Table 1 Information on the three permanent rain gauges in the WE-38 watershed, including time intervals, instrumentation, measurement precision, period of record, and record completeness (also see table S2).

From: Trends in extreme rainfall over the past 55 years suggest springtime subhourly rainfall extremes have intensified in Mahantango Creek, Pennsylvania

Gauge

Time interval

 

Fischer-Porter

weighing-type rain gauge

precision = 2.54 mm

 

Fischer-Porter

load cell rain gauge

precision = 0.254 mm

 

Record Completeness

(%)

Start Date

End Date

Start Date

End Date

RB-37

5 min

 

01 Jan 1968

25 Mar 1997

 

25 Mar 1997

31 Dec 2022

 

97.6

RE-37

5 min

 

01 Jan 1968

17 Oct 1996

 

17 Oct 1996

31 Dec 2022

 

95.5

MD-38

5 min

 

01 Jan 1979

10 Oct 1996

 

10 Oct 1996

31 Dec 2022

 

99.7