Set up a rain gauge

For years I tried to set up a permanent rain gauge, but they always got busted or bent or - most often - frozen and cracked. The best thing I've figured out so far is this contraption in the photo - so simple I'm almost embarrassed to show you. But the fact is, this thing is the result of many years of screwing around in the attempt to get something that works and is cheap and if it gets busted, well, a new one won't drive me to debt.

All it entails is a piece of scrap wood, this one about 3/8 thick, sharpened to a point, with a couple screws. The advantage is that the gauge can be lifted off the stake (as opposed to pulled from the ground), read, emptied, and easily replaced. Maybe not the greatest invention and if you have a better one, please let us know.