# Distance From House When Mounting Tempest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Tempest Owners\ **Tags:** tempest\ **Created:** [October 13, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/distance-from-house-when-mounting-tempest/15213 "2021-10-13T20:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![iladyman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/iladyman/32/2305_2.png) [@iladyman](https://community.tempest.earth/u/iladyman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/distance-from-house-when-mounting-tempest/15213/4 "2021-10-14T13:06:19Z")
If windspeed is important to you then you need to mount it higher than any object nearby, which means at least above you roof. Here is a comparison of wind readings at different heights. > [@Tempest location : 10 meters above ground?](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-location-10-meters-above-ground/6549/7): > > Subject: Wind gradient and height of Tempest The wind speed is most important to me so I installed my Sky 12m above ground on top of my house. But the surrounding houses slow the wind causing a large wind gradient. Here are comparisons of 3 Skys during the same reasonably constant wind. What I see very clearly is the difference in the average and maximum speeds at the different heights. This first Sky is located about 1m (3ft) above ground in a tiny clearing to measure rainfall surrounded by tr… Cheers Ian 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://community.tempest.earth/t/distance-from-house-when-mounting-tempest/15213)._