Thanks for the detailed response Gary, I should have said I am still on 4.10.2, are the base temperature stanzas available in this version? I like the idea of putting it in the Weewx config rather than the skin.
Rory > On 30 Sep 2024, at 10:02, gjr80 <[email protected]> wrote: > > The simple part of the answer - you want a [Units] [[DegreeDays]] stanza in > your skin config file. It's covered in the v5.1 documentation here > <http://weewx.com/docs/5.1/reference/skin-options/units/#degreedays>. > > The challenge you will now face is where to put your setting(s). The answer > is it depends. You could create a [Units] [[DegreeDays]] stanza in your skin > config file and those settings will apply to each report in your skin. You > could alter your [StdReport] [[Defaults]] [[[Units]]] stanza in weewx.conf by > adding your [[[[DegreeDays]]]] there, this would change the default settings > for all reports (skins) but has the advantage of not needing any changes to > any skin config files. You could also place a [[[Units]]] [[[[DegreeDays]]]] > stanza under any of your reports (skins) listed under [StdReport] in > weewx.conf. Any such settings would apply to only the report (skin) under > which the settings are included. > > Note the different number of [] on each stanza heading depending on where it > is used. The documentation shows the correct number of [] for the skin config > file, a different number of [] pairs are used in weewx.conf due to the > stanzas being pushed further down the config hierarchy. > > Really is a personal preference where to put skin settings. I prefer to keep > my customisations in weewx.conf, it means I can freely upgrade/update skins > and my customisations (well settings) are in one place only, but it does make > my weewx.conf larger. Horses for courses. > > Gary > On Monday 30 September 2024 at 18:31:13 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: >> Hi, quick question about the heating degree days algorithm used in the NOAA >> text reports. I assume this uses the US base temperature of 18.3°C (65°F)? >> In the UK we use 15.5°C (59.9°F), is there any way of changing it to this? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rory > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/YtozXyVAtjM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b1c5e51a-c1fd-4b5a-b151-07d6444084d0n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b1c5e51a-c1fd-4b5a-b151-07d6444084d0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/5F4A1CC3-0544-4521-AC2D-C0A0C930774F%40googlemail.com.
