How Do Telemetered Rain Gauges Work?
Rainfall data is obtained from a tipping bucket type rain gauge. It gets that name because rainfall that enters the rain gauge is funneled down to a small bucket that will tip and empty when 0.01 inches of rain is collected. This tipping action is measured by the electronics in the rain gauge, which is then transmitted, to a central receiving station at MSD. The amount of rain (tips) is accumulated and every 5 minutes the data is stored in MSD database for an accurate history of the rainstorm. The database is read by the Rainfall Conditions Internet application, which displays the results on your screen. Please use the Query and Report buttons to get more specific and/or historic data about a specific rain gauge or for rainfall data during a different time period. There is also data from MSDs non-telemetered rain gauges in the database but the data is not as current. The general location of the telemetered rain gauges is shown on the map below Back to Rainfall Conditions If you have an
