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The Seven Elements of Weather
| Element | Instrument | SI Unit |
1 | Temperature | Six’s Thermometer Max and Min thermometer | (o c ) Degrees Celcius |
2 | Rainfall | Rain Gauge | (mm) millimeters |
3 | Humidity | Hygrometer Wet and dry bulb Thermometer | (oc) |
4 | Wind( a) Direction | Wind vane | Cardinal points/ compass points |
| (b) Speed | Cup anemometer | (km/hr) kilometres per hour |
5 | Pressure | Mercury barometer Fortin barometer Aneroid barometer | (mb) millibars |
6 | Cloud cover | Eye observation | Oktas scale |
7 | Sunshine | Sunshine recoder | (hrs)Hours |