Current Ranch Temperatures, Water Usage, and Rainfall Totals

Every 15 minutes a computer reads a number of "one-wire" thermometers located at interesting places around the ranch. The most recent readings are reported here.

Clicking on the thermometer location link gives a plot of Temperature vs. Day for that thermometer over the past 7 days.

Set the number of days used for these temperature and water usage graphs here.

At Jan 7 04:00:02 (local California time)

 1: Thermometer (id=1048b635010800e8) reports T =  66.6 degrees F Server Room Desk
 2: Thermometer (id=1018bf3501080035) reports T =  63.5 degrees F Server Room Floor
 3: Thermometer (id=10ecbe3501080056) reports T =  68.6 degrees F Server Room Ceiling
 4: Thermometer (id=10e2ae3501080039) reports T =  65.4 degrees F Master Bedroom
 5: Thermometer (id=1096b435010800bc) reports T =  41.9 degrees F Attic High East
 6: Thermometer (id=10f5ad35010800a9) reports T =  43.0 degrees F Attic High Center
 7: Thermometer (id=10c39c35010800bf) reports T =  41.2 degrees F Front Porch Air
 8: Thermometer (id=10c7ab35010800b6) reports T =  43.7 degrees F Pumphouse Air
 9: Thermometer (id=107fb135010800d1) reports T = 185.2 degrees F Pumphouse Sky
10: Thermometer (id=28e0e4140100006f) reports T =  44.2 degrees F Garage/Workshop
11: Thermometer (id=2818e014010000a3) reports T =  51.3 degrees F 30 in. Under Ground
12: Thermometer (id=28d8fd14010000ac) reports T =  50.6 degrees F Breezeway
13: Thermometer (id=28d8f4140100005f) reports T =  37.5 degrees F Garden Mullberry Tree
14: Thermometer (id=28b4f9140100000d) reports T =  42.5 degrees F Attic High West
15: Thermometer (id=28f40015010000a2) reports T =  39.4 degrees F Vegetable Garden
16: Thermometer (id=289cfd1401000005) reports T =  66.2 degrees F Living Room
17: Thermometer (id=28c2f814010000ea) reports T =  41.5 degrees F Back Patio
18: Thermometer (id=28d2de14010000d5) reports T =  41.7 degrees F Garden Tub
19: Thermometer (id=28deec14010000af) reports T =  44.6 degrees F Garden Pond
20: Thermometer (id=28a1e214010000b1) reports T =  35.9 degrees F Platform
21: Thermometer (id=2885f71401000075) reports T =  38.4 degrees F Chicken House
22: Thermometer (id=28d7e41401000007) reports T =  39.8 degrees F Lower Greenhouse
23: Thermometer (id=28ef03150100004f) reports T =  38.7 degrees F Upper Greenhouse

Notes:

The Pumphouse air and sky thermometers were temporarily placed inside the new pumphouse on November 30, 2008 at 16:00 after installing the new pumphouse.

The attic fan was enabled on June 16, 2008 at 22:00.

The attic fan was disabled on July 9, 2008 at 22:46.

The attic fan was enabled on August 16, 2008 at 06:57.

The attic fan was disabled on August 16, 2008 at 22:24.

"Pump Water" is measured on the pump water pipe just after it comes out of the well. There is insulation surrounding the thermometer and pipe so that this reading should be pretty close to the water temperature coming out of the well.

"Pumphouse Air" is the temperature of a 2" clean copper disk located about 4' above the ground. It is attached underneath a styrofoam block so that it should reliably give the air temperature and be insensitive to the sunlight and sky radiation. The pumphouse is about 100' from the ranch house.

"Pumphouse Sky" is the temperature of a 2" painted copper disk located on the upperside of the styrofoam block. The grayish-blue paint color is believed to be a good absorber of infrared radiation so that when this disk is not in direct sunlight, it gives an indication of the sky temperature. Even in the daytime, the sky is usually quite a bit cooler than the air. This arrangement will be improved before long.

"Garden Pond" thermometer is about 15 inches below the surface where the pond is 32 inches deep.

"30 inches Under Ground" is near the pump house, 100' north of the house. It is shaded by an oak tree most of the time.

Water Pump Usage During the Past 7 Days

At Jan 7 04:00:01 (local California time):

This graph shows the total time that the 3 kilowatt pump was operating vs. actual time for the past 7 days. For each hour the pump runs, 1344 gallons of water are pumped and 3 kW-hours of electricity are consumed. This data helps us quickly detect leaks in our ranch irrigation and animal water systems.

Rainfall

September   22, 2007   0.2" (First rain since May)
December     7, 2007   1.3"
December    14, 2007   New grass appearing in fields!
December    18, 2007   1.8"
December    20, 2007   0.6"
December    29, 2007   0.3"
January    4-6, 2008   2.5"
January      7, 2008   0.1"
January  22-25, 2008   2.7" (with a tiny bit of snow)
January  26-27, 2008   1.0"
January  27-28, 2008   0.8"
Jaunary     31, 2008   0.3"
February   1-2, 2008   0.9"
February 20-21, 2008   1.4"
February 23-24, 2008   0.9"
May         25, 2008   0.2"
May      26-27, 2008   1.4"
  Total for 2007-8 season: 16.4"

October      4, 2008   0.2"
October     31, 2008   0.4"
November   1-2, 2008   1.5"
November     4, 2008   0.2"
November     8, 2008   0.8"
November 26-27, 2008   1.4"
December    13, 2008   0.2"
December    14, 2008   1.0"
December    21, 2008   1.1"
December    23, 2008   0.2"
December    25, 2008   0.8"
January      2, 2008   0.3"
  Total for 2008-9 season: 8.1" so far

PHP code or plotting scripts last updated: December 26, 2008