Anyone figured out best way to detect rain?

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If you're ok with Zigbee, maybe take a look at this forum.

[RELEASE] Tuya Zigbee Light and Rain sensor

This Zigbee device has been available for sale on AliExpress in the past few months. It features a light-intensity sensor, and some kind of water detection sensor. The 'rain detection' has both 'raining/not raining' binary switch and an analogue measurement output ( in millivolts!?). The light intensity also measured in mV, most probably this is the solar charger voltage. [image] AliExpress .com (link) AliExpress .us (link) ... and other sellers. The recommended installation method is via H…

Edit: It's been a while since I visited this forum, and it seems like some users are experiencing connection issues. Maybe it's not quite ready for prime time yet.