I have replaced the original irrigation controller in our last 2 houses to the orbit b-hyve unit which is controlled by your wifi. I have helped many friends replace theirs as well. It take 5 mins to swap out and 15 mins to program.
As for linking to local weather stations, you can get a weather station for your backyard and link the b-hyve to it, or link it to a city/county weather station, or any local weather station that you see. I’m linked to somebody’s backyard weather station that is 1 mile away which gives me better info that the leesburg station that is 10 miles away. Writing this, I’m going to go out and do another search to see if there is even a closer weather station to link to.
1 more thing, you can hook up the rain gauge that is placed on your gutter as well as catch cups around your house that determines if your lawn has received enough water.
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