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 ...

A viewer question from earlier this week asked how two backyard rain gauges would measure a different amount of rain. Here's how it happens, and how to choose a rain gauge. Experts Warn This Winter ...

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Rain gauges are some of the most basic yet necessary tools used to measure weather today. It was created in 1441 for agricultural purposes. Centuries later, the rain gauge is still widely used to ...

FARGO — Rain gauges come in all different shapes and sizes, but the StormTRACKER rain gauge has four parts: a funnel, a measuring tube, a 4-inch diameter overflow tube and this mounting bracket. Where ...

Most of us know how to use a rain gauge, or at least most of us think that we know how. Set it outdoors before a rainfall, check it after the storm has passed, and then tell your friends and neighbors ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Most of us have a rain gauge of some sort sitting in the yard that gives us an idea of how much or how little moisture fell from the sky during a storm. Often times when it rains, there ...

FARGO — There are good rain gauges and there are bad rain gauges. If you want an accurate measurement of how much rain has fallen on your plot of land, you need a good rain gauge. Most of the ...

Did you know that, on average, May and June are two of the top three wettest months on average for the Brazos Valley? You can thank an active weather pattern that sets up over the Lone Star State each ...

The rain gauge is one of the oldest weather instruments in history. Discover how its design and uses have transformed over the years. WTKR NEWS 3 — You might have one sitting in your yard, but have ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — What’s the old saying? When it rains it pours. Over the last couple of days, we didn’t have much in the way of rainfall but look at the difference. Sunday the National Weather ...