How much rain did you get last night?

cjones · Post by **cjones** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:31 pm

Our "Rainwise MK III" shows 100ths of inches. Nice system. We recorded .40 rain. For the month of July we recorded a total of 1.40 rainfall. More rain please.

Rahn · Post by **Rahn** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:34 pm

Too cool. But it beats my roasting pan and a ruler!

Nuge · Post by **Nuge** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:18 am

Ha! Funny!! I didn't realize that my weather station was showing off!! It is a Davis Weather Station, and yes it measures in hundreths. And I believe it to be accurate!
Patrick

BI Pirate · Post by **BI Pirate** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:06 am

Here's a trick I learned sailing the Caribbean if you don't have a rain gauge. Take an empty 12 oz. beer bottle, place it on a flat surface, collect the rain water being measured. To measure, put a stopper in the mouth of the bottle, flip it over, measure the water in the neck with a ruler, times that figure by 2 and that is the rain fall.
It is also a great reason to drink beer if you think it might rain.

Skull&CrossBones