I know that the unit for rainfall is 'milli meter'
But what if I say it rained 12 mm.
What 12mm shows?
Explain it please
2006-08-26 08:20:38 · 6 answers · asked by type-R 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
millimeter (mm) is the unit of measuring rainfall in a certain area for a certain period of time.
12mm rainfall means that 12mm of rain has been recorded in a certain area over a certain period of time.
Lets say 12mm rain has been recorded in cali in a period of three hour. This shows that the rain guage (a device used to measure rain, the rain is collected in a container, there are a number of different types of rain guage each has its own container. eg a graduated cylinder, a bucket, a pan etc etc) has gathered 12mm of rain in cali during the the rainfall in a period of three hours.
I hope it will be helpful to you.
2006-08-27 03:10:31 · answer #1 · answered by Ω Nookey™ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Itis the amount of rain that you can measure in a cup with 100mm diameter that has been left out in the rain for 24 hours. You measure in millimeters from the bottom.
2006-08-26 15:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by cruisecowboy1995 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Oh my goodness. A milli liter is also known as a mm, on most measuring tapes it'll show the metric measurements too.
Does this help?
2006-08-26 15:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by answer annie 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It means that it rained 12 litres per square metre
2006-08-26 19:56:14 · answer #4 · answered by Susana C 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it means that if there were an open ground , 12mm of rainwater would be collected
2006-08-27 09:21:33 · answer #5 · answered by blues_boy_here 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't understand what you mean.
2006-08-26 15:22:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