Incorrect annual rainfall

[stormchaser911]

Ok Steve in my cumulus it says i have 20.12 inches of rain for the year when i only have 13.24 inches of rain so far for the year. there has to be a way to fix this

[steve]

The annual rainfall total is calculated from the daily totals in dayfile.txt.

Please zip up the diags folder and attach it, together with your dayfile.txt file.

[stormchaser911]

ok what exactly am i doing here can u give me detailed info, and what will this do, will this fix my yearly rainfall?

[stormchaser911]

how do i zip it i found the files and also attach that other file to it. I ziped it and i copyied and pasted the dayfile into that folder. Do i delete the open file and the dayfile

[steve]

Instructions are in the post linked to above where it says 'Please click here before posting'.

[stormchaser911]

Steve i dont see that link, Now the yearly rain rate is correct for the monthly but there is nothing in the monthly. I do not see were the link is

[stormchaser911]

Here is my Diags i cant figure this out eh

[steve]

When you started Cumulus at 08:28 on the 9th June, it hadn't been run (in that folder, with that data) since 7th May, and your logger data - at a 1-minute interval - didn't go back far enough to cover all of the missing period. Consequently, most of the rain since that date was recorded for 9th June - 13.18 inches. You can correct that day's value using the dayfile.txt editor on the edit menu, and then restart Cumulus. You can then apply a 'year to date' value in the station settings to allow for the rain which has fallen on the days this year where you haven't been using Cumulus.

If you want to correct this month's total, you will have to either add the amount missing for the days where you haven't been using Cumulus in June to an existing entry for June in dayfile.txt (thus making that day's total incorrect), or you can create a dummy entry in dayfile.txt for a day in June with just the extra rainfall for June. Note that if you do this, it will also affect your annual total.

[stormchaser911]

Ok Steve i understand how to edit it but i cant figure out how. for my monthly totals it is 1.19 for june and for the year is 13.41 how can i make it so the 1.19 stays and i can bump the yearly average?

[stormchaser911]

Ok Update i have the numbers close to were i need them. Now from here on out will cumulus keep a correct rain file from were i have it. As in were i edit it from and the rain to come. Steve

[steve]

Now from here on out will cumulus keep a correct rain file from were i have it.

That's the way it usually works, yes.