Observations and Data

Other Useful Links

• Investigating weather through fieldwork from Teaching Geography, 2013
• Met Office Weather Observations Website (WOW) – anyone can submit their UK weather observations, or see the observations submitted by others.
• Met Office Design and Technology resources to build your own weather station: Anemometer Project – Student version,

  Rain Gauge Project – Student version,

  Thermometer Project – Student version and

  Thermometer Project – Teacher Example

• Help and hints for weather observing.
• Projects based on using weather stations & instruments.
• Simple Weather Measurements and how to make them
• More advanced information for observers from the RMetS site
• Converting Units
• Other useful sources of climate data and  weather data.
• Ideas for science, environment or weather clubs .
• The OPAL cloud chart
• Where to purchase a weather tree for recording daily weather observations through a year with a supporting article from Weather magazine.