You can even make your own anemometer! Here’s how to do it. It’s easy and fun – I’ve made one with my own kids. J ennifer Gray is a weather and climate writer for weather.com.

To measure wind speed and direction, most people turn the traditional cup anemometer and wind vane. Another less-known method is to use an array of ultrasonic transducers, which doesn’t need any ...

Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and for wind speed and direction the choice is usually a simple cup anemometer and wind vane.