Wemeasure... |Ittellsus... ‘The measurement is given... |We measure using...
temperature | how hot or cold a place is in degrees Celsius (°C) a thermometer
On a hot day in the UK it could
be 30°C. On a winter's day,
OC or less.
precipitation —[howmuchwaterhasfallen from in millimetres orcentimetres [a rain gauge
the sky (as rain, snowy sleet, hall.)
We collectit ina container, and {va container with
measure the depth of the liquid. a scale marked onit,
air pressure | the force pressing down an us in milbars (mb) @ barometer
because of the weight of the air
if air pressures rising, it means air is | Its usually in the range 970mb to
sinking, and vice versa, That tells us] 1040 mb.
what kind of weather to expect.
windspeed | how fast the windisblowing in miles per hour (mph) or ananemometer
kilometres per hour (kph)
Ina storm, winds in the UKcan | ithasa setof little cups.
reach 100 mph and more, which the wind turns;
a dial shows the speed.
wind direction | the direction the wind is using compass directions a wind vane, as shown
blowing from
A south west wind blows
from the south west.
here, or a wind sock
‘Awind sockis a fabric
tube that the wind blows
through. It changes
direction with the wind.