Student Weather
Weather Data for School Projects: Where to Find Observations, Maps, Radar, and Climate Normals
How students can find weather data for projects, including local observations, climate normals, radar, satellite, maps, and storm reports.
Quick answer: Weather school projects work best when students use dated, sourced observations and explain where the data came from.
Data types
Useful data includes temperature, rainfall, wind, pressure, clouds, radar, satellite, and climate averages.
Pick data that matches the question.
Source habits
Write down the source, location, date, time, and units for every dataset.
This makes the project easier to check.
Compare carefully
A backyard reading may differ from an airport station because of placement and distance.
Those differences can be part of the lesson.