{"id":478730,"date":"2026-07-15T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/get-involved\/citizen-science\/volunteer-measures-record-louisiana-rainfall\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:32:00","slug":"volunteer-measures-record-louisiana-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=478730","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Measures Record Louisiana Rainfall\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>Explore This Section<\/span><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container grid-container-extrawide padding-0 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-2 hds-secondary-navigation-has-breadcrumbs\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-breadcrumbs display-none tablet:display-none desktop:display-flex flex-align-center\">\n<nav class=\"usa-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\">\n<ol class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list\">\n<li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/\" class=\"usa-breadcrumb__link\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/citizen-science\/\" class=\"usa-breadcrumb__link\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Citizen Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item usa-current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span>Volunteer Measures Record\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-items\">\n<nav>\n<ul class=\"usa-nav__primary usa-accordion flex-justify-center margin-0\">\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\" rel=\"noopener\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/resources\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/learner-opportunities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/citizen-science\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Citizen Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/science-activation-highlights\" rel=\"noopener\">Highlights<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/about-science-activation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">About Science Activation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-spacer\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t sign up to try to measure a new record or anything\u201d, said Matt Carnicle, a volunteer for the NASA-sponsored Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network, or CoCoRaHS, project. Carnicle measured a whopping 29.06 inches of rainfall on June 18th, 2026, breaking an all-time 24-hour record for the state of Louisiana of 22.00 inches. \u201cI\u2019m just a regular guy who likes to track the weather, and I report what I get in my gauge whether it\u2019s zero, two hundredths, or whatever is in there when I read it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CoCoRaHS \u00a0(pronounced KO-ko-rozz) is a network of volunteer weather observers of all ages working together to measure and map rain, hail, and snow by measuring precipitation in their backyards. Together, these thousands of daily precipitation reports \u2013 openly available on the project website \u2013 are used by scientists and citizens for a wide variety of purposes, to include improving weather forecasting, informing water and land management, driving atmospheric models, and triggering flash flood and severe weather warnings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Matt joined through a storm-spotter class where he learned how CoCoRaHS is part of a NASA hail research project focused on Gulf States in the Southeast United States. CoCoRaHS reports (and photos) of hail are used for researching the \u201cmelt rate\u201d between when the satellite estimates the stone sizes in the clouds and what volunteers measure on the ground. Matt took it a step further and purchased a standardized rain gauge in order to participate with CoCoRaHS by measuring rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>Matt\u2019s June 18, 2026 rain measurement shatters Louisiana\u2019s 1962 state record of 22.00 inches of rain in 24-hours (Hawaii holds the national record with 49.69 inches in 24-hours). Even more remarkably, the 29.06 inches he measured fell in less than 12 hours! According to Louisiana State Climatologist Jay Grymes, who validated Matt\u2019s measurement along with National Weather Service representatives, an event of this magnitude in this area is expected to happen less than once in a thousand years. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) committee will convene in the coming months to verify and document the new record.<\/p>\n<p>You can join Matt and other CoCoRaHS volunteers and submit official rainfall reports to the National Weather Service. They\u2019re also on the lookout for hail in the southeast, where CoCoRaHS and NASA are doing research on how hail melts as it moves from the clouds to the ground. The only requirement for participation is that volunteers use the correct manual gauge, which is precise to the nearest 1\/100th of an inch and is approved by the National Weather Service (measurements from automated rain gauges are not accepted). Sign up here, and you might measure the next record precipitation event: <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/citizen-science\/community-collaborative-rain-hail-and-snow-network\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/citizen-science\/community-collaborative-rain-hail-and-snow-network\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-contain-16x9 \" style=\"--hds-image-contain-bg:#ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=1300&#038;h=975&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=1300&#038;h=975&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Four men standing outdoors on a grassy lawn in front of a chain-link fence. 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Residential houses and trees are visible in the background.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: contain;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=1300&#038;h=975&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=768&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=768&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=400&#038;h=300&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=600&#038;h=450&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=900&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/citizen-science\/highlights\/2026\/NationalWeatherServiceLakeCharlesMeteorologists.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=900&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">From left to right: National Weather Service Lake Charles Warning Coordination Meteorologist Doug Cramer, National Weather Service Lake Charles meteorologist Jonathan Brazzell, rain gauge owner\/observer Matt Carnicle, and Louisiana State Climatologist Jay Grymes. Carnicle\u2019s arm is around the CoCoRaHS rain gauge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cocorahs.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cocorahs.org\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">Image credit: Matt Carnicle.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-link-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link-list\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\tLearn More and Get Involved\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n<div class=\"width-full\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper 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