We are now officially part of the CoCoRaHS (pronounced Co-Co-raws) network. CoCoRaHS stands for Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. Here's our rain guage. It comes from the CoCoRaHS office, on the website linked above. It has a central tube that measures only one inch of rain--you can see it measures in hundredths of an inch. If it happens to rain more than one inch in a 24-hour period (you record and empty the guage every day), the rain overflows into the big tube surrounding the 1-inch measuring tube. Very complete instructions for measuring the extra rain come with the rain guage. Also, if your area gets snow and hail, there are instructions for those weather conditions, too. Check out the map below to see if your state participates.
It's fun being a weather geek!
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