# Is binning the lightning distances really the best way to display that info?

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/is-binning-the-lightning-distances-really-the-best-way-to-display-that-info/3777>\
**Category:** Tempest Owners\
**Tags:** lightning\
**Created:** [June 20, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/is-binning-the-lightning-distances-really-the-best-way-to-display-that-info/3777 "2019-06-20T17:55:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dsj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/dsj/32/3_2.png) [@dsj](https://community.tempest.earth/u/dsj)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/is-binning-the-lightning-distances-really-the-best-way-to-display-that-info/3777/8 "2019-07-30T16:16:34Z")

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Today’s [release of Smart Weather Apps (v3.2)](https://community.tempest.earth/t/app-v3-20-release/3989) changes the way we present the lightning distances. Previously, each of the 14 possible values the lightning sensor returned were shown like this on the graph:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/2X/b/b384242771c5bf5d8a95e159a1044ec8380dd6ff.png)  
These same 14 values were displayed in the text parts of the app with five different values “\<5km, \<10km, \<20km, \<35km and \>35km”.

As of today, we’re not doing that anymore. Instead, each value is presented (both in text and on the graph) as a **range** , centered on the value returned by the sensor, with roughly +/- 3km on either side, like this:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/2X/d/daac62868c0568458129aa3fbd536835855e017b.png)

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