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Hi! That's interesting--apparently StationPlot doesn't like that. Could you open an issue at: https://github.com/Unidata/MetPy/issues/new And include sample data and complete (and preferably minimal) code that generates the error? I'd be interested in seeing what we can do to make MetPy support this out of the box. For now, I think your best bet to work around this shortcoming is to use matplotlib's `date2num` function to manually convert the dates to numbers for plotting (which is what matplotlib does under the hood normally for you): https://matplotlib.org/api/dates_api.html https://matplotlib.org/gallery/text_labels_and_annotations/date.html#sphx-glr-gallery-text-labels-and-annotations-date-py Ryan > Hi there! > I’m in the CSU atmos science department. You gave a great seminar last > summer and really appreciate your time. > I’ve got a quick question for you… > I’m trying to make a ‘meteogram’ like plot. I want to use a horizontal axis > to plot sky condition at a single station over time. My x-axis uses a date > format. > Metpy seems to have a problem with this. For example, > > y= np.ones(len(df2.index)) > x= np.arange(0,31,1) > stationplot = StationPlot(ax, x , y, fontsize=12) > stationplot.plot_symbol('C', df2['Sky'].astype(int) , sky_cover) > > works great. > > BUT, if make the x-axis > x= df2.index # a date, > > it plots fine but gives an error message, ‘invalid type promotion' > > [cid:B6B4A47D-6C45-4234-984F-F05CD8D32F0B] > > Does ‘stationplot’ not like dates as x-axis values? Is there a workaround? Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DBA-624487 Department: Support Python Priority: Low Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.