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Just six years after that move, downtown L.A. missed setting an all-time rain record by 0.93 of an inch, which might not have happened had the rain gauge still been located at the Civic Center, said Patzert, who co-authored a 2015 study documenting the difference between the two sites.
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Salt River Shore, just south of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (the site of the official rain gauge), got 0.71 inches of rain in one week, while only seven and a half miles away in downtown Phoenix, the total was 0.39 inches — in the same week.
—The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2024
Having a rain gauge in your yard is the best way of knowing how much water your yard actually is getting.
—Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2023
And an acoustic rain gauge, of the company’s own design, analyzes the sound of drops hitting the puck’s plastic top to determine the size and number of rain drops falling.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 July 2016
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Salt River Shore, just south of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (the site of the official rain gauge), got 0.71 inches of rain in one week, while only seven and a half miles away in downtown Phoenix, the total was 0.39 inches — in the same week.
—The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2024
Having a rain gauge in your yard is the best way of knowing how much water your yard actually is getting.
—Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2023
And an acoustic rain gauge, of the company’s own design, analyzes the sound of drops hitting the puck’s plastic top to determine the size and number of rain drops falling.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 July 2016
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“Rain gauge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rain%20gauge. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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