Use caution with the USGS rapid deployment gauges that are listed. They use tipping buckets and are likely being affects by the wind, therein produce artificially higher rainfall amounts.
ILM has produced a mesonet for non-traditional sites. As power fails, the sites will stop reporting: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=ILM&product=OSO&format=TXT&version=1&glossary=0