Rainfall This Year

[Stig]

Hi Steve

my total rainfall this year shows 28490 mm and is still increasing, I have read the Wiki page 2.10 on how to correct false
figures, but my dayfile.txt does not show any high rain values (my weather underground history shows 9,1 mm this year) can you please inform me what to do


regards

Stig

www.Hareskovvejr.dk

[steve]

Your dayfile.txt has commas as both decimals and separators. Your today.ini is using decimal points, so your dayfile.txt should be the same. I have no idea how Cumulus could do that - I assume you have been editing the file and somehow converted all of the decimal points into commas?

[Stig]

thank you for your quick reply, I don´t remember that I have touched the dayfile.txt since I started Cumulus in Nowember last year:oops: If I delete the dayfile.txt , will Cumulus then create a new file,




Stig

[steve]

If I delete the dayfile.txt , will Cumulus then create a new file

No.

In your system settings, what are your decimal symbol and list separator set to?

[Stig]

forgive me my ignorance, but where can I find this information, I have not been able to find it in
the control panel-system box.




Stig

[steve]

In the control panel, click on 'Region and language', then on the Format tab, click on 'additional settings'. See what character is in 'decimal symbol' and 'list separator'. Could you attach your December monthly log file, please, so I can have a look at it?

[steve]

I meant February, actually... how time flies...

[Stig]

decimal symbol= ,

list separator= .




Stig

[steve]

Are you sure that list separator isn't a comma too? That's what it's using. The "normal" list separator when you have a comma for a decimal separator is a semicolon.

When you first started running Cumulus, your decimal separator was a full stop and your list separator was a comma, but within a few minutes, the decimal separator changed to a comma and the list separator stayed the same:

05/12/09,10:40,5.0,87,3.0,2.4,4.3,168,0.0,0.0,1007.0,490.0,20.4,42,2.2,5.0,5.0
05/12/09,10:50,5.0,87,3.0,3.7,4.9,165,0.0,0.0,1007.0,490.0,20.4,42,3.9,0.0,5.0
05-12-09,11:00,5,1,86,3,0,3,2,5,5,165,0,0,0,0,1007,0,490,0,20,4,42,2,6,3,0,5,1
05-12-09,11:10,5,1,87,3,0,3,4,4,7,166,0,0,0,0,1007,0,490,0,20,4,42,1,8,5,0,5,1

I'm afraid all of your data is the same after that; the decimals are commas and the separators are commas, so the data is unreadable. Unless you want to go to the bother of editing it all, and I can't think of an automatic way, I suggest you first change your list separator to a semicolon, then delete all of your data and start again

[Stig]

my decimal symbol is now = ,
my digit grouping symbol = .
and my list separator = ;

I have deleted all data, and my rain this year shows 0 mm, so I have to wait to midnight to see if the new dayfile.txt looks
right.

thanks a lot


Stig

[steve]

my decimal symbol is now = ,
my digit grouping symbol = .
and my list separator = ;

Looks good to me

so I have to wait to midnight to see if the new dayfile.txt looks right.

You could have a look in Feb10log.txt now, to see if that's working OK.

[Stig]

feb10log.txt looks fine, so hopefully it will last

02/02/10,12:40,-1.5,85,-3.7,3.5,5.7,190,0.0,0.0,995.0,530.0,19.9,33,3.7,-5.7,-1.5
02/02/10,12:50,-1.5,85,-3.7,3.8,7.6,192,0.0,0.0,995.0,530.0,19.9,33,2.6,-6.0,-1.5
02/02/10,13:00,-1.5,86,-3.5,3.7,7.8,190,0.0,0.0,995.0,530.0,19.9,33,6.3,-5.9,-1.5
02/02/10,13:10,-1.5,87,-3.4,4.0,7.6,189,0.0,0.0,994.0,530.0,19.9,33,3.6,-6.1,-1.5
02/02/10,13:20,-1.4,88,-3.1,4.2,6.5,188,0.0,0.0,994.0,530.0,19.8,33,4.5,-6.1,-1.4
02/02/10,13:30,-1.4,89,-3.0,3.9,6.5,179,0.0,0.0,994.0,530.0,19.8,33,3.9,-5.9,-1.4
02/02/10,13:40,-1.5,89,-3.1,4.8,8.2,181,0.0,0.0,993.0,530.0,19.8,33,4.9,-6.7,-1.5
02/02/10,13:50,-1.6,90,-3.0,5.2,7.8,185,0.0,0.0,993.0,530.0,19.8,33,3.4,-7.0,-1.6

Stig

www.Hareskovvejr.dk

[steve]

That doesn't match what you said above. Your decimal separator is '.' and your list separator is ','. But that combination is fine.