problem solved.Next software problem was uploading data. It is supposed to upload to 3 different websites (Ambient Weather, WeatherCloud, and Weather Underground). I set them all up (easy) but the data going to Weather Underground was a mess. Even worse… the data would not upload to Ambient Weather or WeatherCloud for about 20 minutes. This left huge gaps in the data charts.The problem was Weather Underground. It seems that according to the Ambient Weather FB group, Weather Underground has had huge technical problems for the past week. People can’t connect and problems of bad data persist. I went back to the phone app and removed the Weather Underground from the list of sites to upload to.Suddenly… everything worked PERFECTLY. The data going up to Ambient Weather updated every minute. The data going to WeatherCloud updated at the right intervals (I think it is every 10 minutes) and the charts looked great.So if you purchase this weather station I suggest setting it up so that the data uploads just to Ambient Weather’s website first and hold off setting up the other two for a day or so. This way you have some level of confidence that the whole system is working properly. When WU gets itself back up and running right I will probably reconnect and upload to it.So far the data has been very accurate. I’ve compared it with the local airport and surrounding stations and it appears there are little changes in calibration needed.Oh… and I can also query my Alexa about the outside/inside conditions. It works very well also.My only complaint is that it appears the Ambient Weather website doesn’t allow you to share your weather information. You need to log in to see it as there is no way to make it public. WeatherCloud, however, is open and doesn’t have that restriction but Ambient Weather ‘looks’ much nicer. Oh well, it still gets 5 stars.
Merv –
Easy Set Up, accurate weather, battery backup is perfect for when power is out, and the support is amazing from the US!
John –
I purchased the Ambient Weather WS-2902C to replace my faulty (a well known brand) weather station of 12 years that gave up the ghost.Firstly, I was very impressed with the packaging of the unit. The installation and setup is straight forward, even without resorting to reading the instructions that came with the unit.The console, with its coloured screen is easy to read and has all the information you need. The WS-2902C appears to be accurate and I can’t walk past it without checking out the current readings. I am very happy with my purchase.JPC
Ricardo Arteaga –
Es un producto muy frágil y El vendedor externo Amazon no da garantía ni factura
Joao Lima –
Excelente qualidade para o preço.
PRASAD –
The Weather Station is extraordinary at very low price.
Heather Liquore –
Reliable and User-Friendly Weather Station
The Ambient Weather WS-2902 is a fantastic investment! Easy setup, accurate data, and seamless WiFi integration make monitoring weather conditions a breeze. The app is intuitive, providing real-time updates on temperature, humidity, wind, and rainfall. Durable design withstands harsh elements. Perfect for weather enthusiasts—highly recommended for its value and performance!
Stuart Bruce –
Very nice weather station – super support – very easy
For years I wanted a weather station. At first, I did not want to deal with hard wiring the unit which is solved with these wireless models. Plus, they were expensive and now they are reasonable. This unit met my specifications and has exceeded my expectations. Now, after having the unit for 7 months, contacting support and adding another LCD display, I am ready to write a review.1. The unit is nicely packed and easy to unpack and assemble. Total assembly time was under 10 minutes.2. The instruction manual in really great. Some manuals have scant details, others are so long and detailed they confuse most. This manual is clearly written. Perfect length. Pictures match copy and language is easy to follow and understand.3. From the time I opened the box until the unit was fully functional was under 1 hour. This includes mounting in backyard.4. I bought this pole at Amazon and highly recommend: 5 Piece Feeder Pole Set with Twist-in Ground Socket by Erva Tool and Die. I actually put this pole into the ground at 9PM one summer night and it took about 10 minutes.5. You need to download the Ambient app to connect/set-up the unit to your house WIFI and another app to actually enjoy the features (wind, temperature, rain, humidity) of the weather station. My unit did not connect first time to WIFI. Maybe I made a typo, but second time was fine. Again, easy to follow instructions in app. The weather station unit now for sale had a software upgrade about a year ago. So issues with connecting to 2.4 WIFI networks were resolved and I had no issues. So ignore folks who raised this as an issue.6. You then connect the LCD display to the outside weather station unit and WIFI (as I recall) and it starts working right away.7. I also created an account at the Ambient website so I can see remotely on both the Ambient web site via a web browser and via the Ambient iPhone app – I use an iPhone and it works great.8. I also connected to Weather Underground and downloaded the Weather Underground and PWS Monitor iPhone apps so I can see my weather station. With PWS you can see other weather stations nearby.9. I have contacted Ambient support twice. Both times I got an answer in hours! Really great support. In fact, I wanted to add a second LCD display in my house and had a question and a follow-up question. Again, both times Ambient responded in hours. And I think one time they added a page to their excellent support pages with a picture to help me further. Now this is awesome support!10. You can also add alerts and get an e-mail/text if you get > xx rain in an hour (so I can check my sump pumps as an example), if it is really hot or cold inside or outside (if inside it would mean an issue with HVAC perhaps), so some nice ‘security/peace of mind’ type features.11. I enjoy seeing the various displays and checking locally and remotely. I have recommended this unit to a few people who are also really happy.I would highly recommend this unit. It works. Seems nicely calibrated when I compare to other devices and units in area, clean display and like I said – excellent support and instruction manual. Super easy to install and set-up.
