rain gauge
Example Sentences
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A rain gauge in the Black Mountains on the northern edge of Monmouthshire recorded accumulations of 119.6mm between Thursday night and Saturday morning, BBC Wales environment correspondent Steffan Messenger said.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 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
One rain gauge in Dallas County, where Dallas is located, tallied more than 14.9 inches of rain within a 12-hour period, nearly 50 percent of the rainfall recorded at that site this year.
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
