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Activity: Take Weather Measurements and Compare to Long-term Averages In this activity, you will observe the weather at your home for three days, then compare it to the long-term average for this month to determine whether the conditions are average, above normal, or below normal.
1. For three days, make weather observations at your home. What was the high temperature? What was the low temperature? Did any precipitation fall? If so, how much? You can track your observations in the following table.
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2. Next, compare your observations to the long-term average for these variables for the same month at the closest climate monitoring station. Access these data from the Western Regional Climate Center webpage. If you need a refresher on how to access these data, review the animation under the "Accessing Long-term Climate Data from the Western Regional Climate Center website" heading of this web module.
3. Were your values similar to the long-term averages? Higher? Lower? What about precipitation - were your totals different? Why do you think that is - does it make sense to compare your data to long-term averages of monthly preciptation? Why or why not? | 
