A long-time viewer emailed me earlier this week with a puzzle: he had two rain gauges side-by-side during our recent storm, ...

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 ...

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 ...

So that’s where the tipping bucket rain gauge comes in ... emptying the water and triggering an electronic signal. The other side then moves into position, ready for the next measurement.