This data package contains high temporal resolution values from a tipping bucket rain gauge during rain events at the Biodiversity study site at the Jornada Basin LTER in southern New Mexico, USA. Data collection at the Biodiversity site began in 1996 and a tipping bucket rain gauge commenced data collection in April of that year. The data file included here reports 1-second (1997-2016) or 1-minute (2016-present) frequency precipitation data, in millimeters, from this rain gauge during precipitation events. There are no data records for rain amounts less than 0.1 mm. Data collection from this tipping bucket rain gauge is ongoing and collected on a monthly basis (data package may be updated less frequently).