Outdoor Clock And Thermometer
Buy the best outdoor clock and thermometer selected and recommended by interior designers. By Tara Gosselin.
If you love to garden, love to spend time outside, but don't want to bring a phone or watch with you for fear it might get damaged, then these outdoor clock and thermometer sets are your solution. From simple to stylish, from individual clock and thermometer pieces to options with both on the same unit, always tell the time and temp while outside with these stylish sets.
Outdoor Clock And Thermometer
Buying Guide
Tara Gosselin
Interior Design Expert
Tara is a San Antonio-based award-winning landscape architect, writer and educator, passionate about eco-friendly solutions and growing her own food. She knows all it takes to help you create a sustainable backyard retreat that combines blissful charm with a modern take on landscaping.
When stepping outside and looking at the day doesn’t meet your requirements, there is nothing like an outdoor clock and thermometer set. It is the perfect start-up for your outdoor weather station. Such clocks sometimes include a hygrometer, which measures moisture in the air. Add a barometer and a windsock, and you are set to do a little weather predicting of your own.
Summer is a deceptive time to work or play outside. The weather is warm, and the temptation is to just keep enjoying the sun. This is especially true when that sun is in conjunction with water and fun. When you are outside away from any clock, it is easy to ignore the position of the sun in the sky and the growing warmth. An outdoor clock can help you track time, especially a nice, big on that is readily visible from some distance. No need to risk your cell phone or wristwatch near the pool when a large clock is handily placed nearby. The same thing is true for the thermometer. When it has climbed up into the red zone or its dial hand has tipped past the 80-degree Fahrenheit mark, you know that it is time to head for some shade and a tall, cold drink.
Time and temperature are important, but so is the moisture content of the air. The degree of humidity can have significant effects on the human body. If the air is dry, as in the desert, then the heat doesn’t feel as uncomfortable even at a higher temperature. That makes it easy to dehydrate. A thermometer and a clock can help you remember to refresh your body fluids at frequent intervals – preferably with something non-caffeinated and with minimal sugar. At the other end of the scale, humidity can make your lungs work harder and can make the day feel at least ten degrees hotter than it really is, especially if the air is still. On a still, muggy day perspiration seems to pour off your face and down your back but doesn’t do a lot to help you cool off. The hygrometer will let you know that the feeling that you are swimming through the air isn’t your imagination, it’s the humidity.
Your clock and thermometer don’t have to be in the same unit. Sometimes they can be a matching set. A well-designed pair can make an accent for your patio wall or for the garden fence. A plain white combo set with large black letters is easy to read at a distance. They are even more attractive when set in an iron scrollwork frame for easy installation. But you can also pick up designer separates that come in brass with raised pictures surrounding the information faces.
Designer sets can come as standalone combos as well as separates. One fun combination emphasizes the thermometer rather than the clock. The background for the numbers is swimming pool blue, and a frieze of flip-flop sandals is imprinted around the edge.