Large Data Set Flashcards
name the UK cities north -> south and which ones are coastal/inland
- Leuchars (coastal)
- Leeming (inland)
- Heathrow (Inland)
- Hurn (coastal)
- Camborne (coastal)
name the 3 non-UK cities that are in the large data set and name whether they are coastal or inland
- Jacksonville (coastal)
- Beijing (inland)
- Perth (coastal)
which months have the highest average temperature in the UK
July (Camborne, Heathrow, Hurn)
August (Leeming, Leuchars)
which months have the lowest average temperature in the UK
- May (Camborne, Leuchars)
- October
which locations are warmest based on mean temperature in the UK
ranked hottest to coolest:
- Heathrow
- Hurn
- Camborne
- Leeming
- Leuchars
which months are wettest for UK cities
- August
- July
- October
which month is the driest for UK cities
June
which measurements should not be measured using a normal distribution and why
- rainfall; data = not bell-shaped
- daily mean pressure; data = skewed
- daily mean windspeed = not symmetric
in Perth, what are the hottest and coldest months
- hottest = October
- coldest = May/June
which city worldwide has the highest and lowest rainfall on average
- Perth = lowest
- Beijing = highest
which cities worldwide are the hottest and how do they differ
- Beijing and Jacksonville
- Beijing has the hottest recorded temperature meanwhile JV has hotter days consistently
windiest months worldwide
- May = UK and Beijing
- Oct = JV
- Sept = Perth
what is meant by visibility and how is it measured
greatest horizontal distance at which an object can be seen at daylight
- decametres, dm
how is pressure measured
hectopascals (hPa)
what is ‘daily maximum relative humidity’ and how is it measured
- amount of water vapour in air
- measured as a % of max water vapour that could be in the air
