An Aimsir – Weather Recording
Pupils record the weather every day from September to the end of June – even the weekends and holidays! This information is put on a graph in the classroom and then saved on computer disc. It is also displayed in the school. We have some records dating back to 1991!
Rainfall – Classes have been recording the rainfall since 1991. A pupil takes a rain gauge home for 4 weeks and finds out the daily rainfall. He then reports to the class the following day. When the 4 weeks are up another pupil takes the gauge.
Temperature – We are relatively new at recording the temperature. This was started in 1998. Two pupils check our minimum/maximum thermometer which is in the school. This shows how cold and how warm it has been over a 24 hour period. They then report back to the class and fill in the information on the charts.
Wind – We started recording the wind in 1993. Two pupils check what direction the wind is coming from by looking at the clouds, chimney smoke and the weather information on the newspapers and TV. We then check the strength by using the Beaufort Scale. This information is then put on a graph called a wind rose in class.
An Aimsir Deireadh Fómhair 2010
Matthew McCarthy recorded the rainfall for October and found that 117mm fell altogether during the month. It was quite dry up to the last week of the month with most of the rain falling during our midterm break! The wettest day was on the 28th when 45mm fell. We had 17 wet days altogether. The temperature was recorded by Con Lynch & Jordan O’Mahony. They found that it ranged from a low of 3 degrees on the nights of the 19th & 24th to a high of 18 degrees centigrade on the 2nd, 3rd & 12th of the month. The wind was recorded by David Brennan & Darren McKevitt and they found that the most common wind was from the South/West (9 days). The strongest wind was a Force 8 on the Beaufort Scale which we had on a number of days – 8th, 9th, 10th, 23rd, 26th, 28th & 29th.
Samhain 2010
November will be remembered for the cold weather that we had at the end of the month. Dan Sheehan & Zach Devlin found that the temperature ranged from a low of –2 degrees on the nights of the 26th, 28th, 29th & 30th to a high of 16 degrees centigrade that we had during the day on the 3rd of the month! We noticed in our graph that the temperature just plummeted as the month progressed. Another factor in the severe cold was the wind direction. Trevor Sawyer & Conor Walsh recorded the wind and they found that the most common wind was from the North/East (8 days), which we had at the end of the month. The strongest wind was a Force 9 on the Beaufort Scale which we had on the 16th. Andrew Powell recorded the rain and he found that 108mm fell altogether during the month. The wettest day was the 16th, which was also the windiest day, and 34mm fell.
Mí na Nollag 2010
December 2010 will be remembered for the problems we had with the snow and the icy conditions we had here in Cobh! The rainfall was recorded by Olan Farrell and he found that 88mm fell altogether during December. The wettest day was St. Stephen’s Day when we had 40mm. We had 20 dry days during the month. The temperature was recorded by Dean Brennan & Liam Butler. They found that the temperature ranged from a low of –6 degrees on the 21st to a high of 11 degrees centigrade on 28th of the month. The wind was recorded by Cian Roche & Jack McCarthy and they found that the most common wind was from the North (12 days) which of course is why it was so cold over the month! The strongest wind was a Force 8 on the Beaufort Scale which we had on St. Stephen’s Day and the day after it as well. Christmas Day was dry with minimum temperature of –3 degrees and a maximum temperature of 0 degrees centigrade!