Woodland Grange Primary School Weather Project

As part of a Weather topic Year 5 set up a small weather station with various equipment including computer controlled sensors and made daily measurements of temperature, wind speed, air pressure, rainfall and cloud cover.

We plotted the information into a data base and looked for weather patterns.

We linked up with O.W. Holmes school in Dorchester, Massachusetts and also with Fairbanks Prep in Alaska.

We exchanged weather data daily by e-mail.

We made good use of 'Weather.Com' a site on the Internet that gives up to date weather reports with satellite pictures from all over the world.

Read example weather reports from the same period below which gives an indication of the difference in different parts of the world...............


"Hello from Oadby.
Today it has been windy with a spot of rain. The temperature is 16°C and the air pressure has been low at 28.8 mb .The direction of wind is SE and the wind speed is 10 -11mph. The cloud cover is 6 and the clouds are mainly cumulus. We measured the temperature at 12:00pm."

"Hello, this is the Oadby weather report.
We recorded the weather at 12:00pm .This morning it was drizzling and a little bit breezy. The wind speed is 2-3 on the Beaufort scale and the temperature is 15°C ,the air pressure is low at 28.6 mili bars .The wind direction is east and the cloud type is stratus."

"Our weather in Dorchester at 9:00am was gloomy and overcast, very humid and still. Rain is expected by early afternoon. The temperature is 74°F."

"Here's the weather from Alaska! Today we had our first sprinkling of snow mixed with drizzle early this morning. It was quite a surprise after a week of beautiful Indian summer weather. The snow didn't stick THIS time. It is 7:45 p.m. and the temp is 34 degrees above F. It's supposed to get down to 30 tonight."

"Hello from Dorchester, Massachusetts! Today is warm and cloudy. It is 70°F and humid with very little wind. We don't have a barometer - so I can't give you those readings. It still seemslike summer, here but we miss the blue sky."

"Hello from Fairbanks, Alaska.
It is a beautiful Fall day. The sun is bright with only a few clouds in the sky. The smell of snow is in the air. It is 45°F at 7:00pm. We are experiencing full Autumn colors now and the Moose are eating the last of the garden vegetables!"