tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475226797309926831.post5285958896215767928..comments2011-03-12T21:38:36.908-06:00Comments on Windee Acres Farm: Soggy Saturday morning...R Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13532653320483742616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475226797309926831.post-2449068143869006552009-08-08T17:40:43.506-05:002009-08-08T17:40:43.506-05:00Well, if your sides are straight up and down, it d...Well, if your sides are straight up and down, it doesn't matter how big your rain guage is, so you can just take a ruler and see how much you got. <br /><br />I am only wanting a fairly close 'ballpark' figure, so since my buckets are barely noticably wider at the top I just mentally subtract a little from the total. <br /><br />Only one way to know for sure, test them side by side. It would be funny if my method was totally bogus after all these years. LOL<br /><br />~FaithFaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491898004275353526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475226797309926831.post-37109747657763830382009-08-08T12:31:49.087-05:002009-08-08T12:31:49.087-05:00Faith, hmmmm...never thought about that...is there...Faith, hmmmm...never thought about that...is there a way to equate the measurement in a five gallon bucket to a rain guage, considering the surface area of the bucket is much greater than the rain guage? At least I would think that if you had 1" in a bucket, it would really be much more in a guage, but maybe that is not the case.<br /><br />R DeanR Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13532653320483742616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475226797309926831.post-84757470246138648012009-08-08T10:20:59.475-05:002009-08-08T10:20:59.475-05:00So glad you are getting all that great rainfall. ...So glad you are getting all that great rainfall. Boy, I'm hoping you don't get hail, too! <br /><br />Whenever I find my rain guage broken, which seems to happen an awful lot.... <br /><br />...I end up using a 5 gallon bucket until I get a new guage. The sides seem to be fairly straight, so it's not too inaccurate.<br /><br />~FaithFaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491898004275353526noreply@blogger.com