This code works in python3, to plot a hyetograph - precipitation event (sP), together with a hydrograph (sQ), both in the same time series (t).
#-*-coding:utf-8-*-;
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib import gridspec
import numpy as np
def plotHH(t,sP,sQ):
fig = plt.figure()
gs = gridspec.GridSpec(2, 1, height_ratios=[1, 2])
# HYDROGRAM CHART
ax = plt.subplot(gs[1])
ax.plot(t,sQ)
ax.set_ylabel(u'Q(m³/s)', color='b')
ax.set_xlabel('Time (min.)')
ax.tick_params(axis='y', colors='b')
ax.xaxis.grid(b=True, which='major', color='.7', linestyle='-')
ax.yaxis.grid(b=True, which='major', color='.7', linestyle='-')
ax.set_xlim(min(t), max(t))
ax.set_ylim(0, max(sQ)*1.2)
# PRECIPITATION/HYETOGRAPH CHART
ax2 = plt.subplot(gs[0])
ax2.bar(t, sP, 1, color='#b0c4de')
ax2.xaxis.grid(b=True, which='major', color='.7', linestyle='-')
ax2.yaxis.grid(b=True, which='major', color='0.7', linestyle='-')
ax2.set_ylabel('P(mm)')
ax2.set_xlim(min(t), max(t))
plt.setp(ax2.get_xticklabels(), visible=False)
plt.tight_layout()
ax2.invert_yaxis()
plt.gcf().subplots_adjust(bottom=0.15)
plt.show()
#plt.savefig(filename,format='pdf')
plt.close(fig)