Monthly weather chart (free printable calendar)
A landscape month with a box for each day to record the weather, and two lines at the foot for the class's weather key. Choose the month and print.
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About this sheet
A weather chart is one of the oldest classroom routines, and it lasts because it works: a few seconds each morning, a real observation, and a month later a picture of the weather that the children made themselves. Each box has a faint weather label, so a child draws a symbol or writes a word, and the key at the foot is where the class agrees what each symbol means. Choose the month and year and the dates fill in, or turn them off for a blank grid. It supports counting, graphing, patterns and vocabulary, and the finished page is a ready-made data set for a graph of sunny, cloudy and rainy days.
Grades: Pre-K to 4. Best in: August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May.
How to use it
- Choose the month and year. Print the page and post it near a window, where a child can look out.
- With the class, agree on the symbols for the weather you see in your area, and draw them in the key at the foot.
- Each morning, a weather helper looks outside, draws or writes in the day's box, and tells the class.
Five ideas for class
- At the end of the month, count the days of each kind of weather and make a bar graph, using the blank bar graph template.
- Ask a prediction question each morning, such as what do you think the weather will be tomorrow, and check it the next day.
- Record the temperature too, in a corner of each box, once the class can read a thermometer.
- Compare two months side by side, and find what changed between them. Talk about why.
- Keep the pages for the year and see the seasons turn, one page at a time.
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Questions
Do children need a key?
The key is a shared agreement on the symbols. Young children draw a sun, a cloud or a drop, and older children can write words or use their own.
Can I use it in any month?
Yes. Choose the month and year. It starts in October as a default, and the dates redraw for the one you pick.
What if we do not have all the weather?
Make a key from the weather you do see. A chart of mostly sunny days is still a chart.
How do I save it as a PDF?
Choose Print, then pick “Save as PDF” as the printer. Only the sheet prints: the page around it is hidden. You can also save a sheet as a PNG image under the preview.
Can I print it in black and white?
Yes. Switch to Black and white beside the sheet: fills turn white and lines turn black, so it saves ink and photocopies cleanly.
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