Professional Rain Gauge - 11" High Capacity Precipitation Measure Tool, Accurate to 0.01 Inch, Weather Resistant, Easy Read, for Garden, Farm, Meteorology - Australian Made

It rains a lot in FL and this helps us keep track better than the local news on how much rain has really fallen. I recommend this to anyone who follows their local weather as well as do you need to water your outdoor plants or lawn.

Within the first 3 days of having this I was able to accurately report to the National Weather Service the 1.6 inches of rain I received at my location.This is super easy to read and super accurate.10 out of 5 stars.

It's a great rain gauge, but the company is lazy and indifferent about providing instructions on anything but installation.So: Installation on a fence is easy. But for various reasons, I built a stand instead.Accuracy: The funnel/inner tube squeezes 1" of rain into a slender 10" tall column. This let's you read to 1/100 of an inch. The second picture shows 19/100 of an inch.Measuring:__A small spillway at the top of the inner tube lets anything more than an inch flow into the big outer tube__If there is rainwater in the outer tube, use the funnel to pour it into the inner tube and keep track of how many times you fill the inner tube.__So, a full inner tube is 1" and one more inch for each time you fill the inner tube...

I Bought it for my husband as a Father’s Day present. I bought it as areplacement rain gauge. He is very pleased with it. It is easy to see the rain that was collected and the numbers. This is the second one that we have purchased. Highly recommend it.

On two occasions that it has rained since the gage was installed, the results obtained are grossly in error. The first measured rainfall with this gage was 6.10" and the second rain event it measured 5.75" when in fact the rainfall was 1.5" and 0.9". The inaccuracy I think is the funnel open area is far too large and collects far too much rainfall to accurately record the amount of rainfall. I tossed this device and bought the standard glass tube version. Also, I do not understand the purpose of the surrounding shell with the Australian designed device. To drain the device one has to remove the funnel, the collection tube and the surrounding shell to drain and dry the parts. The collection tube is not easily centered to reattach the funnel. It is a very poorly designed rain gage. I do not recommend anyone consider buying the device.

The rain gauge is very well made, easy to install and has a high capacity. The graduation markings are clear and are rather difficult to read without standing next to the gauge - no reading this one from inside the house while its raining.

I didn’t read the product description well enough. This rain gauge does not measure below 1/2 inch. In the dry West most of our rain storms are below that.Other that that it was an excellent product.

Easy to install and worked well!