: an instrument for measuring the quantity of precipitation
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Use a rain gauge to determine how much water your garden is getting.—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025 The basin that flooded does not have a rain gauge despite being in an area covered by the TexMesonet monitoring system, which was created after a flash flood disaster that struck Wimberley, Texas, over Memorial Day weekend in 2015.—Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 July 2025 Use a rain gauge and monitor the forecast to help determine when to supplement rainfall with irrigation.—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 July 2025 Use a rain gauge to track watering; ½ to ¾ inch is normally adequate.
17.—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rain gauge
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