RAIN GAUGE WITH EVENT LOGGER IS DESIGNED TO RECORD DETAILED RAINFALL HISTORY INCLUDING QUANTITY, TIME, DATE, DUR ATION AND INTENSITY. THE EVENT LOGGER IS USER PROGR AMMABLE TO MATCH THE BUCKET'S TIP SIZE AND FEATURES A MINIMUM RECORDING INTERVAL OF 0.5 SECONDS. WITH A 0.25 / 0.20 MM BUCKET, 8,000-EVENTS CAPACITY WILL STORE UP TO 1.6 METERS OF R AINFALL DATA. THE DATA IS STORED IN THE UNITS NONVOLATILE EEPROM MEMORY, WHICH RETAINS COLLECTED DATA EVEN IF THE BATTERY FAILS. THE UNIT CAN BE LAUNCHED AND DATA READ EASILY IN TABULAR FORM OR EXPORTED TO SPREADSHEETS SUCH AS EXCEL FOR WINDOWS, POWER: USER REPLACEABLE, 3V LITHIUM BATTERY WITH AN EXPECTED LIFE OF ONE YEAR OF CONTINUOUS USE. COMES WITH COM 232 AND USB PORT OPTIONS.