How to Keep a Weather Journal

The weather fascinates the young and old, and people have been recording the climate patterns for generations. The Farmer's Almanac is a popular book for weather information. Create your own weather journal to help recognize and record common weather information.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Journal
• Crayons, markers, colored pencils, pens and pencils
• Temperature gauge
• Weather station (optional)

1. Buy a journal that's sturdy enough to hold up with high usage but not too bulky so as to hinder taking it places. Use a blank journal without lines for younger kids or those who prefer to draw. Search for a journal at a local bookstore or education store.
2. Gather other journaling supplies. Purchase or use crayons, markers, colored pencils and even charcoal pencils for the weather journal. Find a reliable pen or pencil that you can take with you to write in the weather journal when you are out.
3. Write down daily temperatures. The purpose of a weather journal is to record weather. Daily temperatures depict weather, so it's an important step in keeping the weather journal. Try writing the temperature at the same time each day to be consistent.
4. Draw pictures to help remember weather conditions. Images help record weather and weather patterns such as storms and storm damage. Add photographs to the pages of your weather journal if you don't draw well. Write captions to the pictures to make a permanent record of the moment.
5. Record your own thoughts about weather in the journal. Feelings and emotions are as important as the weather itself.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep motivated by using a personal reward system. For kids this can be stickers or treats. For older kids or adults, this could be special interest treats such as a movie ticket.
• Search newspapers and the Internet for more weather journaling ideas.
• Make your own weather station and record the results in the weather journal.