AcuRite Atlas Professional Weather Station with Direct-to-Wi-Fi HD Display, Lightning Detection, Built-In Barometer, and Temperature, Humidity, Wind Speed/Direction and Rainfall Measurements (01001M)

I've had Acurite products for close to 20 years. My tabletop forecasters still work and had to replace outside sensor once. I wasn't completely happy with the 5 in 1 device. After multiple support sessions we were never able to connect it to the PC, App or Weather Underground. I used it as a stand-alone and it was fine. After more than a decade on the roof, the Anemometer and Hygrometer had enough and quit. I researched the Atlas device and purchased it as a replacement. At first, I had difficulty connecting it through the PC as recommended. After activating the Wi-Fi on the display unit, I used my Android phone to connect to its Wi-Fi. I entered the IP Address on a browser in my phone and the connection page popped up. Completed page and reconnected to my home Wi-Fi. Voila! Atlas connected to Display, PC App, Phone and Tablets. I would give this device 5 Stars except for the Indoor Temperature and Humidity data does not appear on MyAcurite App. I was expecting that information for when I was away. Update 6/04/2023. Worked great for 3 days and went offline. Wi-Fi full strength, battery level full. No signal from sensor. Nothing was changed or moved. See what support says tomorrow. Update 6/6/2023. Support responded promptly. Replaced brand new lithium batteries with brand new Duracells. Sensor came back online. For 28 hours and went offline. Followed Factory Reset instructions if sensor went offline again. Another set of brand new batteries and reset system. So far so good. If it goes offline again, it's going back. Update 9/07/2023 Customer Support deemed the sensor unit faulty in June because it would drop out and the red light would stop blinking. I had to wait until mid-July until remediated sensors were available, and they sent me a replacement. So far, so good. Had a fluctuating signal strength issue but that was resolved by moving the display unit to a different location. Because of Customer Support, I bumped it up to 5 stars. I'll buy their products again.

Final Update: I would advise to steer clear of this junk. After back and forth with Acurite support, they ended up sending me a new weather station which they said they had tested. The original weather station was reporting the same UV level all day, even into the night, so it was broken somehow. But the main problem continues to be the horrendous display unit. I cannot get the display unit to reliably connect to wifi. Acurite uses a ridiculous antiquated method for Wi-Fi connection. It's hit or miss getting through the initial setup, but if you do manage to get through initial setup, you're then frustrated by it losing connection constantly. I bought this until to try and build weather data over time, and you need connection to WiFi and Weather Underground to do that. This unit fails spectacularly on both counts. Original review: As others have noted, the WiFi display unit has poor connectivity. For me, it has dropped signal about five times in the last three months. When it drops signal, it does not automatically reconnect. You have to manually restart the unit, then it will reconnect. There is no explanation for why it drops the signal. I have not noticed any pattern to it, and my WiFi itself has not had any issues during these periods. When it drops signal, it stops reporting to Weather Underground. The odd thing is that I will get an email that says the display unit lost signal from the sensor. But that's not the signal that dropped. I have never lost signal from the sensor to the display unit, only from the display unit to WiFi. So, their error reporting is not even accurate. The display unit is using ancient technology all over. Almost all the components are dated from 15+ years ago. It uses a micro-USB power adapter when virtually all similar electronics these days are powered with USB-C (even cheap little imported electronics). The screen is using an ancient LED panel that has low resolution, low brightness, poor viewing angles, and uses TFT technology instead of IPS. I've had tablets from ten years ago with vastly better screens. It is not a touchscreen, but uses three capacitive buttons below the screen for selection. These buttons are finicky and don't always register touches. This is supposed to be Acurite's top of the line product. Pathetic. The process to set up WiFi requires you to use another computer to connect to its own network, then log into the IP address of the display unit and input the WiFi credentials of the network you want to connect it to. It uses only 2.4 GHz, so you cannot connect it to any modern router that intelligently uses both 2.4 and 5.0 GHz. This is technology straight out of the 2000s. Nest thermostats have been around for 14 years and used more modern WiFi connectivity than this piece of junk. The downside to using this ancient technology is that it doesn't play nice with newer routers and it isn't nearly as reliable. I did set up a dedicated 2.4 GHz network on my router to connect to the display unit, but most people have no idea how to do that. Acurite sourced these units at a STEEP discount. The entire display unit probably cost $5-10 to make, and they charge $100 retail. Just maintaining support for buyers who have trouble with the WiFi connectivity costs way more than what they're saving on upgrading the units to use modern technology. I reported to them that my display unit had connectivity troubles and they replaced it under warranty. However, it's been replaced with the same unit. I'm counting down the days to the next WiFi signal issue. Update: having the same exact troubles with the replacement display unit as well. It doesn't even broadcast a network to connect to half the time when trying to set it up, and it drops the network just as you're trying to save the settings. I have yet to get it to connect to my Weather Underground account. Of course, I am well past the Amazon return date, so I'm probably out of luck with any recourse. I wish I had never purchased this.

