Weather Data Inaccurate

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Keith Davis

February 10, 2018 12:20

Over the course of my first winter with this device, at times it suspends watering due to temperature too low and it’s not even close. Last night, it says the temperature was 35 degrees at 12am and it didn’t drop below 43. I’ve checked all my settings. Where is getting that info to be so off base?

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  RainMachine Nicholas February 15, 2018 17:04

  Hi Keith,

  By default we use NOAA, which has a pretty good coverage but it's not hyperlocal. One possible solution would be to activate another weather service (like WUnderground or Forecast.io) and see if it gives closer readings for your location. We have many clients with "microclimates" that choose to use an extra weather service. 

  Maybe you can share your location so we can check NOAA reports with other weather services ?

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  Keith Davis February 15, 2018 17:21

  I already have WUnderground enabled. I mean, some of these are WAY off (like +/- 30 degrees) - this is NOT a microclimate issue.

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  RainMachine Nicholas February 15, 2018 17:34 (Edited February 15, 2018 17:35)

  From Web UI you can see the data reported for each weather service (Settings-> Weather), with this information you can see which weather service reports bad data. Maybe you have a personal weather station selected that feeds bad data ?

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  Keith Davis February 15, 2018 18:05

  What Web UI?

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  RainMachine Nicholas February 15, 2018 18:10

  Either go with the browser to the device IP address or use https://my.rainmachine.com page (if you activated Remote Access service)

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  S Larsen July 06, 2020 01:10

  I have similar issues - my PWS reported 30 some odd degrees C but the rain machine mixer scaled it to 0 deg c???

  I only use my PWS as it has the most accurate rain fall and temp for my area although it seems this is a rainmachine scaling issue. How can this be fixed? setting or need a firmware update?

  

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