# Creating a weather station using Homey and cheap devices

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/creating-a-weather-station-using-homey-and-cheap-devices/81410>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [May 31, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/creating-a-weather-station-using-homey-and-cheap-devices/81410 "2023-05-31T05:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/creating-a-weather-station-using-homey-and-cheap-devices/81410/1 "2023-05-31T05:10:41Z")

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Anyone know if there’s a way to create some sort of weather station using cheap(er) devices? I have sensors monitoring temperature, pressure and humidity. This should be more than enough to create the same logic as in cheaper weather stations - but requires logging and comparing live values to historical ones. I tried looking in the app store, but could only find apps that work with “proper weather stations”.

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**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/creating-a-weather-station-using-homey-and-cheap-devices/81410/2 "2023-05-31T08:07:17Z")

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You can create an Advanced Virtual Device from the Device Capabilities app.  
With that you can combine all wanted sensor-input on one device and turn on insights for any field that you like.

You would than have just one device reflecting all weather data you want.

Edit:  
Alao, the DC app has multiple flowcards to get historicle data or watch specific data/values.  
Like the Get Insights flowcard, or the When x has been higher/lower than x for x time.

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**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/creating-a-weather-station-using-homey-and-cheap-devices/81410/3 "2023-05-31T13:43:08Z")

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Thanks. I’ll look into that 🙂