From your backyard to the big picture

A weather station. A world of discovery.

How much rain fell? Why did the wind change? What makes one place warmer than another? Weather observations give young scientists a starting point.

The explorer’s toolkit

A backyard weather station measures the air around it every few minutes. Our explorers compare those numbers with what they see and feel outside, and write about it.

Temperature and humidity
Rainfall and wind
Patterns, questions and discoveries

Weather station with a wind vane, wind cups, rain collector and an indoor display console — **Real observations. Real questions.** Weather equipment from the original Sky Scouts program.

Explore with our scouts

Each explorer page brings together a student’s station readings, journals, drawings and photos.

Ishika’s weather explorer

Illinois · Founder & President

Daily station readings, Aug 2024 – Feb 2025
66 weather journal pages, Aug 2024 – Oct 2025
Drawings and photos

Ansh’s weather explorer

Colorado · Co-Founder & Vice President

Daily station readings, Sep 2024 – Feb 2025
Snow journal and hailstorm drawing
Photos from the station and a weather exhibit

What you’ll find on the explorer pages

Every chart, page and picture is labeled so you can tell what kind of record it is.

Archived station readings

Real measurements saved by the original SkyScouts dashboard and summarized day by day. You can choose dates and see the numbers. They are records from the past, not live readings.

Student records

Journal pages, drawings and photos made by the explorers themselves.

Poster figures

Pictures of charts from the Sky Scouts poster. They show the original results but can’t be zoomed or filtered.