All-Weather - Model 6011 -Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge

The 6011 Series Tipping Bucket Rain & Snow Gauges are standard, precision instruments for measuring rainfall volume and/or rate.  Rain enters the gauges through a large funnel, the rim of which is protected by a metal ring to prevent distortion.  Collected water passes through a debris-filtering screen and is funneled into one of the two tipping buckets inside the gauge.  The bucket tips when a given amount of water has been collected; the amount of which is determined by gauge calibration. As the bucket tips, it causes a 0.1 second switch closure.  The tip also brings a second bucket into position under the funnel, ready to fill and repeat the cycle.  After the rain water is measured, it drains out through tubes in the base of the gauge.  These drain holes are covered by screens to prevent insect entry. Various models in the 6011 series offer data collection in either standard or metric units.