I have found on this forum so far only one possibility:
Here are 433MHz wireless temp readers.
This one is $20 and supports -40°C
But I haven’t found any USB dongle yet to receive the data. Also it seems to work on Linux only.
one more consideration:
it would be nice (and logical) for the gateways to store those values for a while, if the PC/Tablet is offline or there is something wrong with the internet.
15sec reading = 24 * 60 * 4 * (4+8) byte = 70 KiB / sensor / day