Rain Gauge

I'm looking for a new rain gauge....any ideas? What do you use?

I buy the cheap plastic ones, close enough for my needs. Every other year I forget to put them in before they freeze and crack, requiring some super glue, but they serve the purpose. With the new(?) network of Private Weather Stations around not even sure I need one anymore .. it's just for lawn watering purposes here.

For example, here's a PWS in southwest Austin .. http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KTXAUSTI473#history that will show rainfall by the hour, day, month ..

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Weather stations are a hobby of mine, this is the best I've found at a reasonable price:

http://www.weatheryourway.com/cocorahs/rgcoco.htm

Since we live so far out and the rain amounts can vary widely from here to the airport, we need to get another one. We've used the flow-through digital ones but they seem to crap out on us.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Acurite-Wireless-Digital-Rain-Gauge/16888925

Need to get a couple of the regular plastic ones next time I'm at wally world or somewhere.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/AcuRite-5-in-Magnifying-Rain-Gauge-00850HD/100659743

I buy the glass tubes with base for $2 at just about anyplace.

I get all the meteorological data I need from my Weatherbug Elite app.

Its one of very few apps where I've paid for the Pro version.
I think I paid $5 for it many years and about 3 phones ago, and I've installed it on every device since then.

It is fast, accurate, and gives me the info that I need when I need it.

Nowadays, Weatherbug has switched business models from a one-time $5 fee to a monthly subscription, but if you need to keep up with weather conditions, Weatherbug is the best there is.

I've had one of these for quite a few years, the reset button no longer resets so now it just shows a running total for the time it's been set up, to date 11.6".

http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=45383&cat=2,42191,54304&ap=1


dave

davent said:

I've had one of these for quite a few years, the reset button no longer resets so now it just shows a running total for the time it's been set up, to date 11.6".

http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=45383&cat=2,42191,54304&ap=1

dave

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Ok. I'm jealous of your backyard!

Thanks! It's a pretty small space and we've been playing with it for 25 years. A work in progress with small changes/additions each year. To be able to have a vegetable garden was my major impetus to put apartment behind us so that's where we started.

Thanks again!
dave