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Meteorology
Meteorology
The further from centre, the more strongly this hobby leans that way. Your quiz answers are scored against exactly these fifteen.
Reading pressure, cloud and satellite data to make your own forecasts, sometimes with a home weather station.
TonightTime to first win
10 minutesA session
Indoors or outWhere
Step 1: Get a thermometer and a rain gauge to start.
Is it you?
What you need7 things
The honest floor, taking the cheapest option in each$198
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The path16 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$24
- Get a thermometer and a rain gauge to start
- Site them out of the sun and off the wall
BThen the quests
- Record today's temperature and sky
- Name every cloud in the sky on one day
- Measure the rainfall with a gauge
More on Meteorology
Everything else we have written about it. Free to read, no account needed.
Guides1
What to buy2
Best Handheld Anemometer (2026): Where You Stand Changes the ReadingWind speed is quoted at ten metres above open ground, because that is the standard. Standing in a garden holding a meter at chest height behind a fence, you will read a fraction of the real figure, and no instrument fixes that. Where and how you measure matters more than what you measure with.Best Home Weather Station (2026): 3 Picks from Starter to ProA home weather station puts a sensor outside that measures your own backyard's temperature, humidity, wind, and rain, and sends it to a display, and often a phone app, indoors. The big decision is how much accuracy you want and whether you want it connected to WiFi. All three here are complete all-in-one stations, from an easy, affordable starter to a professional-grade unit that serious weather watchers keep for years.
From the blog1
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
