I just survived my fifth winter in Alaska, and one of the most fascinating things about living here is the weather. A few years ago, I bought myself a fancy home weather station with a rain gauge, ...

So that’s where the tipping bucket rain gauge comes in. Invented in 1662, ... Still, it remains a vital tool in weather stations, helping meteorologists monitor precipitation with accuracy.

A long-time viewer emailed me earlier this week with a puzzle: he had two rain gauges side-by-side during our recent storm, but they measured a different amount of rain. Here's how it happens.

Installing your Personal Weather Station. The location of your weather station is the most important part of installation. ... You want the Rain Collector (or, Rain Gauge) ...

This is a great weather station, but its less-than-accurate rain gauge leads us to conclude that haptic sensors are not the right technology for measuring rainfall. By Ed Oswald Contributor Nov 12 ...

Most weather apps aim to do it all—to be your one-stop spot for every manner of weather info you could possibly wonder about.