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May 21, 2022 · a short look at how to install and use—and the uses for—a rain gauge in your landscape
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- UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County
In this Save The Drops short, learn how to use a rain gauge to monitor rainfall in your landscape and save big on water.
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- UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County
Apr 22, 2016 · How to Mount your Rain Gauge. Rainfall is normally measured at no more than 30cm above ground level. At elevated heights high wind speeds will have an effect on the catchment of rainfall so readings may be reduced.
Feb 24, 2023 · These are stand-alone rain gauges that record the amount of rain using a rain sensor, and then transmit the readings to a display (this can be your phone or console). The readings are presented in numeric values, making them easier to understand. Some digital rain gauges also have a tipping bucket.
- James Bowser
- Tipping Bucket Rain-Gauge
- Storage Rain-Gauge
- Automating Rain Gauges
For many years the Met Office has used a tipping-bucket rain-gauge for the automatic measurement of rainfall rate. The collecting funnel has a sampling area of 750 cm2, the rim is set 450 mm above the surrounding ground level and a mechanism records an event each time a rainfall increment of 0.2 mm has been detected.
Since the earliest years of weather records, the de facto standard for the measurement of daily rainfall has been the 0900 UTC reading made by an observer from a 5 inch storage rain-gauge. The gauge has a sharp brass or steel rim of diameter 5 inches (127 mm), sited 30 cm above ground level with a funnel that collects rain in a narrow necked bottle...
As automated instruments were introduced across the synoptic network in the 1980s and 1990s the 5 inch gauge was still deployed alongside the tipping bucket gauge to continue a long consistent record of measurements for climate purposes. In recent years this practice has proved impractical and many automatic sites now only report rainfall amount fr...
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In order to have an accurate measure of precipitation, it's important to place the rain gauge in an open area. Placing it close to buildings, trees, and shr...
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- K-State Research and Extension
Check the rain gauge every day at the same time, measure the amount of rain collected, and empty the bottle. Don't forget to write down the amount of rain collected in your weather diary....
