So that’s where the tipping bucket rain gauge comes in. Invented in 1662, this clever instrument doesn’t just measure rainfall; it records it in real time.

Daily measurements The CoCoRaHS volunteers use a professional quality precipitation gauge, that has been properly calibrated. In the summer, they measure the rain in the gauge.

Measuring rain, hail and snow is easy to do, with a little training and attention to detail Most of us know how to use a rain gauge, or at least most of us think that we know how. Set it outdoors ...

As floods and droughts grow deadlier, ancient wisdom from Korea’s rain gauge and India’s harvesting traditions reminds us why the world needs a UN Rain Day.

SEATTLE – Using everything from a customized DC-8 jetliner to ground radars to four-inch rain gauges, scientists are fanning out across one of the soggiest places in the United States this month ...