Large Data Set

Question 1

What are the dates the large data set records?

Answer 1

May-October in 1987 and 2015

Question 2

What are the 5 UK locations

Answer 2

Leuchars (Scotland), Camborne (Cornwall), Heathrow (Greater London), Hurn (South West England), and Leeming (North Yorkshire)

Question 3

What are the three overseas locations?

Answer 3

Jacksonville (Florida), Beijing (China capital), Perth (Capital of Western Australia)

Question 4

Daily mean air temperature - what are its units, to what degree of accuracy, and when are the readings taken?

Answer 4

24 hour period (0900 to 0900), degrees Celsius, to 1 decimal place

Question 5

Daily total rainfall.

Answer 5

Measured in mm (to one dp), for 24 hours starting at 0900.

Question 6

What is a tr, or trace amount of rain?

Answer 6

Any amount of daily rainfall less than 0.05mm

Question 7

Daily total sunshine

Answer 7

Measured in hours to 1 dp

Question 8

Maximum relative humidity

Answer 8

Given as a percentage to the nearest integer

Question 9

What is a reading above 95% humidity associated with?

Answer 9

Mist and fog

Question 10

Daily mean wind speed and direction

Answer 10

Mean is measured in knots, and given to the nearest integer. Its direction is measured in degrees to the nearest 10, and is given as a cardinal direction (eg north). Averaged for 24 hours starting at 0000.

Question 11

How to convert knots to mph

Answer 11

1kn=1.15mph

Question 12

Daily maximum gust and direction

Answer 12

Same units as daily wind speed and direction. The maximum instantaneous wind speed over the 24 hours.

Question 13

Cloud coverage

Answer 13

Measures in Oktas (8ths of sky covered in cloud)

Question 14

Daily mean visibility

Answer 14

Measured in decametres

Question 15

What is a decametre

Answer 15

1Dm = 10 metres horizontally

Question 16

Daily mean pressure?

Answer 16

Mean reading of pressure in hecto pascals

Question 17

What is a hectopascal?

Answer 17

1 hectopascal = 100 pascals = 1 millibar

Question 18

Which of the locations are near the coast?

Answer 18

Jacksonville, Perth, Camborne, Hurn, Leuchars

Question 19

Which is the only Southern Hemisphere location?

Answer 19

Perth

Question 20

Which variable is discrete?

Answer 20

Cloud cover

Question 21

When was the great storm in England?

Answer 21

1997 October

Question 22

What was the effect of the storm?

Answer 22

Mostly affected south and south-east.
High wind speeds.
Not much impact on sunshine/cloud cover (October normally cloudy anyway)

Question 23

Which months have 30 days in

Answer 23

June and September

Question 24

Which months have 31 days in

Answer 24

May, July, August, October