How do we measure weather?

Know how to measure weather. Know the tools we use it to measure

weather.

In this lesson we will:

How warm the air is. How fast the wind is blowing How much rain has fallen.

If we know these three, we know how is the weather.

Measuring weather

Temperature: is how hot or cold things are.

We use a thermometer to measure temperature.

Hot ( ) Cold ( )

Measuring temperature

Wind is moving air. We can measure the speed of the wind

using an anemometer.

Measuring wind

Precipitation means rain, snow, hail, sleet.

We can use a rain gauge to measure how much rain has fallen.

Measuring precipitation