National Sky Awareness Week is coming April 18 - 24, 2004
Weather data
for 4th Street School, Fulton, NY
Stephanie Borgert
- teacher
Writing to 4th
Street School
geography and climatology data for 4th Street School,
Fulton, NY
NOTE: Data at this site has not
yet been quality controlled; use data for class activities and
Sky Awareness Week-related projects only.
listing of
codes used in the data table which follows
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date / time |
all times are Local Standard or Local Daylight
Time |
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cloud cover (1/8ths) |
pizza piece approach, estimated |
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cloud type(s) |
CI = cirrus / CS = cirrostratus / CC=cirrocumulus
AS = altostratus / AC = altocumulus
ST = stratus / CU = cumulus / SC = stratocumulus / CB = cumulonimbus
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weather |
R = Rain / Sn = Snow / Sh = Showers / I = Ice Pellets / ZR
= Freezing Rain
D = Drizzle / T = Thunderstorm / C = Cloudy / PC = Partly
Cloudy / S = Sunny
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temperature |
in degrees Fahrenheit (US); in degrees Celsius (Canada)
Conversion is F = 1.8 *C + 32 or C = 5/9 *(F-32)
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dew point |
in degrees Fahrenheit (US); in degrees Celsius (Canada) |
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wind |
direction from which the wind is blowing; Beaufort scale
value |
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UV |
Safesun UV meter values (NWS/EPA scale) |
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sunrise / moonrise / etc |
all times are Local Standard or Local Daylight Time |
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remarks |
anything else students wish to add |
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observer(s) |
credit where credit is due!!! |
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Weather data
for 4th Street School, Fulton, NY
Stephanie Borgert
- teacher
3rd to 6th
grade weatherwatchers
Latitude 43.1
N - Longitude 76.1 W - Elevation 426 feet
NOTE: Data at this site has not
yet been quality controlled; use of data is for class activities
and Sky Awareness Week-related projects only.
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Date / Time |
cloud cover (1/8ths) |
cloud type(s) |
weather |
temp |
dew point |
wind |
UV |
Sunrise / moonrise/ etc. |
remarks |
weather watchers |
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5/11/00
1:00pm
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3/8 |
CI
White 5
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58F |
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West - Northwest
14mph
Beaufort 4
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It's vey windy, but I can still play soccer outside
after school.
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Jessie |
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5/10/00
1:00pm
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8/8 |
NS
Gray 4
Gray 9
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63F |
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West - Southwest
6mph
Beaufort 2
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Wow! Thunder, lightning
and hail. Too stormy to
go outside, so we got our local weather data from
"United States Weather Pages" on the Web. |
Boni, Earl, Greg, Jessie and Zach
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5/9/00
12:50pm
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5/8 |
SC
Blue 6
White 1
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73F |
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Northwest
9mph
Beaufort 3
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Another great day riding four-wheelers. I like
to feel the
wind as I ride. Flying a kite would be OK, too. |
Greg |
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5/8/00
12:50pm
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8/8 |
SC
Gray 2
White 4
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79F |
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Southwest
7mph
Beaufort 2
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We used a wind streamer and a compass today to
find the wind
direction. It feels very warm and it looks like
a storm could happen. |
Boni |
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5/5/00
12:50pm
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5/8 |
SC
Blue 1
White 3
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74F |
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West
13mph
Beaufort 3
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It feels very warm today. The sun shines through
between the
clouds. I picked dandelions after we took the weather readings. |
Matt |
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5/4/00
12:50pm
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5/8 |
CS
Blue 1
White 3
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76F |
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Southwest
12mph
Beaufort 3
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Warm and breezy today. Darker clouds moving in
from the West.
If it is not raining after school, maybe I'll go bike riding
at my friends house. |
Bill |
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5/3/00
12:50pm
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0/8 |
Blue 11
White 5
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62F |
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Northwest
5mph
Beaufort 2
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Today is very bright, sunny and a little breezy.
It will be great to play basketball and football after school. |
Kevin and Earl |
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5/2/00
12:50pm
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1/8 |
CI
CU
Blue 11
White 5
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57F |
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Northwest
9mph
Beaufort 3
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Today is a fantastic day. It is sunny and warm.
I think I will
play outside with my dog after school. It might also be a good
day to
fly a kite. |
Bradly and Boni |
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5/1/00
12:50pm
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8/8 |
ST
Gray 5
White 6
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63F |
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Northwest
7mph
Beaufort 2
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It looks like it might rain this afternoon. If
it does, I think I'll play inside after school. |
Zach |
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4/28/00
12:50pm
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1/8 |
CU
Blue 3
Gray 1
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57F |
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Variable
6mph
Beaufort 2
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Beautiful, sunny day with puffy clouds.
Great day for sky gazing. |
Zach |
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4/27/00
12:50pm
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8/8 |
ST
Gray 5
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47F |
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Calm
Beaufort 0
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none |
Rick and Jessie |
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4/26/00
12:50pm
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5/8 |
CU
Blue 9
Gray 6
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52F |
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South
12mph
Beaufort 3
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Today is breezy and partly cloudy. It is a
great day for flying paper airplanes. |
Matt |
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4/25/00
12:50pm
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2/8 |
CI
CU
Blue 4
White 6
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57F |
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North
9mph
Beaufort 3
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It is an extrememly good day for four-wheeling.
There is a light breeze and the sun is out. |
Dan and Greg |
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4/24/00
12:50pm
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1/8 |
CI
Blue 6
Gray 1
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60F |
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North-
northwest
9mph
Beaufort 3
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Today is warm and very sunny. There is a light
breeze. It is a great day for riding our bikes. |
Earl and Kevin |
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4/14/00
12:30pm
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1/8 |
CI
Blue 3
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52F |
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South
12mph
Beaufort 3
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A very warm southern breeze. No school for a
week. We will return Monday, April 24th. |
Zach |
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4/12/00
12:50pm
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1/8 |
CI
Blue 4
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38F |
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West
14mph
Beaufort 4
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The sun finally came out and melted our snow.
We hope it will
warm up tomorrow. |
Matt and Jessie |
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***Comments
from the kids***
Stephanie Borgert (teacher) reports that "We
are excited to participate. Thanks for the opportunity."
More from Stephanie "...The kids will be
thrilled to see their information posted online. We
are in the process of creating our own Web page for Sky Awareness
Week.
The page will have sky photos for SAW and students' remarks with
corresponding students' drawings. I will send you the URL of the
Web
site later next week. If you'd like, you can add the link to our
information on SAW site."
designed by Tracie
Talluto
