1886 XX. 257/1 Glaisher's rain and snow gauge.
1939 (Meteorol. Office) (ed. 3) 172 In the Hellmann-Fuess snow-gauge the snow is caught in a receiver supported on a balance, the displacement of which is continuously recorded.
1952 E. F. Davies ii. 32 The snow gauges on the mountain passes, dead tree trunks with marks nailed to them to show the depth of the winter drifts.