CoCoRaHS
The states currently in the program (it hopes to be nation wide someday) are: Wyo, Colo, NM, TX, OK, KS, NE, MO, IN, PA, VA, MD and D.C. If you are in one of these states and are interested go to http://www.CoCoRaHS.org If your state is not listed, you might be able to drum up enough interest to get a program started in your area. susan |
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My neighbor has a rain gauge - she says having a rain gauge in AZ makes her an optimist  Anyway she's the only one who had the exact results of the huge deluge we got a week ago - 3.8 inches in one hour. Big flooding with that rain! |
 Just proving it does rain in the desert.....all at once!
(We receive 8 inches a year.........and have had 7+ since July 1st. ) Actually I have 4 different rain gauges and all four read differently in a given storm. Significantly different. Having this "official" one puts me in the same "page" as all the other stations across the country......in CocoRaHS. susan |
Anonymous wrote: Actually I have 4 different rain gauges and all four read differently in a given storm. Significantly different. Having this "official" one puts me in the same "page" as all the other stations across the country......in CocoRaHS.
susan That's interesting!! I didn't realize it could be so different from one gauge to another.  |
| Me too! The electronic tipping is always 20% off....yes, it is level. The tubes will vary 15-30% from this official. One will have to be retired as a tree is starting to encroch on the area. The Cocorahs' 4" diameter is easier to read so some difference may be the reader's eyes the the distance between the marks on the smaller ones. Also there may be a dirt factor. Some dirt does blow into the tubes between rains. We had one tube that suffered the peanut factor, the blue jays kept cramming peanuts into the rain gauge tubes.
susan |
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