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CoCoRaHS - The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Networkstorm gauge, courtesy CoCoRAHS


Have you ever wondered how much rain fell in your backyard from that afternoon shower? Folks both young and old are now measuring precipitation right in their own yards through a program called "CoCoRaHS".

No experience is necessary, just a desire to learn about weather in your community. CoCoRaHS (www.cocorahs.org) is a grassroots, citizen-science network of over 15,000 volunteers across the country who measure and report rain, hail and snow on a daily basis using a 4" diameter plastic rain gauge and the internet. Their observations are used by scientists, water resource managers, farmers and ranchers, educators, the National Weather Service and many others.

Using rain gauge photo, courtesy CoCoRAHSCoCoRaHS believes in educating it's observers and there is a great deal of information on precipitation and weather on their Web site. CoCoRaHS's goal is to someday have an observer every square mile. It's fun and only takes five minutes a day.

Observers are needed right in your town. To sign-up as an observer visit: http://www.cocorahs.org/Application.aspx

To view programs that were highlighted on this site in the past, visit our highlighted program archives.

Updated Tuesday, 13-Oct-2009 13:09:44 CDT
 
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