Recording Weather Data Name: ______

[Task One] The boxes below represent the paper used on a sunshine recorder.

[a] On Tuesday the sun shone from 6am to 9:30am, then from 10am to 1pm. In the evening it shone from 6pm to 7pm. How many hours did the sun shine for altogether? ______

[b] On Wednesday the sun shone from 6:30am to 9:15am, then from 10:15am to 1:45pm. In the evening it shone from 5pm to 7:45pm. How many hours did the sun shine for altogether? ______

[c] On Thursday the sun shone from 6am to 7:22am, then from 8:03am to 10:27am. In the evening it shone from 3:44pm to 9pm. How many hours did the sun shine for altogether? ______

[Task Two] The wind direction for each day in January was recorded in the table below. Use the data provided to construct the wind rose.

Direction / N / NE / E / SE / S / SW / W / NW / CALM
Number of Days / 4 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 4 / 8 / 6 / 3 / 3

Days in July 2012 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
Rainfall in Glasgow (mm) / 3.4 / 1.4 / 7.6 / 5.9 / - / 0.4 / - / - / 1.2 / 0.2 / - / - / 2.7 / 8.1

[Task Three] Use the data below to construct a bar graph in the space provided.


[Task Four] Use the data below to construct a line graph in the space provided.

Days in July 2012 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
Temperature in Glasgow (degrees Celsius) / 15 / 17 / 17 / 19 / 18 / 16 / 15 / 17 / 17 / 20 / 18 / 18 / 19 / 18