Temperatures

• What was the temperature on Wednesday?• What was the warmest day of the week?• Which days were warmer than Tuesday?• Was Thursday cooler than Monday?• What was the difference in temperature between the hottest day and the coolest day?

What is weather?

Weather is all around us all the time.

We can use a thermometer tomeasure temperatures.

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframework/downloads/SWF/thermometer.swf

The temperature tells ushow hot or cold it feels outside.

High temperaturemeans hot weather.

Low temperaturemeans cold weather.

The wind speed tells ushow strong the wind feels.

A gentle breezeThe air moves very slowly.

Wind speed 5 mphThe air moves very quickly.

Wind speed 20 mph

A very windy day

Weather is made upof different things.

Can you guess what they are?

What is the weatherlike today?

• Can you measure the temperature outside?

• Can you describe the weather today?

• Can you findinformation aboutthe weather usingthe internet?

www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_latest_weather.html

We are now going to start ourown weather diary for five days.

Fill in the boxes for today’s weatherin your Weather Diary.

Day Temperature

°C

Rainfall

mm

Windspeed

mph

Weather

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

What information doesyour bar chart give you?

1. WhatwasthetemperatureonWednesday?

What information doesyour bar chart give you?

1. WhatwasthetemperatureonWednesday?

2. Whatwasthewarmestdayoftheweek?

What information doesyour bar chart give you?

1. WhatwasthetemperatureonWednesday?

2. Whatwasthewarmestdayoftheweek?

3. WhichdayswerewarmerthanTuesday?

What information doesyour bar chart give you?

1. WhatwasthetemperatureonWednesday?

2. Whatwasthewarmestdayoftheweek?

3. WhichdayswerewarmerthanTuesday?

4. WasThursdaycoolerthanMonday?

What information doesyour bar chart give you?

1. WhatwasthetemperatureonWednesday?

2. Whatwasthewarmestdayoftheweek?

3. WhichdayswerewarmerthanTuesday?

4. WasThursdaycoolerthanMonday?

5. Whatwasthedifferenceintemperaturebetween

thehoAestdayandthecoolestday?