Dennis Mabrey –
Easy setup. Works with my Alexa. Data looks good. What more need I say?
I have had a weather station (Davis Vantage Pro) for years which is an awesome weather station but is a bit dated (it also recently stopped transmitting). So in need of a new weather station I purchased the WS-2902 after looking at reviews and prices.Hardware setup is easy as it can mount to any pole between 1-2 inches in diameter. The installation is just two u-bolts and took me about 5 minutes. Plugging in the base station it instantly connected and started to read data from the weather station. It really could not have been easier.Software setup had two problems but neither of them were directly the fault of the base station. First, the setup of the base station requires a WIFI network with AP isolation turned OFF. AP isolation just means that no device/computer using wifi on the network can see any other device/computer on the network. So AP isolation turned on will not allow your cell phone to see or talk to your base station once it is connected. My router from Xfinity is terrible and for some reason doesn’t allow you to turn AP Isolation off. Luckily… I have an extender upstairs I connect to that does… problem solved.Next software problem was uploading data. It is supposed to upload to 3 different websites (Ambient Weather, WeatherCloud, and Weather Underground). I set them all up (easy) but the data going to Weather Underground was a mess. Even worse… the data would not upload to Ambient Weather or WeatherCloud for about 20 minutes. This left huge gaps in the data charts.The problem was Weather Underground. It seems that according to the Ambient Weather FB group, Weather Underground has had huge technical problems for the past week. People can’t connect and problems of bad data persist. I went back to the phone app and removed the Weather Underground from the list of sites to upload to.Suddenly… everything worked PERFECTLY. The data going up to Ambient Weather updated every minute. The data going to WeatherCloud updated at the right intervals (I think it is every 10 minutes) and the charts looked great.So if you purchase this weather station I suggest setting it up so that the data uploads just to Ambient Weather’s website first and hold off setting up the other two for a day or so. This way you have some level of confidence that the whole system is working properly. When WU gets itself back up and running right I will probably reconnect and upload to it.So far the data has been very accurate. I’ve compared it with the local airport and surrounding stations and it appears there are little changes in calibration needed.Oh… and I can also query my Alexa about the outside/inside conditions. It works very well also.My only complaint is that it appears the Ambient Weather website doesn’t allow you to share your weather information. You need to log in to see it as there is no way to make it public. WeatherCloud, however, is open and doesn’t have that restriction but Ambient Weather ‘looks’ much nicer. Oh well, it still gets 5 stars.
Merv –
Easy Set Up, accurate weather, battery backup is perfect for when power is out, and the support is amazing from the US!
John –
I purchased the Ambient Weather WS-2902C to replace my faulty (a well known brand) weather station of 12 years that gave up the ghost.Firstly, I was very impressed with the packaging of the unit. The installation and setup is straight forward, even without resorting to reading the instructions that came with the unit.The console, with its coloured screen is easy to read and has all the information you need. The WS-2902C appears to be accurate and I can’t walk past it without checking out the current readings. I am very happy with my purchase.JPC
Ricardo Arteaga –
Es un producto muy frágil y El vendedor externo Amazon no da garantía ni factura
Joao Lima –
Excelente qualidade para o preço.
PRASAD –
The Weather Station is extraordinary at very low price.