Automation for rainy days
This requires a Dark Sky sensor with the condition precip_intensity
that tells if it’s raining or not. You could also experiment with other attributes such as cloud_cover
.
Turn on a light in the living room when it starts raining, someone is home, and it’s afternoon or later.
automation:
- alias: 'Rainy Day'
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.precip_intensity
to: 'rain'
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: group.all_devices
state: 'home'
- condition: time
after: '14:00'
before: '23:00'
action:
service: light.turn_on
entity_id: light.couch_lamp
And then of course turn off the lamp when it stops raining but only if it’s within an hour before sunset.
- alias: 'Rain is over'
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.precip_intensity
to: 'None'
condition:
- condition: sun
after: 'sunset'
offset: '-01:00:00'
action:
service: light.turn_off
entity_id: light.couch_lamp