Weather thermometer for a 6 year old

Question

I have a weather obsessed 6 year old boy who has to know the temperature and humidity, wind speed and direction, and heat index at every moment of every day. He carries a thermometer with him at all times and reads nothing but weather books. I am looking for a new thermometer for him to carry around. Right now what he has is an old digital thermostat that our air conditioner shorted out. It doesnt work installed but it still gives accurate readouts of time and temeperature. The only thing bad about it is the size of it and that it is not really supposed to be running constantly on batteries but on a wall supply with the Air conditioning unit. The batteries are falling out all the time and going dead. I dont want to spend to much. I have found some small ones but they dont read below zero which will be a problem come winter time.

I am looking for something wireless that he can carry with him that at least reads out time and temperature....humidity levels would be nice but not essential...of course it has to be digital.

I thought that the weather thing would pass but he has been doing this for over a year now. I guess I better start saving for meterology school for him!

Thanks

Answer 1

Here's a couple hits I got by googling home weather stations, add the word kids and u will get some suggestions.

http://www.weathershack.com/

http://www.theouterbanksweathercompany.c...

That could be a great learning experience and hobby for a kid.  good luck to him

Answer 2

Check the gift shops or catalogs of science museums. Here's one to get you started, The Science Museum of Minnesota: http://www.smm.org/shop/

or American Science and Surplus, which is a very neat company. You can even call them-- the people who work there are great!  http://www.sciplus.com/

Answer 3

I don't know how much "too much" is but if it was me Kestrel would be the way to go.