How is the rain measure and what is use to measure it?

Answer 1

Get a cylinder shaped container that is open on top & able to retain H2O ( ex. tin can- no holes). Place in an area where there are no eaves , trees ,etc. Next time it rains take a ruler and measure water depth in container. Maybe we should turn this into a Science Project?

Answer 2

As the previous answer suggested, this would be a great weather project. For example, take containers of various shapes and sizes, but all with open mouths straight up toward the sky. Set them all out in the open; so rain has a clear shot at them. Now make the following hypothesis to prove or disprove with your project:

"The inches/centimeters of rain collected in the various containers will (or will not) be the same." Then, write why you think that.

After several days of rain; so you have a variety of storms, measure the height of the water in each container and write down your results. Are the inches/centimeters about the same for all the containers or are they quite different? If they are different, do the number of inches vary with the size of the container?

After analyzing your data, what can you conclude? Is your hypothesis valid or false?

I think this would be a fun and meaningful experiment for, say, ninth grade science class.