Patent ID: 7114388

Claim:
A weather station, comprising: a plurality of sensors; a controller for processing measurement information from the sensors; and a memory for storing processed measurement information, wherein the sensors comprise: an anemometer for measuring wind speed; a rain gauge for measuring rainfall; a compass for determining the orientation of the weather station relative to the earth's magnetic field; a Global Positioning System receiver for determining a spatial location of the weather station; a barometric pressure sensor for measuring the barometric pressure; and an air temperature sensor for measuring the ambient air temperature and wherein: the controller and memory are contained in a control unit; a first sensor is contained in a first sensor module; a second sensor is contained in a second sensor module; the first and second sensor modules have at least corresponding first and second connection interfaces, respectively; the control unit has at least a third connection interface; each of the connection interfaces is configured to connect interchangeably to any of the other connection interfaces; and the second sensor module is positioned between the first sensor module and control unit.