We have added support for imperial units across UmbrellaToday. If you prefer Fahrenheit and inches over Celsius and millimeters, your alerts and forecasts can now speak your language.
What Changed
Every temperature and precipitation value in UmbrellaToday - from email alerts to the dashboard forecast - now respects your unit preference. If your schedule is set to imperial, you will see temperatures in Fahrenheit and precipitation in inches instead of Celsius and millimeters.
This applies to:
- Email alert headlines and details
- Hourly precipitation tables in emails
- The forecast dashboard and prediction details
- Custom rain sensitivity threshold labels
Auto-Detection
New accounts are automatically set based on your browser locale. If your browser reports en-US, your schedules default to imperial. Everyone else defaults to metric.
For existing accounts, we ran a one-time migration that assigned units based on your schedule locations. If you are in the US, your schedules should already be set to imperial. If you think we got it wrong, it is easy to fix - read on.
How to Switch
- Open your dashboard
- Click the edit button on any schedule
- Look for the Metric / Imperial toggle below the timezone setting
- Click your preference and save
The change applies immediately to all alerts and forecasts for that schedule.
Per-Schedule Units
Each schedule has its own unit preference. This is useful if you have schedules in different countries - your London schedule can stay in Celsius while your New York schedule shows Fahrenheit.
What Stays the Same
All internal data is still stored in metric. The conversion happens only when we display values to you. This means switching between metric and imperial is instant and lossless - no data changes, just the presentation.
Built from Your Feedback
This feature came directly from a request by one of our users. If you have ideas for what UmbrellaToday should do next, we would love to hear from you - your feedback is greatly appreciated and shapes what we build. Share your suggestions on our feedback board.
If you notice any temperatures or precipitation values that look off after switching units, please let us know on our contact page. We want to make sure every number is right.