Weather Instruments Rain Gauges National Weather Service rain gauge. 8 inch collector - resolution 0.01" This gauge is used for all daily rainfall totals. Daily rainfall totals measured by the automatic rain gauge will be corrected to match this gauge. Corrected ammounts are indicated with a red *. Rainwise automatic rain gauge. 8 inch collector size - resolution 0.01" It's the source for all web site current rainfall ammounts. This gauge is very accurate, but it will sometimes add .01" of rain when there is a heavy morning dew. It may not be accurate when rainfall is very heavy. For these reasons real time rainfall totals should not be considered exact measures of total rainfall. Temperature and Humidity The temperature and humidity sensors are suspended 5 feet above ground in a former NWS weather shelter. A Rainwise Weather Station is the source for all temperature, humidity, rainfall, and wind data. A Toshiba notebook monitors the weather station and updates the website. Power is supplied to both the weather station and notebook by solar panels during the day and batteries at night. Separate instruments installed by the National Weather Service are used to report temperature and rainfall to the NWS daily. Station Name : East Mesa - updated daily at 7pm. Regional Max/Min Temp and PrecipTable - NWS Climate
