My sky is still reporting extremely high rainfall amounts after being online for a week. Based on rainfall amounts collected by other gauges at the same location it appears to be recording at 5 times the actual amount. For example today’s rain event totaled 0.8" in the other gauges, but over 4" by…

I feel I need to report my issues with the rainfall sensor, simply because they are the opposite of most of you. My Sky rain sensor reports considerably LESS rainfall than actual. For example, this weekend we had a 1.25 inch event (as measured from a standard rain collector), but Sky only reported 0…

My error is also on the under-reporting side, though not as great as yours. The disparity tends to be greater with heavier rainfalls that generate large rainfall rates in a short period of time.

I ve overreporting about 33 percent

My first rainfall showed 3.19 inches. I think thats pretty high. Closest PWS to me show 1.06 and 1.17. My station is 9914 (KAZPHOEN926)

The only way to check your rainfall is a manual rain gauge. Cannot compare to another station as that may not be right Ethier.

Rainfall data is unfortunately way off. 1.41" on my rainwise and 2.49" on my SKY. A tipping bucket option would be nice for people who want to roll that way.

Hi @briannesius - thanks for speaking up about your rain accumulation inaccuracies. We can help with an improved calibration for your haptic sensor, especially with your help submitting rain accumulation readings from your other trusted gauge. I’ll get in touch with you directly and share some detai…

Isn’t the point of the rain check feature to help calibrate the Sky based on local data, or is it a band-aid to cover up a problem? My Sky has been consistently measuring double the corrected rain check amount ever since it’s (rain check) introduction. One would think that the system would compare …

@sven.setterdahl Rain Check is a very sophisticated tool that uses raw data from your SKY as well as an array of third-party data sources to help calibrate your SKY. No, it’s not perfect and can be flawed in some unique locations where terrain is a major influence. The Continuous Learning system w…

So what you are saying is the “continuous learning” system does not autonomously use external data as a calibration aid? How can it learn that it is wrong without data to learn from? How is an anonymous consumer eyeballing a manual rain gage going to offer “strict quality control thresholds” compa…

Very high rainfall amounts. How to calibrate Sky?

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Here you can find all the details regarding RainCheck.

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Very high rainfall amounts. How to calibrate Sky?

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