Measure snow

[flopp]

I am trying to find a way to detect or measure snow.

I have a rain gauge but of course it will not work with snow, snow will fill the bucket.

I have two ideas

1. Heat the rain gauge when temperature is below +1 C by set a digital output as HIGH, but I think that is to low mA(50?), to a resistor to heat.
2. Use a soil hygrometer?

[Yveaux]

@flopp maybe using a scale of some sort to weigh the amount of snow in e.g. a cylinder?

[flopp]

Yes, that should also be possible.
Ultra sonic is also an alternative

[Lawrence Helm]

What about a distance sensor?

[flopp]

@Lawrence-Helm
Ultra sonic is a distance sensor