On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:27:21 +0100, Jeff wrote:

Yesterday we had a colossal rain storm.

My Davis recorded 0.2mm only.

I think the rain must have been so heavy that the tipping bucket
stayed down for the duration of the storm. When the rain eased off
normal operation resumed.

Any body had this happen before?

I would guess that there was between one and two inches in old units
over a period of 20 minutes.

Jeff


I have considered a standard gauge as a refererance, but it would be
difficult to site crear of trees and obstructions, the Davis is in
clear air in the middle of a field.

The storms the other day came from the north to north east and hit us
square on.

'normal' storms from a west/south west nearly always miss us, we get
one hit in about 20years,I cannot remember the last. They often pass
within a 1/4 mile but as I say almost never hit us.

Jeff