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 Eanáir 2010
January 2010 will be remembered for the cold and icy conditions we experienced at the start of the month. Brandon O’Carroll & Daniel Kinevane recorded the temperature and found that it ranged from a low of –4 degrees on the night of the 3rd to a high of 11 degrees centigrade on the 16th and 17th of the month. In all we had temperatures of zero degrees or lower on 18 nights of the month! The rain was recorded by Owen Heffernan and he found that 115mm (5 inches) fell altogether during the month. 25mm of that was the snow that fell on the 10th. The wind was recorded by Jeffrey McCarthy & Eoghan O’Flynn and they found that the most common wind was from the North/East (7 days) with East (6 days) in second place. The strongest wind was a Force 9 on the Beaufort Scale which we had from the North/East on 12th of the month.
Beimid ar ais an mhí seo chugainn. Slán go fóil.
Feabhra 2010
Cool and dry sums up the weather in February. Edison Rajan recorded the rainfall and found that only 25mm (1.08inch) fell during the month. We had 22 dry days altogether! The temperature was recorded by Liam O’Keeffe & William Coffey and they found that it ranged from a low of minus 2 degrees which we had on the 11th & 23rd to a high of 10 degrees centigrade on the 24th. The wind was recorded by Ryan Dillane & David Coffey and they found that the most common wind was from the North/East (8 days) with North (6 days) in second place. The strongest wind was a Force 8 on the Beaufort scale which was from the South/East on the 4th of the month.