Rainfall

Rainfall refers to the water droplets that fall in liquid form as rain from the Atmosphere to the Earth's surface. Rain is the liquid form of precipitationPrecipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth. It comes in many forms, like rain, sleet, and snow. More, other forms of precipitation are: snow and ice (which are solid) and fog and dew (which are gaseous).

Measurement of Rainfall using a Rain Gauge:

A Rain Gauge is made up of a copper collection can and a glass bottle with a copper funnel - the long stem of the funnel is in the glass bottle. These instruments are placed in a cylindrical copper (meter) container. The copper funnel is located on the top of the cylindrical copper (meter) container so it fits well into the glass jar in the collecting can. Also, there is a graduated Measuring Cylinder for taking readings.

Rain gauges are placed   in open areas, there