rain gauge

Example Sentences

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It included a rain gauge, a funnel and a brass container.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

A rain gauge picked up 0.74 of an inch on Topanga Canyon Boulevard on the edge of the fire boundary, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

A rain gauge, which sort of looks like a test tube marked with measurements, will also inform on rainfall amounts.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Correction: An earlier version of this article misidentified the county where a rain gauge tallied more than 14.9 inches of rain.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

She asked for a barometer and an anemometer and a rain gauge for Christmas, and hung them outside her bedroom window.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz