Remote rain gauge

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I have a nice indoor-outdoor temp/humidity/barometer system. But I would like to add a remote rain gauge that I can set on a flat spot of my roof over a porch. That is one of the few places I have that wouldn't be blocked by trees or screens.

I would like one that doesn't need to be screwed down and one that I wouldn't have to go up on the roof very often to empty and manage.

Any suggestions?
 
Most of the remote gauges you don't "empty." They have a little bucket that holds a fraction of an inch of water that fills and tips over and dumps. Each time it clicks off a tenth of an inch or whatever.
 
flyingron said:
Most of the remote gauges you don't "empty." They have a little bucket that holds a fraction of an inch of water that fills and tips over and dumps. Each time it clicks off a tenth of an inch or whatever.
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That's exactly how the one I linked does it.
 
My wifi irrigation controller uses the local airport to report rainfall. I can pull up my controller using an app from any device or computer. 2.6" yesterday so no irrigation today. Very handy.
 
My remote rain gauge is made of plastic and is in our neighbor's garden. I call/text them to find out how much rain we got. I can obtain this remote reading reliably from anywhere in the world with decent phone service or Internet connection. :D
 
SkyDog58 said:
Im just not sure why you want to measure remote rain.

;)
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Because when the sprinkler guy installed the sprinkler system, he threw away the rain gauge that came with the system. (see the post above yours). Now, the only way I can tell how much water the lawn is getting is either with a gauge that measures remote rain (out in the yard), or if I actually walk out in the yard and look at a local rain gauge. And I ain't walking if I don't have to. I do enough of that by accident and at the gym. Excess walking makes me breather harder and emit more CO2 and causes MMGW.
 
flyingron said:
Most of the remote gauges you don't "empty." They have a little bucket that holds a fraction of an inch of water that fills and tips over and dumps. Each time it clicks off a tenth of an inch or whatever.
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I've got one that is part of the Davis weather station I got for Christmas in 1998. It increments 0.01 inches each time that bucket clicks over. Works great. And it has gotten a real workout this rainfall year. We average 50 inches a year in Olympia and it is presently over 65 inches (wettest rainfall year since I got the weather station). Another month and a half to go.
 
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