How is rainfall measured?

Answer 1

I take the official precipatation totals for the National Weather Service for our city in my backyard on a daily basis. The guage consists of an aluminun cylinder about as big around as a 2 gallon bucket and is about 18 inches tall. It has three legs that sit on a level concrete block on the ground. It has a measuring stick that measure in one-hundreths of an inch. I guage it everyday whether it rains or not, write it in a log book, and then phone it in to the area NWS office at 8am every single day. I take the official high and low temperatures as well but that's another answer.

Answer 2

Rainfall never falls down several feet at a time, rivers already have tons and tons water in them, so that would explain that part. Rainfall is measured with a tube, sometimes, stuck in the ground with measurements on it to determine how much rain fell.

Answer 3

They put a cylinder in the gorund an dip a stick into it and find the deppth of the water, do this at a few random points and using some statistics, you can find the average rainfall over an area.

Answer 4

Rain Is Measured With A Rain Gauge Which is Measured i In Millimeters.

Answer 5

By an inch diameter tube that collects the rain. How much it collects is measured by markings on the side. In Europe, they use the metric system to measure, while the US uses the inch.

Answer 6

it is collected in a glass jar put at a height so that it is not effected by cars or trees. Then the water is poured into a messuring tube through a funnel and the height of water present is the measurement.

Answer 7

They put a container outside, like a test tube, and they measure how many inches of water are in it.

Answer 8

It is a object called a rain gauge. You put it outside and when it rains it counts how much rain fell. When it's done raining you go outside and see how much rain fell.

Answer 9

With a devise called a gauge.

Answer 10

In a glass and measured in millimetres.