Large Data Set Flashcards
Where is Leuchars
Scotland
Where is Leeming
North-Midlands
Where is Heathrow
London
Where is Hurn
South England, more South than Heathrow
Where is Camborne
South-West England
Where is Jacksonville
East of North America
Where is Beijing
China
Where is Perth
Australia
Details on daily total rainfall
Includes snow and hail, amounts less than 0.05mm where recorded as ‘tr’ or ‘trace’
Details of total sunshine
Recorded to the nearest tenth of an hour
Details on wind direction and windspeed
Measured in knots and earrings, averaged over 24 hours, windspeed categorised using Beaufort Scale
Details on daily maximum relative humidity
Given as percentage of air saturation with water vapour, humidities above 95% cause foggy conditions
Details of daily mean cloud cover
Measured in ‘oktas’ or eighths of the sky covered by cloud
Details on daily mean visibility
Measured in metres of distance between an object that can be seen in daylight
Details on daily mean pressure
Measured in hectopascals
Data from which months are included in this data set
May to October
What years do the data set cover
1987 and 2015
Which is the windiest month in the UK
May
Which is the hottest month in the UK
June
Order temperatures for each place overseas
Perth < Beijing < Jacksonville
Which is the windiest station overseas
Perth
Order altitude for each place overseas
Jacksonville < Perth < Beijing
Where is evidence of global warming
Temp of Beijing and all places in the UK had a temperature increase of 0.5-1 degrees from 1987 to 2015
Order altitude for each place in the UK
Hurn < Leuchars < Heathrow < Leeming < Camborne
Which are the rainiest months in the UK
July and August
When was the great storm
October in 1987
