Hello Tom, I understand. Thank you.
Kind regards Manfred Tom Keffer schrieb am Donnerstag, 21. Mai 2026 um 13:54:01 UTC+2: > The answer is that they use slightly different data sets. > > $span(time_delta=604800).radiation.max looks through the archive records, > typically spaced every 5 minutes apart, and finds the highest value for > radiation for the last 7 days. Each of those archive records is an average > value seen over the 5 minutes it represents. > > $week.radiation.max runs from midnight at the beginning of the week to > the present time, so it can use the daily summaries. These have recorded > the highest value seen for the week, *including LOOP packets*. So if > there was a momentary high value that lasted for only a second, this tag > will find it. > > If it bugs you that there is a difference, you can set option *loop_hilo* > (under [StdArchive]) to false, and LOOP packet values will no longer be > used for the daily highs and lows. > > Hope that helps. > > -tk > > On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 3:42 AM MaKi68 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Is it true that $span(time_delta=604800).radiation.max shows me the >> highest radiation of the last 7 day and $week.radiation.max the highest >> radiation of the current week (for me since monday). >> If that's the case, why can $week.radiation.max (eg. 1146 W/m²) be higher >> than $span(time_delta=604800).radiation.max (eg. 1092 W/m²)? >> >> Thank you so much for your support. >> >> Kind regards >> Manfred >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/058c1365-781b-4e0e-ae46-f0933f0f43dan%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/058c1365-781b-4e0e-ae46-f0933f0f43dan%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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a5422482-c8a9-4c47-96f0-3dc4642a52c5n%40googlegroups.com.
