Official weather stations are often more than 10 to 20 miles apart, and a lot changes in the gaps between them. As an adult, I’ve combined my professional life–a technology journalist–with my passion for the weather to review weather stations and gadgets. I also run The Weather Station Experts, a weather gadget reviews blog. The best way to make sure you’re getting useful weather reports is to use a weather station at home. Shortly after that, my grandmother bought me a simple home weather station, and I’ve owned weather gadgets ever since.