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== My station invented some rain that didn't really occur, and I want to set it to zero (or some other figure) ==
Cumulus does include some code to try to ignore some obvious rain errors:
Cumulus does include some code to try to ignore some obvious rain errors. For example, if the station reports negative rain, Cumulus will normally ignore that, but if for 6 consecutive readings the rain cumulative count stays below what it was before, Cumulus will normally accept the new count as a new starting point. Because many positive values are realistic (see sub-answers), Cumulus generally will accept those as a result of accidental knocking of a tipping bucket gauge, due to wind effects on the gauge, or even due to the station electronics generating a rogue reading.▼
*For example, if the station reports negative rain, Cumulus will normally ignore that, but if for 6 consecutive readings the rain cumulative count stays below what it was before, Cumulus will normally accept the new count as a new starting point.
*While Cumulus is running (not when catching up with stored past values from the station log), it will ignore large increases in rainfall. (See [[#.28Invented_rain.29_Error_prevention_by_Spike_removal|below]]).
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=== (Invented rain) Error in today's total===
#correct today's total using the [[Today.ini#Editing_rainfall_in_today.ini_within_Cumulus | 'today's rain']] editor on the edit menu (select from main screen in Cumulus 1, or find in the MX browser interface).
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