I came so close to not purchasing because of all the bad reviews for the product. On top of this the acurite app has like 1.5 stars horible reviews. First off this is only the first day I have had this set up I will update if anything breaks ect. For the price point I am very happy I honestly belive this is the best you can do under 300 to 400$ range. First off from what I can tell online there is an older model display unit that was touch screen looks like that one had some issues. I set this up extremely easy and I use the weather underground app only I did not even try acurite per horrible reviews. Just create a weather underground profile get your username and log in info for your weather underground and input that info in the wifi setting when setting up the display very easy. Then add your weather station on my weather under ground. I use weather underground app go to setting top right scroll down to bottom click on our data tab. Then once that page loads click on the top right drop down tab with the lines. Click on my weather station it will load shows offline but just click the name of your weather and next page loads shows your weather station online with all data you will ever need. That's it I have a working app ,working display unit ,working weather station, lightning strike sensor no issues yet . A few minor complaints the display seems to only store 2 days data but again I can acess as much data as I want on the weather underground app so not big problem. Also i had to purchase the battery pack you see in the photo a little gray box towards the bottom. that is to make it easier to change the batteries so you dont have to bust out a ladder everytime. so now you can change the batteries where ever you mount the pack. I think this should just be included the company should just add 10$ to the price and that's that. Any way for about 250-260 I cant complain yet. time will tell how well it's made the weather is pretty extreme where I am. Its always windy, very intense sun, lightning strikes near my house not uncommon a few times a year, and to top it off pretty extreme temp swings from high to low. I really hope it lasts at least 3 years before I have to replace something. I will update if it starts to have issues.

I decided to get this Acurite Atlas weather station because it was bundled with the lightning sensor. I also like the ship, or fish-style housing which suits my installation location better than the drone-style housing from Ambient weather. I also like this screen's graphics better than the other options, especially the high-end / highly-rated Davis which only supports a LCD reminding me of something from the mid-80's. So far it's working well and the temperature and wind seem accurate. No rain to compare with the regional reports yet. I have it connected to the My Acurite servers and share my data with Weather Underground. I plan to enable the Alexa skill, too. What I don't like at all is the mounting screw on the sensor. If Acurite reads these reviews, please use U-brackets for future models. Everyone who makes devices that mount to poles outdoors uses them for a reason. They are easy to secure, very sturdy and very long lasting. I am curious how many of these get returned and need refurbishment due to stripped screw knobs? Anyway, I am settled now that I have a fancy weather monitoring device up and running. I can now get weather info. at a glance and can finally stop asking Alexa what the weather is 20 times a day. I will update this review perhaps in the long term once I've had a chance to use it for a while and after performing routine maintenance on the sensor while its still on the post. EDIT after using this for a week and raising the anemometer up to 17 ft., I am very pleased. The display and sensors look to be of good quality and Acurite has ironed out the bugs with this configuration. Everything has been reliable after letting it work for a couple of days. I recommend this product. The price is great for what you're getting. Other companies' products cost far more especially if you want to match the feats this unit provides. UPDATE July 11, 2022 (first two photos are my initial installation and second two are my current installation): I am coming up on my return window and thought I would provide an update after 3 weeks in service. What I like is the display for the most part. The layout could be better with bigger text and more information. The Act-Rite logo doesn't need to be part of the image. If they want to brand the display they could silkscreen it on the bezel somewhere and it would be there even when the screen is off. The temperature / humidity / pressure / wind are close if not exact with the regional weather for the most part. The temp is up by about 4 degrees in the heat of the day and we have been having hot weather right now. The humidity varies by up to 5% at times but it's always close and exact at various times throughout the day and night. The wind speed matches the reports and is getting great readings at 17ft AGL. Direction matches the reports too. What I am not sure about is the UV index. It seems low compared to the reports. The lightning detector likes to go into interference mode whenever it's stormy. I haven't seen any actual lightening yet but the detector will register a few strikes now and then even when interference is displayed. As far as Wi-Fi and wireless signal to the station is concerned, I did have to move my display from the kitchen to an outer wall above my alarm system panel. Luckily it has a USB port to power the display. It did not communicate reliably behind another wall and the appliances even though it's only a few feet away from the kitchen location. The signal needs to be full bars for the sensor and Wi-Fi in my experience so you will need to think carefully about locations if you go with this unit. I still do not like the screw mount. I had to adjust the level again today as the bubble moved slightly off center on my level post. Hopefully it will stay put. Summary is I plan on keeping this weather station. It does a lot for the price and is of good quality. Acu-Rite look to have addressed past issues and have a competitive product. I don't think I would have better overall experience with a station costing 2 to 5 times the amount.

I've been using for about 6 months and has been very good. FYI: Just make sure you open rain gauge to remove shipping tape and padding. If you oops, and leave in, the rain gauge won't work.

