rain gauge
Example Sentences
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She asked for a barometer and an anemometer and a rain gauge for Christmas, and hung them outside her bedroom window.
From Literature
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It included a rain gauge, a funnel and a brass container.
From BBC
At 8:38 a.m., both radar and automated rain gauges in the region “indicated heavy rain moving into southern and central Los Angeles County,” the weather service said.
From Los Angeles Times
"Automated rain gauges indicate a large and deadly flood wave is moving down the Guadalupe River. Flash flooding is already occurring."
From BBC
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
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