DAVIS Vantage Pro2 Plus User Manual page 28

Selecting Units of Measure
Daily Rain, Rain Storm, Rain Year, Rain Month, & Rain Rate
Rain Rate
Press RAINYR to display the current rain rate. Rain Rate may be
displayed as either inches per hour (in/hr.) or millimeters per hour (mm/
hr.). Rain Rate will show zero and the umbrella icon does not appear
until two tips of the rain bucket within a 15–minute period.
Month–to–date precipitation
Press RAINYR again to select the month–to–date precipitation record. Monthly
rain displays the precipitation accumulated since the calendar month began.
Month–to–date precipitation is displayed in inches or millimeters (mm).
Year–to–date precipitation
Press RAINYR a third time to display the year–to–date precipitation record.
Yearly rain displays the precipitation accumulated since the 1st of the month
you've chosen as the beginning of your rain season in Setup Mode (See "Screen
13: Rain Season" on page 18). Year–to–date precipitation is displayed in inches
(in) or millimeters (mm).
Daily Rain
Press RAINDAY to display the rain accumulated since 12 midnight.
Any rain accumulated in the last 24 hours displays in the ticker at the
bottom of the screen.
Rain Storm
Rain Storm displays the rain total of the last rain event. It takes two tips of the rain
bucket to begin a storm event and 24 hours without rain to end a storm event.
Press RAINDAY to toggle between the daily rain total and the Rain Storm total.
Rain accumulation may be displayed as either millimeters (mm) or inches (in).
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RAIN STORM
in
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WIND
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TEMP OUT HUM OUT
W E F
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TEMP IN HUM IN
SW SE
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Last 24 hrs Every1 hr
DAIL Y RAIN
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ST A TION NO.1
Vertical Scale: X10
DAIL Y RAIN
in
RAIN YEAR
in
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BAR OMETER
hPa
RAIN
F
HEAT INDEX
RAIN YEAR
in
RAIN RATE
MO
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in/hr
UV
RAIN
YR
RAIN
DAY