I bought this to replace an older AcuRite model that had worn out. 1) The old model had a mounting feature in the 'bulged' section of the body. This new one has the mounting receiving hole on the slim part of the body. What was surprising (disappointing) is that they supply the same plastic support rod. The rod has two mounting features, one for mounting on a vertical surface, and one oriented 90 degrees so it can be fitted to a horizontal surface. The old design was fine, mounted on a horizontal surface, as the bulged section of the body is the lowest part of the unit , affording overall clearance. The rod supplied with this new design, is too short, as it enters the slim part of the body, and the bulge hangs down from it, colliding with the horizontal surface. This seems like a fundamental design error. It needs a longer rod. 2) Like my old receiver, I put the new one in my office. It would stop working repeatedly after a few days. It does not have a soft reset. Being unreliable, it should. Instead, the hard reset deletes all the setup data and you have to enter it all again. I had a recollection of a similar problem I had with another piece of equipment about 15 years ago, and it turned out that product would not be reliable if it was too close to the modem and wifi router. So I ended up moving the AcuRite receiver to the kitchen, which is 30 feet from the office and router, and it has become much more reliable. During this process I lot my connection to Wunderground, so I can no longer to broadcast my weather to friends across the country. It will not reconnect. 3) It has a UV sensor, which is mounted in the top half of the assembly, and after a couple of months, it latched and the unit reported a UV index of 4, even at night. The manual advises you take the outdoor unit apart, separate the two and disconnect the wires between the two halves, then re-insert them. This seemed to work. For a couple of weeks. Then it latched up again. Engineers know that connectors need to be gold plated, especially where very low currents are flowing, as in this application, and especially if some level of external ambient conditions are present. But, they used cheap tin plated connectors to save a few cents. So it's going to be unreliable, and they (kind of) admit that in the manual. I ended up spraying the connectors with electrical lubricant, that cleans the contacts and reduces the entry of moisture. So far this has kept the sensor - correction - I just checked and it has latched again for the last week. 4) The phone application does not get readings from the receiver that sits in your house. It gets its data from a server, that is updated by the receiver periodically. So the data on the phone is always old. And I get messages 2 -3 times a week from AcuRite stating the server has lost communication with the receiver for over an hour. So it is quite unreliable. I don't know why I cannot get my data straight from the receiver to my phone. I find this product is poorly engineered on a number of fronts. Sure I get wind and rain data, much of the time. But that really is not good enough. I recommend you purchase something else.

I bought this for my husband for Christmas December 2022. He previously had a AcuRite product that was just for temperature & humidity and it worked great. I wanted to surprise him with an upgrade.At first he was excited. However, that didn't last long. It was a nightmare to get it set up with our wifi. He followed the instructions to the letter, but nothing but problems. I'm not certain how he finally managed it, but eventually he got the display connected and we were ready to go. (Problem #1) We set it up in the back yard off our back deck 16 to 20 feet away from the house, an area we don't use much, about 15 feet above ground. He didn't put the display where he really wanted for fear of too much interference from the walls in the house - the old product he had didn't have this limitation. (Problem #2) Within about a week or so, the display was stuck on the same temperature and didn't change. The sensor had lost connection to the display. We pulled it inside and reset it, took the batteries out, checked them, put them back in, it reconnected, everything seemed fine, so we put it outside thinking this was a fluke. No big deal. Until it happened again about a week or so later. Fresh batteries, reconnected, all is well again. Until about a week later. (You see where this is going, right? - Problem #3). So, after so many lost connections, my husband doesn't even notice the display anymore (he used to look at the old one all the time, every day - the display was on his desk) (Problem #4). I'm the one frustrated with a product I paid so much for that doesn't work and I can't return because it's now way past the 30 days (Problem #5). So, I'm working with support to see if anything can be done to make it work since I'm stuck with it. Right now, the only way the device and display have stayed connected is with the sensor device sitting in a box beside my desk - inside the house - and the display sitting on my desk less than 6 feet away. So, it tells me the temperature and humidity in my home office. But, I am completely unable to connect it to wifi, so I can't get any of the forecast functions to work. It doesn't even stand up on its own, so I can't use it as a weird doorstop.

Great update to my old failing unit. So far all is working well. I had a problem with the lightning sensor but it resolved itself on its own. Easy to setup if you already have a pole in place to mount it.

EL PRODUCTO HA FALLADO, LA PANTALLA SE HA AVERIADO POR UN DEFECTO.

En liten miss att man inte kan se vindhastigheten i m/s.

Acurite Atlas, vandaag 5 augustus binnen gekregen via Luna gekocht, ben er zeer blij mee mooi scherm alles werkt naar behoren,ik vindt een aanrader mooi toestel.luna bedankt voor kleurige levering echt top tevens nog contact gehad betreft in voer recht maar alles was prima in orde.top thanks

It's an interesting weather station, but I miss wind speed in m/s and 24 hour clock.