Useless but Interesting Fact: What does “One Inch of Rain” amount to?
Found this and thought it was worth sharing.
An acre of ground contains 43,560 square feet. Consequently, a rainfall of one inch over one acre of ground would mean at total of 6,272,640 cubic inches of water. This is the equivalent of 3,630 cubic feet. As a cubic foot of water weighs about 62.4 pounds, the exact amount varying with the temperature, it follows that the weight of a uniform coating of one inch of rain over the acre of surface would be 226,512 pounds, or about 113 short tons. The weight of one US gallon of pure water is about 8,345 pounds. Consequently, a rainfall of one inch over one acre of ground means 27,143 gallons of water.
Somone had too much time on their hands that they would take the time to figure this out. And you have too much time on your hands if you read this. Gotchya!
