Examples of Weather Measuring Equipment (II)

Sun dial

This is the measurement of time by the position of the sun.

Diagram of sun dial

Thermometer

This is used to measure the temperature of an area. The unit of temperature is Kelvin (K). An example of thermometer is the maximum and minimum thermometer which is used to take highest temperatures and lowest temperature of an area. There is also the dry and the wet bulb thermometer

Diagram of a thermometer