Q: My rain gauge was up to 4+ inches during the rain storm at 3 p.m. Jan. 9. It’s always much higher than any official amount announced. I’ve had several ...

The devices will be managed by the respective section engineers in the Churchgate-Virar belt. “We have installed automated digital rain gauges at five locations on the Harbour Line, 15 between ...

A long-time viewer emailed me earlier this week with a puzzle: he had two rain gauges side-by-side during our recent storm, but they measured a different amount of rain. Here's how it happens.

PUBLISHED: March 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM PDT This month, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow network (CoCoRaHS) is holding its annual Rain Gauge Rally recruitment effort.

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.

In August 2024, Tropical Storm Debby impacted only a small percentage of the NEORSD service area. However, in that area, the impact amounted to a 1,000-year-level rain event. “Most of the rest ...

For much of the area, this was the first beneficial rainfall of 2025 Easterwood had 0.10″ in the rain gauge from rainfall on the 5th, but we’ll happily take a bit more. And that we did!

A funnel collects the rain into a tube, and then a stick is inserted for a measurement. If you really want to be accurate, you can use that, but it’s a bit more work than a smaller gauge that ...

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 ...

M Sivaguru Prabakaran, CCMC commissioner, told TNIE, “Initially, we planned on procuring highly advanced automatic rain gauge devices and installing them at 15 places across the city.