# New Owner Observations

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/new-owner-observations/24676>\
**Category:** Tempest Owners\
**Tags:** tempest\
**Created:** [June 17, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/new-owner-observations/24676 "2024-06-17T17:38:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![166k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/166k/32/16630_2.png) [@166k](https://community.tempest.earth/u/166k)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/new-owner-observations/24676/1 "2024-06-17T17:38:34Z")

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Last night a long line of thunderstorms lit up our sky for many hours. Tempest recorded about 4000 lightning strikes & 3.35 inches of rain. The lightning strikes agreed with 3 other online stations quite closely. The rainfall amounts matched other Tempest stations in the area fairly close, as well as a nearby Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 up on someone’s roof. When a 10 minute duration, heavy pelting of pea-sized hail began, Tempest changed from a ‘very heavy’ rain descriptor to ‘extreme’. That may have contributed to the slightly high rainfall amounts reported. I’m still trying to get a handle on what Tempest is doing when the clock strikes midnight & the rainfall accumulation numbers go a bit wonky.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/3X/9/5/954d64c24c1612a76fabaaa3298be78bac443b7f.png) [@system](https://community.tempest.earth/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/new-owner-observations/24676/2 "2025-12-09T17:38:45Z")

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