A downpour of rain over the past week has North Dakotans reaching for their rain gauges. However, you may not be using them ...

Using materials that most have readily available in your home, you can make your own rain gauge to accurately measure ... and some water. Also Read: Storm to bring rain, coastal winds to Maine ...

FARGO — Rain gauges come in all different shapes and sizes, but the StormTRACKER rain gauge has four parts: a funnel, a measuring tube, a 4-inch diameter overflow tube and this mounting bracket.

explains why there are several reasons that home rain gauges may register differing amounts of rain than the official reading from the National Weather Service. “The geographic distribution of ...

You can also go to your local hardware store, purchase automated rain gauges and also manually read rain gauges. It’s important to note that for the National Weather Service’s purposes of ...