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Rainfall overview

Monthly rain and snow for a site, from a nearby weather station's record, with plain flags when a station recorded neither.

Rainfall shows a weather station's monthly precipitation and snow on the ground: how much it rains in a year, when the wet season peaks, and when snow sits on the ground. Use it to plan site work and see where water and snow will matter.

A Rainfall scheme saves just a name and the weather station you picked. The numbers are read from the station's record each time the scheme opens.

Rainfall works the same way as the other climate tools (Wind Rose, Thermal and Sun Path), but saves its own schemes.

The main screen #

From top to bottom:

  • The toolbar. Project ▾ on the left, then the scheme's name (click it to rename) and a status message when something happens. On the right: ▦ Board, ⇄ Change station, New, Import, Export ▾, and Share / Snapshots last. ▦ Board and ⇄ Change station show once a station is loaded.
  • The study. A Colors setting, then two cards: Rain, month by month and Snow. See Rain and snow.
  • The source line at the bottom: the dataset, the station's file and who publishes it.

Before a station is picked, the tool shows its start screen: Saved in your projects, Find a station by name, Or map it from your site, and Demos to the side. How to pick a station is on Weather stations.

Start a new rain study #

From a project page #

  1. On the project page, click + New.
  2. Pick Rainfall.

The scheme is made inside the project and opens on the start screen, with the stations nearest the project's approximate location already on the map. Click one to load it. See Projects and schemes.

The Rainfall ↗ button under the project page's Approximate location opens Rainfall near the project too, but doesn't make a scheme in the project.

From inside the tool #

  1. Click New. If a station is open, confirm that you want to start over. A scheme that's in a project stays there.
  2. Pick a station.

A new scheme lives only on this computer until you open Project ▾ and click Push to a project…. Once it's in a project, it saves as you work. See Local only to keep it off the cloud.

You can also arrive from Site GIS with Open in Rain.

Open existing work #

  • Saved in your projects, on the start screen, and Project ▾ both list your rain schemes. Click one to open it.
  • On a project page, click the scheme's name.
  • Import opens a scheme file saved with Export ▾ → Scheme file (.json).

Who can see a scheme #

A scheme in a project is shared with the people on that project, with their roles. See People and roles. To share outside the project, use view-only links or snapshots.

Live station data needs you signed in with tool access; signed out, the demo stations still work. See Who can load station data.

An AI assistant connected through the AI connector can read the scheme and its station's monthly precipitation and snow depth, but can't change the scheme.