Extra Attributes

Extra Attributes in Sensors

Some sensors in the Meteocat integration provide not only a state, but also extra attributes that contain additional information. These attributes can be very useful for understanding the full context of the data.

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Alerts Sensors

• General Alert Sensor

  • State: number of open alerts.
  • Attributes: details of each open alert, including type and description.

• Specific Alert Sensors (e.g. Rain Intensity Alert)

  • State:
    • "Open" → the alert is active.
    • "Closed" → no alert.
  • Attributes when open:
    • Start: e.g. 11 September 2025, 14:00:00
    • End: e.g. 13 September 2025, 01:59:00
    • Date: e.g. 11 September 2025
    • Period: e.g. 14:00 - 20:00
    • Threshold: e.g. Intensity > 20 mm / 30 minutes
    • Level: e.g. 1
    • Hazard: e.g. 1
    • Comment: additional information provided by Meteocat

  📷 Example: Alert sensor with attributes in Home Assistant
  

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Temperature Sensors

There are different types of temperature sensors, and it is important to understand the difference:

• Max Temperature / Min Temperature
  Refer to the maximum or minimum value between station updates.

• Max Temperature Today / Min Temperature Today
  Refer to the maximum or minimum value for the whole day.

  📷 Example: Max vs Max Today attributes
  

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Diagnostic Sensors

Some diagnostic sensors also provide extra attributes:

• File-type diagnostic sensors

  • Attributes include the date or date & time when the data file was last updated.

  📷 Example: Diagnostic file sensor attributes
  

• Quota-type diagnostic sensors

  • Attributes include:
    • Period
    • Max requests
    • Requests made
    • Requests remaining

  📷 Example: Quota diagnostic sensor attributes
  

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🔎 Tip: You can view attributes in Home Assistant by clicking on an entity and opening the Attributes dialog.

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