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Below are checklists of precipitation (rain and snow) gauges and recipitation-related categtores on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
For rainfall/precipitation contours/maps see the other weather maps section of the Weather Maps page.
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| Precipitation (rain and snow) gauges |
| Evaporation pans |
| Water-depth gauges |
| Snow-depth measurements |
| Precipitation amounts |
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Type of Precipitation Measurement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation (rain and snow) gauges | ||||
| Afghanistan | 645 (Mi764) | 1963 | Rain gauge with Alter-type wind screen1 | |
| Afghanistan | 646 (Mi765) | |||
| Afghanistan | C46 (Mi770) | Imperforate | ||
| Afghanistan | C50 (Mi774A) iC50 (Mi774B) | Imperforate | ||
| Angola | 862 (Mi917) | 1993 | Tipping-bucket rain gauge | |
| Belize | 972 (Mi1071) | 1991 | Rain gauge | |
| Canada | 481 (Mi422) | 1968 | Tipping-bucket rain gauge | |
| China (People's Republic) | 367-369 fdc (Mi395-397 fdc) | Cancel on FDC | 1958 | Rain gauge with Alter-type wind screen1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 460 (Mi488) | 1959 | Rain gauge with Alter-type wind screen1 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 1387 (Mi1396) | 1978 | Rain gauge | |
| China (People's Republic) | 1384-1388 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2003 | Rain gauge |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Rain gauge |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2007 | Several rain gauges |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Letter sheet back, also front | 2007 | Rain gauges |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2009 | Rain gauges |
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_2 label6 (BL? label6) | Labels from MS10 (3574k_2 (a-j + 10 labels)) | 2004 | Several rain gauges, including one larger gauge that may house a tipping bucket rain gauge, at Yu-Shan weather observatory (Taiwan) |
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_2 label7 (BL? label6) | Rain gauges at Lan-Yu Island weather observatory (on a small island to the southeast of Taiwan) | ||
| Congo (Republic) | 111 fdc (Mi42 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1964 | Tipping-bucket rain gauge |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on WMD cover | 1992 | Rain gauge |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on WMD cover | 2001 | Rain gauge |
| Cuba | 1591 (Mi1665) | 1971 | Rain gauge | |
| Cuba | 1589-1592 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Denmark | 489 fdc (Mi521 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1972 | Funnel feeding into simple rain gauge |
| Falkland Islands Dependencies | 1L50 (Mi90) | 1980 | Rain gauge with wind screen1 | |
| Falkland Islands Dependencies | 1L50 reissue (Mi90 type2) | 1L50 reissued | 1985 | Rain gauge with wind screen1 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 257k (Mi?) | On stamp and in (right) margin of page from souvenir booklet of 28 (2x (257 (a-n))) with booklet cover, also booklet back, also detail | 1999 | Rain gauge |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet (same design as 257k) on cover, also detail | 2000 | Rain gauge |
| Gabon | 170 fdc (Mi196 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1964 | Tipping-bucket rain gauge |
| Germany (East) | 1998 cover (Mi? cover) | (Printed) cachet on cover | 1990 | Two rain gauges |
| Germany | None | Cancel | 2008 | Rain gauge |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 294 (Mi287) | One of booklet pane of 4 (294a (2x (293-294))) with booklet cover | 1982 | Rain gauge |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 294 fdc | Stamp on FDOI postcard | ||
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 289-294 fdc | One of six stamps on FDC | ||
| Korea (South) | 321 (Mi321) | 1961 | Ancient rain gauge | |
| Korea (South) | 321 essay | Adopted essay | ||
| Korea (South) | 321 fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Korea (South) | 321 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Korea (South) | 321a (BL159) | Imperforate SS1 (321) | ||
| Korea (South) | 858 (Mi865) | 1973 | Ancient rain gauge | |
| Korea (South) | 858 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Korea (South) | 858a (BL360) | MS2 (2x 858) | ||
| Korea (South) | 1457a fdc (Mi1447-1448 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1986 | Ancient rain gauge |
| Korea (South) | 1459 (Mi1514) | One of pair (1459a (1458-1459)) (Mi1513-1514) | 1987 | Ancient rain gauge |
| Korea (South) | 2142 fdc (Mi2398 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 2004 | Ancient rain gauge |
| Malagasy Republic | 404 (Mi572) | 1967 | Rain gauge | |
| Malagasy Republic | 404 proof | Die proof | ||
| Malagasy Republic | C116 (Mi696) | 1973 | Rain gauge | |
| Mozambique | 1103 (Mi1185) | 1989 | Rain gauge | |
| Mozambique | 1103-1106 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Namibia | 693 (Mi701) | 1991 | Rain gauge; "rain gauge(s)" and "rainfall [observing] stations" (in insert text) | |
| Namibia | 690-693 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC, also insert | ||
