Volume per unit of area to me is an obvious point. For example how many liters of water fell on their lawn or roof.
On Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 11:37:14 AM UTC-7 michael.k...@gmx.at wrote: > I don't get the point why one would want to use m³/m² which cancels to m > in the first place. > > Karen K schrieb am Sonntag, 1. Juni 2025 um 06:47:30 UTC+2: > >> As you already said, mm and l/m^2 have the same values. So you could set >> up rain to mm and change the label for mm to " l/m^2". This can be done >> in weewx.conf >> >> Stefan Gliessmann schrieb am Freitag, 30. Mai 2025 um 09:51:55 UTC+2: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I always struggle when I want to change the unit of a certain entity. >>> This time, it is rain and rain rate. The WeeWX default is cm and cm/h, >>> respectively. >>> I would like to change it to l / m2 and l /m2 / h. >>> The calculation seems straight forward as 1 mm rain = 1 liter / m2 rain >>> and its rate accordingly as 1 mm / h = 1 l/(m2 h). >>> Do I add this as a new label in weewx.conf under [Units] or do I add a >>> new unit in extensions.py as per >>> https://weewx.com/docs/5.1/custom/units/ ? >>> >>> Any help / hint would be highly appreciated! >>> >>> TIA, >>> Stefan >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/5845380a-334d-4dd9-8789-9725e51a9e7an%40googlegroups.com.
