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Looking for a good rain gauge (NOT rain sensor) (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by early_riser@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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A rain sensor just tells you if it's raining or not. A rain gauge will give you cumulative rainfall values. I know there are DIY projects to make HA-compatible gauges but I'd rather have something out of the box, at least in terms of hardware.

I found this on Amazon, and it appears to be be a clone of a more expensive station by Ambient Weather. It looks like it could be made to work with HA as it has a web interface, but I'm not sure if an app is required for setup. The rain gauge also doesn't seem super accurate, which is frustrating as that's the only thing I really care about.

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[–] k4gie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I also have an ecowitt weather station, bought a separate GW1000 receiver which feeds into weewx (completely local) and home assistant. You can also add in up to 8 extra temp and humidity sensors so I have some of those in different rooms and the green house.

The rain measurement is a tipping seesaw type so strong winds can sometimes cause inaccurate results

Edit: https://www.ecowitt.com/shop/goodsDetail/16

Has usb connector too