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

"It's kind of like a rain gauge that's in constant motion."

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2022

Tom Farquhar checked the rain gauge on his farm in Ashton, Md., on Sept. 1, when remnants of Hurricane Ida rolled through the Mid-Atlantic.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2021

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