Odd rain sensor readings

[Skallagrimmm]

WeatherXM Related Element

Please pick one of the following WeatherXM elements that are applicable for this bug:

• Android Application

• Hardware

Describe the bug

The past week, the station Joyous Cyan Mesocyclones has recorded unusual precipitation readings in the historical charts. (All times in Pacific standard Time).

February 3rd @ 9pm - 11.9mm

February 4th @ 3pm - 11.9mm

February 5th @ 10am - 11.9mm

February 6th @ 4am - 12mm

February 7th @ 1am - 13.6mm @ 5am - 13.4mm @ 7am - 12.8mm @ 10am - 25.3mm

February 8th @ 10am - 11.9mm

February 9th @ 1pm - 11.9mm

February 10th @ 6am - 12.5mm @ 4pm - 11.9mm

My nearby station, Boiling Vanilla Spring is a few kms away and has not recorded anything close to those amounts of precipitation. I definitely see a pattern with the 11.9mm and they are often on days and times where there is no real precipitation outside.

I have checked the rain cup and confirmed there is nothing blocking it and it is mechanically functioning...

How To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Compare precipitation from February 3 to Feb 10th for Joyous Cyan Mesocyclones and Boiling Vanilla Spring

Expected behavior

I would expect similar precipitation readings.

[NikosTsiligaridis]

I enabled debug monitoring on your device, will keep you posted. Thanks for reporting.

[NikosTsiligaridis]

Looks like their measurements line up pretty well within tolerance (considering that they're a few kms apart):

Boiling vanilla spring / Joyous Cyan Mesocyclones 3th - 5th: 5.5mm / 5.5mm 6th - 8th: 20mm / 15mm 9th - 11th: 2mm / 2.5mm

This is probably on the UI/app side, let me check and I'll get back to you.

[Skallagrimmm]

@NikosTsiligaridis this is what I see from yesterday, first screencap is boiling Vanilla, second is Joyous Cyan...same.thing all week last week.

[Skallagrimmm]

Just an update...still seeing really high readings on the Joyous Cyan station the past week, and not on the Boiling Vanilla station. See screenshots (all from Joyous Cyan Mesocyclones historical charts.

[NikosTsiligaridis]

The latest firmware versions of WS1000/M5 weather stations (Boiling Vanilla Spring) are using a different (better) rain rate calculation algorithm. The WS2000 (which Joyous Cyan Mesocyclones is) still uses the old algorithm since its still in beta stage. The new algo will be implement in a future firmware version.