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Central PA

How do you translate Precipitation to gallons per square foot? Or the other way around.

5/11/2005 2:02:25 PM

Jackson Twp, Ohio

One inch of rain per sq. ft. is equal to 0.6233 gallons of water.

So

(Inches of Rain) x 0.6233= (Gallons per Sq. Ft.)

If i did my unit conversions right.

Nick

5/11/2005 2:40:35 PM

Central PA

Thank you - Sorry this must be a dumb question, but I take it from your answer that all rain precipitation reports and devices are per sq ft? This is a standard? Just making sure I got this down.

5/11/2005 2:56:26 PM

Central PA

Last one on this one - So to figure your irrigation to precipitation it would look something like this:

((Gallons of Water)/0.6233)/SQFT of area irrigated = Inches of 'Man-made' Rain.

If I did my math correctly - hope my old math teacher isn't on this board...

5/11/2005 3:32:33 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

1 mm of rain per sq. meter is 1 litre. 1 cm of rain per sq. meter is 10 litres... LOL

5/11/2005 4:09:15 PM

Montoursville, PA

Put a straight sided pan in the center of the sprinkler fall area. Good enough for this Dumb Dutchman. Go until you have a measured amount in the pan.

About 700 gals per 1000 sq. ft. is roughly one inch.

A good soaking is better than a sprinkle a night.

Get a rain guage to watch what mother does for you. Don't pay any attention to the weather reports except in a general sense.

5/11/2005 4:58:22 PM