| Namibia | 690-693 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| New Caledonia | 322 fdc (Mi385 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1962 | Rain gauge |
| Nigeria | 311 essay (Mi456 essay) | Essay | 1973 | Rain gauge |
| Norway | None | Postcard | 200x | Rain/snow gauge |
| Philippines | 922 (Mi771) | 1965 | Rain gauge | |
| Philippines | 922 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 922 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Philippines | 923 (Mi772) | |||
| Philippines | 923 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 924 (Mi773) | |||
| Philippines | 924 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 922-924 fdc | Three stamps on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 1069 (Mi936) | 922 overprinted | 1970 | Rain gauge |
| Romania | None | Cachet on stamped envelope | 1984 | Rain gauge |
| Romania | None | Cachet on stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | Rain gauge(s) |
| Romania | None | Cachet on stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | Rain gauge (upside-down reflection in sunshine recorder / heliograph) |
| Romania | None | Cachet on stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | Rain gauges |
| Romania | None | Cachet on stamped envelope | 1994 | Rain gauge |
| Romania | None | Cachet on stamped envelope (different) | 1994 | Rain gauge |
| Russia (USSR) | 2495 (Mi2500) | 1961 | Rain gauge | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 cover (Mi? cover) | Cachet on cover | 1971 | Alter-type wind screen1 |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cachet on stamped envelope | 1976 | Three rain gauges, one with Alter-type wind screen1 |
| Slovenia | 425 fdc (Mi312 fdc) | Cancel on FDC | 2000 | Rain gauge |
| Sri Lanka | 1234 (Mi1187) | 1998 | Rain gauge | |
| Sri Lanka | 1234 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| United States | None | Postcard | ~1920 | Rain gauge |
| Uganda | 1195 (Mi1327) | 1994 | Rain gauge | |
| Upper Volta | 130 (Mi145) i130 | Imperforate | 1964 | Tipping-bucket rain gauge |
| Upper Volta | 130 proof | Die proof | ||
| Upper Volta | 130 fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Upper Volta | 130 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Vanuatu | 565 (Mi889) | 1992 | Rain gauge | |
| Vanuatu | 565-568 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Vietnam (South) | 235-238 fdc (Mi312-315 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1964 | Rain gauges |
| Evaporation pans | ||||
| Belize | 972 (Mi1071) | 1991 | Evaporation pan | |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2003 | Evaporation pan |
| Namibia | 691 (Mi699) | 1991 | Evaporation pan (upside-down reflection in sunshine recorder / heliograph) | |
| Namibia | 690-693 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC, also insert | ||
| Namibia | 690-693 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| Romania | None | Cachet on stamped envelope | 1984 | Evaporation pan |
| Romania | None | Cachet on stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | Evapotranspiration studies site |
| Uganda | 1195 (Mi1327) | 1994 | Evaporation pan | |
| Vietnam (South) | 235-238 fdc (Mi312-315 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1964 | Evaporation pan |
| Water-depth gauges | ||||
| Albania | 954 (Mi1080) | 1966 | Water-depth gauge (dm) | |
| Albania | 1209 (Mi1337) | 1969 | Water-depth gauge (dm) | |
| Albania | 1208-1210 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| France | 3786 (Mi?) | From booklet pane of 12 (3793a (3782-3793)) | 2010 | "inondation" (flood) to 5 m level on water-depth gauge |
| France | 3786 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Hungary | B252 fdc (Mi2151 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1965 | Water-depth gauge (cm) |
| Hungary | B253 (BL49) | In (left) margin of SS1 | Four water-depth gauges (cm) | |
| Hungary | B253 fdc | SS1 and cachet on FDC | Water-depth gauges (cm) | |
| Malagasy Republic | 404 (Mi572) | 1967 | Water-depth gauge (dm) | |
| Malagasy Republic | 404 proof | Die proof | ||
| Netherlands | 677 (Mi1286) | 1986 | Land elevation gauge (dm), (on land that might otherwise be under water) | |
| Nigeria | 207 (Mi201) | 1967 | Levelling a (water-depth) gauge | |
| Nigeria | 208 (Mi202) | High water-depth record years | ||
| Poland | 2977 (Mi3276) | 1990 | Water-depth gauge (dm) | |
| Poland | 2976-2977 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Slovenia | RA30b (Mi?) | One of pair (RA30 (a-b)) | 2005 | Water-depth gauge (dm) |
| Vietnam | 2339 (Mi2414) | 1992 | Water-depth gauge (dm) | |
| Snow-depth measurements | ||||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L12 (Mi12) | 1966 | Measuring snow strata | |
| Romania | None | Postal card | 1998 | Measuring snow depth |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cachet on stamped envelope | 1981 | Snow-depth gauge with Alter-type wind screen1 |
| Precipitation amounts | ||||
| United States | 4066 (Mi4111) 4066_back | One of MS40 (4072a (4033-4072)), also back | 2006 | Rainiest spot in the US: Mt. Wai'ale'ale, Kaua'i HI, 400 inches/year (10,000 mm/year) |
1Rain and snow-depth gauge wind screens are also known as wind shields.
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