For the last year, I’ve been trying to get the proper setting to rain skip after considerable amounts of rain. I’ve used the Weather Network of the 300,000 weather stations. I’ve used a Weather station, both National 4.5 miles away and even a personal weather station (Ambient Weather WS-2902) located within a mile of my home. I have even adjusted the amount of rain to skip down to 1/8th of an inch. Nothing seems to work to skip a watering. What else should I be checking? Thanks and will appreciate any insights someone wants to share.
@joeladler1 I’d try again finding a reliable PWS that is relatively close to your house. That might be the most accurate way to get the precipitation you are looking for. The most accurate is to get your own PWS if you are in a severe micro climate, but that could be overkill for what you are looking for.
Thank you Franz for your insights. Just to clarify, how do I discern the reliability of the PWS I have chosen. I assumed that any offerings through the Rachio app were considered reliable. I checked their rain accumulation readings from that day and the one that is shown in the app and they were very close (App shows .44 in, KNJCRANF14 shows .46). Now that I think of it, if the app shows .44 for the day, why wouldn’t that activate the rain skip. Seems logicial, yes?
That’s difficult to answer, typically trial and error 
Yes. Did you have that specific station chosen for the day of precipitation?
For this time I think it was on the 300,000 station. But this wasn’t the first time it failed after more than a .4" of rain fell. I was then using the PSW I mentioned above. At that time the setting for skipping was at 1/4". I then lowered it to 1/8" for this last lapse. That made no difference. Nothing I do seems to make a difference. That’s why I was asking if there was something else I should be checking or adjusting. I thought maybe the zone settings could be part of the problem.
I would pick that PWS again, and if the problem happens again I can have the engineering team review the data and make sure that it is being used for weather skips appropriately.
Thank you for your offer. I’ll keep in touch.
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