[EnergyPlus_Support] Precipitation data

["Simon Rees" <sjrees@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have been wanting to examine precipitation at a number of sites and
hope to use data in some of the epw files. I am puzzled by some of the
numbers in the data column corresponding to precipitation. The
documentation says the data has units mm over the hour in question.
However, when looking at the data series for both Phoenix and Seattle
the numbers are in the range 5 - 25 and there are no zeros i.e.
suggesting there is continual rain. If this were mm of precipitation the
would amount to a huge rainfall over the year. Can somebody clarify
please?
Thanks, Simon


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