MeteoHelix, the basis for the fastest growing private WMO conforming meteorological networks

Not long ago, IoT stood for quantity and not quality. The MeteoHelix® IoT Pro micro-weather stations are here to change that. Taking advantage of the low-power wireless IoT innovations in combination with top-notch professional measurement technology, a unique micro-weather station that complies with the highest WMO and NWS measurement standards was forged.

This unique technological combination in the MeteoHelix has become the building block technology enabling climatological networks to meet strict WMO measurement standards affordably. An unexpected side benefit of this adoption has been the staggering growth rates of these networks, some of which are more than doubling in size each year. One of the fastest-growing networks is located in Belgium, which has recently become the country with the most densely populated WMO-compliant weather stations per square kilometer.

The year 2022 brings improvements to the MeteoHelix IoT Pro based on input from researchers in Antarctica and the Death Valley and feedback from many other climates. This guarantees pure measurement accuracy and data quality not based on data corrections and black-box artificial intelligence algorithms to compensate for low-quality meteorological measurements. The MeteoHelix IoT Pro provides uniform data quality in all climates ranging from the snow-covered planes of Antarctica to the rain forests of Indonesia and the sun-soaked deserts of the Death Valley.

This month in Chicago, BARANI DESIGN Technologies will be exhibiting and looking for B2B partnerships for the USA, Canada, and Mexico markets at the Meteorological Technology World Expo North America. This B2B expo will be at the Stephens Convention Center in Chicago on August 31 and September 1, 2022.

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A personal weather station that just belongs in nature

Some things just belong in nature. Weather stations need to operate in the open outdoors to measure accurate data. Yet visually, there is nothing remotely natural about their appearance.

One company that aims to change that is BARANI DESIGN Technologies. Their innovative MeteoHelix® design seems to break the mold of current weather station design.

MeteoHelix personal weather station in early winter rime frost

MeteoHelix personal weather station in early winter rime frost

MeteoHelix personal weather station in early winter rime frosted trees

MeteoHelix personal weather station in early winter rime frosted trees

MeteoHelix personal weather station in late autumn frost

MeteoHelix personal weather station in late autumn frost

Has Rainwise resorted to false claims instead of innovation in the IoT personal weather station market?

MeteoHelix® may be the first true IoT weather station

MeteoHelix® may be the first true IoT weather station

It’s a sad day when past innovators resort to false claims instead of innovation. Five months after Rainwise contacted BARANI DESIGN Technologies about the MeteoHelix® IoT Pro personal weather station, did Rainwise make a claim to be the 1st IoT weather station on the market.

The MeteoHelix® IoT Pro personal weather station begun sampling to customers in the spring of 2018 as a year long testing campaign begun. Almost a year later, Rainwise begun announcing “the world’s first compact, solar powered, commercial grade, true IoT MK4 Weather Station.” with pre-orders of 6,000 plus units. A few months later announcements that the not yet released MK4 “IoT weather station has already secured purchase commitments of over 7,000 units in 2019 without the product being officially released” are being claimed on the https://www.iottechexpo.com website in the Rainwise company description.

USA is known for innovations

USA is known for innovation and the MeteoHelix® is proof of that. While we believe that no one can claim to have the first IoT weather station, the MeteoHelix® IoT Pro brings a number of firsts to the market. Its ability to measure at World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and National Weather Service (NWS) precision standards for under $600 is unprecedented in the professional meteorological world and the personal weather station marketplace.

Proof of its pedigree can be found in WMO research papers like the RMI comparisons where its innovative helical shape proved to surpass the precision of professional meteorological networks monitoring climate change. Neither Davis nor Rainwise weather stations can claim to provide the professional meteorological data quality of the MeteoHelix even with their fan-aspirated counterparts.

While the MeteoHelix® is currently manufactured in Slovakia, its roots and inventor are “Made in USA.” RPI educated and groomed at Boeing, the MeteoHelix®’s roots share this pedigree. Plans are in the works to bring the MeteoHelix® personal weather station production back to the US. A self-cleaning rain gauge is also in the works. Please stay tuned and enjoy the view.

References

  1. https://www.baranidesign.com/meteohelix-pro-weather-station

  2. https://www.iotforall.com/press-rainwise-mk4-preview/

  3. https://www.iottechexpo.com/global/partners/rainwise/

  4. http://www.rainwisemk4.com/