Aspects of weather to be measured:

• Precipitation
• Temperature
• Cloud Cover
• Wind speed and direction
• Sunshine
• Humidity

Instrument: Rain gauge

• Precipitation (rain, hail, sleet and snow) fall into the metal funnel and enter a glass container.
• At regular intervals the contents are tipped into a standard guage and measured.
• Snow or hail must be melted first.
• This is measured in millimeter (mm).
• base is underground for stabilty

Pressure:

Instrument: Aneroid barometer

• This measure air pressure in milibars (mb).
• The pressure of air move a pointer around a dial. If pressure is high on the glass it moves the dial around to HIGH. If pressure is low on the glass the dial move towards LOW.