A long-time viewer emailed me earlier this week with a puzzle: he had two rain gauges side-by-side during our recent storm, ...

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.

It isn’t that hard to make an electronic rain gauge if you have a steady source of power or you don’t mind changing batteries often. But [Matthew Ford] offers a third option: a simple device ...

It isn’t that hard to make an electronic rain gauge if you have a steady source of power or you don’t mind changing batteries often. But [Matthew Ford] offers a third option: a simple device ...

Line graph showing how the number of rain gauges contributing data to the Met ... by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.