How Do You Read a Rain Gauge? Do you know what a rain gauge is? Let's take a look! A rain gauge is an instrument used in liquid measurement. Like how the thermometer is used to measure the intensity of someone's body temperature, a these tools are used to measure how much it has rained. They collect the rain that is falling and records the temporal evolution of the cumulative rainfall depth. The liquid volume that is measured is usually expressed in mm. Reading a rain gauge is pretty easy. Usually, they are made of glass or glass. There is a measurement scale located on one side of it, although some digital gauges do not have markings at all. All you have to do is wait for the rain to fall, and after it has stopped, check how much water was collected. Your answer will be given in mm!

The importance of rain gauges is really ramping up as we are seeing drastic weather pattern changes due to global warming. They are a simple, but very effective tool. In the most simplest form, it is just an open container with measurement marks on the side. There are also many modern digital gauges that monitor the collection of water and can be used by farmers to best plant and maintain their crops. Your students will use these worksheets to practice reading manual rain gauge measurements. Scales are presented as tic marks between whole numbers, and answers may include decimals.