Most automatic weather stations have:

- Thermometer for measuring temperature

- Anemometer for measuring wind speed

- Wind vane for measuring wind direction

- Hygrometer for measuring humidity

- Barometer for measuring atmospheric pressure

- Ceilometer for measuring cloud height

- Present weather sensor and/or visibility sensor

- Rain gauge for measuring liquid-equivalent precipitation

- Ultrasonic snow depth sensor for measuring depth of snow

- Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation