Large data set Flashcards
Months
May to October
Years
1987 and 2015
South to North UK
Camborne (coastal and windy), Hurn, Heathrow, Leeming, Leuchars (coastal and windy)
Daily mean temperature (UK)
Degrees celsius, 5 to 24
Daily total rainfall (UK)
mm, 0 to 20, not symmetrical as many 0 or tr (0 to 0.05)
Daily total sunshine (UK)
hours, 0 to 14
Cloud cover (UK)
oktas, 0 to 8, 1/8 sky covered by cloud
Humidity (UK)
%, 70 to 100, integers, fog over 95%
Daily mean visibility (UK)
Decametre Dm, 200 to 4000, rounded to nearest 100
Daily mean pressure (UK)
Hectopascals, hPa, 990 to 1040, integers
Daily mean windspeed (UK)
kn, 3 to 10, integers
Daily mean windspeed (UK) - Beaufort
Qualitative, light, moderate, fresh, strong, usually light or moderate, mostly light
Daily maximum gust (UK)
kn, 8 to 50, integers
Wind/gust direction (UK) - bearings
degrees, 10 to 360, nearest 10, where wind blowing from
Wind/gust direction (UK) - cardinal
Compass direction, where wind blowing from
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Hot summers, October hurricanes but still low windspeed in data
Beijing, China
Hotter wetter summers, colder winters
Perth, Australia
Flipped seasons
Daily mean temperature (international)
degrees celsius, warmer in Summer except Perth
Daily total rainfall (international)
mm, rainy Beijing
Daily mean pressure (international)
hPa
Daily mean windspeed (international)
kn, rounded to 1dp
Daily mean windspeed (international) - Beaufort
Qualitative, light, moderate, mostly light
