refactor: alter chart x-axis; sci notation for precip; incr event limit

basin_wxm/fetch.py

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def get_vault_events(vault: str, start: int | None, end: int | None) -> List[Dic
     # objects that contain the CID and other metadata
     try:
         url = f"https://basin.tableland.xyz/vaults/{vault}/events"
-        params = {"after": start, "before": end, "limit": 50}
+        params = {"after": start, "before": end, "limit": 1000}
         response = get(url, params)
 
         if response.status_code == 200:

basin_wxm/run.py

@@ -382,11 +382,14 @@ def write_history_plots(root: Path, exclude_cols: List[str]) -> None:
                 plt.ylabel(col)
                 # Set date format on x-axis
                 plt.gca().xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter("%Y-%m-%d"))
-                plt.gca().xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.DayLocator())
+                plt.gca().xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.DayLocator(interval=7))
                 plt.gcf().autofmt_xdate()
-                # Format y-axis to use fixed-point notation with one decimal
+                # Format y-axis to use fixed-point notation with two decimals
                 ax = plt.gca()  # Get the current axis
-                ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FormatStrFormatter("%.2f"))
+                if col == "total_precipitation":
+                    ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FormatStrFormatter("%.2e"))
+                else:
+                    ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FormatStrFormatter("%.2f"))
                 plt.grid(True)
 
                 # Ensure the directory exists