Books and kit for storm fans
A short, sensible list. You don’t need any of it: the best storm kit is a building to watch from.
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Weather watching
- Home weather stations (affiliate link)Log temperature, rain and wind, and compare your readings with the forecast.
- Cloud spotting guides (affiliate link)Learn to spot a towering cumulonimbus before it grows an anvil.
- Stopwatches (affiliate link)For flash-to-bang counting. Do it from a safe place indoors.
Ready for a storm
- Surge-protected extension leads (affiliate link)The Met Office suggests unplugging non-essential appliances if you don’t use a surge protector.
- Weather and emergency radios (affiliate link)Wind-up or battery radios for news when the power goes off.
- Wind-up torches (affiliate link)For power cuts. No batteries to go flat.
Books and science
- Weather and storm books for children (affiliate link)Look for ones that teach “when thunder roars, go indoors”.
- Weather books for grown-ups (affiliate link)Clouds, storms and how forecasts are made.
- Static electricity science kits (affiliate link)Safe, small sparks for curious hands, for a science afternoon indoors.