{"id":13675,"date":"2026-11-06T03:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/?page_id=13675"},"modified":"2026-11-12T04:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:43:22","slug":"precipitation-rate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/precipitation-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Precipitation Rate?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div class=\"aiper-glossary\" lang=\"en-US\" data-result-one=\"{count} term\" data-result-many=\"{count} terms\" data-empty=\"No terms found. Try another name or clear the filters.\">\r\n     <header><p>Smart Irrigation<\/p><h1>What Is Precipitation Rate?<\/h1><p>Precipitation rate is the depth of water applied to an irrigated area per unit of time, commonly expressed in inches per hour.<\/p><\/header>\r\n   <figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width:600px)\" width=\"600\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/precipitation-rate.svg?ver=0.5.11\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/precipitation-rate.svg?ver=0.5.11\" alt=\"Precipitation rate is the depth of water applied to an irrigated area per unit of time, commonly expressed in inches per hour. A collection example converts 0.25 inch over 15 minutes to 1 inch per hour.\" width=\"600\" height=\"720\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/picture><figcaption>Original conceptual diagram. Example values are not watering recommendations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n   <section><h2>How to Understand It<\/h2><p>It describes water depth over an area, not the gallons discharged by a single nozzle. The example shows an average collected depth of 0.25 inch in 15 minutes: 0.25 \u00d7 60 \u00f7 15 = 1 inch per hour. Collection across the zone helps reveal uneven coverage.<\/p><\/section>   <section><h2>Related terms<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/cycle-and-soak\/\">Cycle and Soak<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/head-to-head-coverage\/\">Head-to-Head Coverage<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/sprinkler-head\/\">Sprinkler Head<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>   <section><h2>Learn more<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"guide\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/uneven-sprinkler-coverage\/\">Uneven Sprinkler Coverage: Causes, Tests, and Fixes<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"tool\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/lawn-watering-calculator\/\">Lawn Watering &amp; Sprinkler Runtime Calculator<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>  <\/div>\r\n  <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"DefinedTerm\",\"name\":\"Precipitation Rate\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"description\":\"Precipitation rate is the depth of water applied to an irrigated area per unit of time, commonly expressed in inches per hour.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/precipitation-rate\\\/\",\"inDefinedTermSet\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/#terms\"}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":13585,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"aiper_reading_time":1,"aiper_last_reviewed":"","aiper_reviewer":0,"aiper_related_ids":[],"aiper_layout":"tool","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13675","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":13675,"de":13771,"fr":13821,"es":13870},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13716,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13675\/revisions\/13716"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}