A viewer question from earlier this week asked how two backyard rain gauges would measure a different amount of rain. Here's how it happens, and how to choose a rain gauge.

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.

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.

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 ...

Fall in the Coastal Bend typically sees a lot more rainfall, so how to properly use a rain gauge can be an important unit of measurement. Want to learn more? Check out this week's Science Snippet!

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.

This story is from June 26, 2024 Rain gauges inch towards 1,000mm TNN / Jun 26, 2024, 00:09 IST AA Follow us ...

As of now, the IMD has around 70 rain gauge stations — including 20 automated weather stations — in north Bengal and Sikkim. “Once these rain gauges are installed, we will have access to rainfall data ...