CISA's CoCoRaHS Rain Gauge is Ready for Action!

CISA team members now have our very own CoCoRaHS rain gauge here on campus at USC in Columbia! Our gauge is located in the Carolina Community Garden on the Preston Green. The garden plots are maintained by different groups around campus, including a group of Geography Department students, several of whom are also CISA team members.

Our gauge was installed earlier this week and we will be taking turns to record the daily precipitation measurements. Not all of us live in homes where we have enough yard space to install a rain gauge. So, having a gauge set up here on campus allows us to be a part of the project as well. We are looking forward to taking measurements and comparing them with other observer stations here in Columbia. We are station number SC-RC-56.

Because we aren’t always around over the weekend, we will be taking advantage of the Multi-Day Accumulation form to record any rain that falls on Saturdays and Sundays if no one is able to check the gauge. The multi-day accumulation form is a great tool that allows observers to continue to keep a good record of rainfall at their gauge station, even when they are out of town or unable to check the gauge for several days. You can find a link to the Multi-Day Accumulation form in the left column of the screen under ‘Enter My New Reports’ when you are logged into your CoCoRaHS account.