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Weather Gifts for the Holidays
Gift Ideas You Never Thought Of!

By Rachelle Oblack, About.com

Weather gifts are excellent for the weather and science lover. If you are looking for presents for the hard-to-shop-for person in your life, I have put together a wonderful list of items you may never have considered. While a weather instrument may not be on the top of your holiday gift ideas, they really are fun! As an example, I once bought my grandmother an indoor/outdoor weather station and she kept it outside her kitchen window for years. And, while it was an antique, her wall barometer was always one of my favorite pieces as a child. So, have fun browsing through this list of weather instruments and gift ideas.

1. Weems & Plath Orion Collection Barometer

A handsome family heirloom type of barometer.

2. Reptile Thermometers and Humidity Gauges for Kids

Get your child a small reptile or hermit crab

3. Ancient Graffiti Frog Rain Gauge

Beautiful and made of weather-resistant brass

4. Children's Magnifying Rain Gauge

Cheap and easy to use

5. Rain Gauge for Golf Lovers

A golf gift and rain gauge all in one

6. Custom Jeffersonian Rain Gauge with Antique Brass Finish

More expensive but a gorgeous heirloom-quality weather instrument

8. Decorative Turtle Rain Gauge

Inexpensive and measures up to 5 inches of rain

9. Extech Digital Anemometer Vane with Temperature

Great for experimenting at home

10. La Crosse Wireless Temperature Station

This thermometer has a high temperature range and a max/min capability
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