SMART WEATHER STATIONS

Get local climate reports. Like, really, really local…

Smart weather stations keep tabs on what the weather is like where you’re located in real time. They’re fitted with sensors to give you more information about humidity, air quality, rainfall and more. You can then use these readings to automatically trigger your lights, thermostat or other smart home devices. The Netatmo Smart Home Weather Station ($279, shop.

netatmo.com), for example, has indoor and outdoor modules and keeps tabs on the temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and weather forecast outside, which it serves up to your phone. Powered by a solar panel, the Bloomsky Sky2 ($658, instrumentchoice.com.au) tracks rainfall, humidity, temperature and pressure, with an added HD camera on top for real-time snaps of the sky throughout the day.