Enough With The Rain Skip Already

Post by LawnNerd on Sep 4, 2019

We in Houston are under very dry conditions with nothing but 100F heat and full sun for the foreseeable future. All zones are at 0% and have been for a while. Yet, my Rachio performs a rain skip day after day. In the past 4 days, the total scheduled time it’s watered is a little over an hour. Can I turn this setting off?

Post by DLane on Sep 4, 2019

@LawnNerd - sounds like this is a Flex Daily schedule which will take into account forecasted precipitation and water or not water to account for the potential rainfall. It will then make up any shortfall the next time it waters and has actual precipitation history to work with. Additionally, the zones are not at 0%, but at the Maximum Allowed Depletion.

Options - change the allowed depletion to a higher number, like 60% from 50%, raise the crop coefficient (which will indicate the plants are using more water), make the root depth shallower.

Or change to a Fixed schedule and disable rain skip or set it to a higher value like .5".

The Flex Daily schedule is sensitive to incorrect settings. If pictures of zone settings are posted I’d think that some users that have Flex Daily schedules dialed in (there are some in Arizona) may comment on possible setting changes.

Post by tmcgahey on Sep 4, 2019

If there is a rain skip, there must be a sizable amount of rain in the forecast. Is there rain in the forecast, and it just isn’t showing up or?

Post by franz on Sep 4, 2019

@LawnNerd If you PM me your email used for Rachio account I can have the engineering team do a quick review of your schedules.

Post by ArtJet on Sep 6, 2019

Make sure your controller has Rain Sensor disabled.

Post by Elaine on Sep 9, 2019

Just a thought. Might you have a weather station selected from somewhere inappropriate to your location?

Post by ArizonaUser on Jul 12, 2020

I realize this forum is probably dead but wanted to add my 2 cents. Rain skip is garbage in Arizona. Last couple of days we received no rain but the system had turned off watering anyways. The forecasts on this device are garbage. I’m sure others have better experiences, but we have been 110 degrees for the last several days and the plants definitely needed a drink. Really disappointed by the Rachio so far.