Keep your eyes level when you read the thermometer. Reset the thermometer after you have read the temperature each day. If it is a windy day when you read the thermometer write a note about it in the comments part of the data table. Keep your eyes level with the water in the measuring tube when you read it. Be sure to empty the rain gauge completely after each measurement.
Students report the types of clouds present.
Take notes from the chart. Notice the cloud groups are a little different. A cloud is a visible form of condensed water in the atmosphere. This may include particles of water and ice. Make Cloud cover and cloud type observations at solar or astronomical noon, when the sun is highest in the sky, and at the same time that you make your temperature measurements.