Large Data Set

Question 1

5 UK locations from North to South

Answer 1

Leuchars, Leeming, Heathrow, Hurn, Camborne

Question 2

3 oversea locations

Answer 2

Beijing, Jacksonville and Perth

Question 3

Time periods

Answer 3

May to October 1987 and 2015

Question 4

Daily mean temperature

Answer 4

Average of the hourly temperature readings during a 24 hour period measured in *C

Question 5

Daily total rainfall

Answer 5

• Includes solid precipitation like snow and hail
• Amounts less than 0.05mm are recorded as ‘tr’ or trace

Question 6

Daily total sunshine

Answer 6

Recorded to the nearest tenth of an hour

Question 7

Daily mean wind direction and windspeed

Answer 7

• Measured in knots
• Mean wind direction is given as bearings
• Mean windspeed is categorised in the Beaufort scale

Question 8

Daily maximum gust

Answer 8

• Measured in knots
• Highest instantaneous windspeed recorded

Question 9

Daily maximum relative humidity

Answer 9

A percentage of air saturation with water vapour

Question 10

Daily mean cloud cover

Answer 10

Measured in oktas or eighths of the sky covered by cloud

Question 11

Daily mean visibility

Answer 11

• Measured in decametres
• Greatest horizontal distance at which an object can be seen in daylight

Question 12

Daily mean pressure

Answer 12

Measured in hectopascals

Question 13

Overseas locations factors recorded

Answer 13

Daily mean temperature, Daily total rainfall, Daily mean pressure and Daily mean windspeed