Snow Gauge is a type of weather instrument that is largely used by the hydrologists and the meteorologists to collect and measure the amount of solid precipitation over a given period of time.

The device consists of two parts:

The Snow Gauge is mounted over a pipe of 1.5 m tall approximately. The Copper catchments container is 51.5 cm long. After the snow fall the container is removed and replaced with a spare container. Then the snow is melted within the container itself and poured in to a glass container for measurement. There are measurement marks on one side of the glass container.

The depth of the snow is measured in centimeters and the melted snow, which is equivalent to water, is measured in millimeters. Therefore by measuring the melted snow and then multiplying it by ten the depth of the snow is depicted.

During windy conditions the snow gauge faces the same problem as the rain gauge. The snow gets blown away with the strong wind. And this creates a minor problem while detecting the amount of snowfall. It also becomes difficult for the meteorologists to state the depth of the snow if it’s snowing and raining at the same time.

Snow pillow is another device that is also used for measuring snow. It is like a round bag with liquid inside and is connected to a manometer. Depending upon the amount of snow falling on the pillow the manometer will give its reading.