1. Relative Temperature Hot, Cold, Warm, or Cool

2. Probably the most often asked question in weather is: "What is the temperature going to be today?" The answer depends upon many things.
                                              

3. Most often, it is the time of day that has the most influence on the change in temperature.
NIGHT

4. The meteorologist on the news usually tells us the high and low temperatures for the day. The temperature changes during the day- even more if a storm comes through.

5. Daily Temperatures
Where does the meteorologist get the data when they report the temperature?
They read thermometers throughout the day so we know what the temperature is:
When we get up

6. Temperature Changes When we leave for school While we are at school
When we go to bed
When we get home

7. What do you think feels “cold”?
What feels cold?
What do you think feels “cold”?

8. What feels hot?
What do you think feels “hot”?

9. How might heat cause change?
(Think about an ice cream cone on a hot day!)

10. Why is it important to know what the temperature will be during the day? Share your thinking.

11. Image Credits
Slides 1-3, 5-10 Microsoft. (Designer). (2010). Clip art [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from
Slide 4 Venegas, A. (Designer) (2010). Weather graph [Print].