A crop canopy gradient rainfall remote collecting instrument comprises rainfall gauges, a main support, horizontal arm tray supports, trays, a main support locating disk, funnels, sensing trays, metering tipping buckets, a solar cell panel, a solar charging circuit, a lithium cell, a multi-path data collector, a GPRS remote controller and a remote network computer. The four horizontal arm tray supports are bridged on the main support at different heights and in the four directions, the trays are arranged at the tail ends of the horizontal arm tray supports, the rainfall gauges are arranged on the trays, the funnels, the sensing trays and the metering tipping buckets are arranged in the rainfall gauges, the main support is fixed by the main support locating disk, and the solar cell panel and a GPRS remote antenna are arranged on the main support. Due to the fact that the rainfall gauges are arranged on the main support at the different heights and in the different directions, the data accuracy of the crop canopy gradient rainfall remote collecting instrument can be guaranteed. Thus, original data can be provided for flood protection, water supply dispatching and water management of power station water reservoirs.