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Why does one inch in an official rain gauge actually measure only one tenth of an inch of rain?
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∙ 12y ago
The inner container is tall and narrow, but 1 inch in the inner container is only 1/10 inch of rain. This makes it possible to obtain very accurate measurements--to 1/100 of an inch--of the amount of rainfall.
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