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 Meán Fomhair 2012
Pupils from Mr. McSweeney’s 4th/5th class will be recording the weather for this school year. After such a terrible summer, weather wise, September turned out to be a nice month. Jay McCrossan Donnachie recorded the rainfall and found that we only had 36mm of rain during the month. The wettest day was on the 11th with 13mm. We had 23 dry days altogether. The temperature was recorded by PJ Cronin & Ethan Prince and they found that it ranged from a low of 8 degrees on the 17th, 18th & 25th to a high of 20 degrees Centigrade on the 2nd, 4th, 6th & 13th. The wind was recorded by Jake Ryan & Cian Tobin and they found that the most common wind was from the West (11 days) with South/West (8 days) in second place and North/West (7days) in third place. The strongest winds were a Force 6 on the Beaufort Scale which we had on the 1st, 10th & 11th.
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