Different rain behavior day vs. night?

[matzZz]

Hi everyone,

I'd like the weather (rain) override to behave differently depending on the time of day, but I can't figure out if this is possible with the built-in settings.

What I'm trying to achieve:

• During the day: when it rains, the cover should move to a specific position (e.g. 50%) instead of closing completely — I still want some daylight coming in.
• At night: the cover should stay fully closed regardless of rain (privacy/darkness matters more than the rain logic here).

Right now my rain override just sends the cover to 70% whenever is_raining is active, no matter the time. Is there a way to make the weather override position time-dependent, or to combine it with the sunset/night window so it uses a different target position during the day?

Am I missing a setting for this, or would I need to handle it with a separate automation on top of ACP?

Thanks in advance!

[jrhubott]

Yeah, the built-in weather override only has one fixed position (priority 90), and that position field doesn't take a template. Only the rain/wind thresholds and wind tolerance do, so there's no way to make the weather override itself time-dependent.

What you want is two Custom Position slots instead of the weather override.

Slot A, day rain to 50%: trigger on your rain sensor, Combine Mode AND, Condition Template {{ is_state('sun.sun', 'above_horizon') }}, Position 50, Priority 95. That beats the weather handler at 90.

Slot B, night rain to 0%: same rain trigger, Combine Mode AND, Condition Template {{ is_state('sun.sun', 'below_horizon') }}, Position 0, Priority 100.

The priority 100 on the night slot isn't optional. Only slots at priority 100 fire outside the schedule (start/end time) window, so anything below 100 gets blocked once you're outside that window. If rain hits at night after your schedule's already ended, a 99-priority slot just won't send anything. Priority 100 also carries safety semantics (bypasses manual override, auto-control, and delta gates), which is exactly what you want for "always closed at night regardless of rain."

If sun.sun's above/below horizon isn't a strict enough definition of night for you, swap in your own night input_boolean or time helper for the condition template.

This replaces your current 70% override entirely. No extra automation needed, it's all native to ACP.

For details, see the Custom Position wiki page.