In my experience, gardeners often overestimate rainfall. A cloudburst might seem to have thoroughly saturated the ground, but scratch down an inch and you might find bone-dry soil. Because watering — ...

Today's story comes from a long-time viewer. He set up two rain gauges side-by-side but measured a different amount of rain in each. He wanted to know which one is accurate and how to choose a good ...

(WKYT)—For today’s Good Question, Cathy asks: With all the rain we’re getting, which rain gauge is the most accurate? Until we got this question, I didn’t realize how many different types of rain ...

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 with a ...

This month, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow network (CoCoRaHS) is holding its annual Rain Gauge Rally recruitment effort. Citizen scientists will have the opportunity to join in a ...