The large data set

Question 1

What are the 5 places you need to know in the UK?

Answer 1

Leuchars (scotland)
Leeming (midlands)
Heathrow (london)
Hurn (south)
Cambourne (cornwall)

Question 2

What are the other 3 places around the world?

Answer 2

Jacksonville (florida)
Beijing (china)
Perth (australia)

Question 3

What does ‘tr’ or ‘trace’ mean in terms of daily total rainfall?

Answer 3

Means the precipitation is less than 0.05mm.

When calculating mean you can just use 0 as it is such a small amount.

Question 4

What is the daily mean temperature measured in?

Answer 4

Degrees Celsius.

Question 5

What is the daily mean wind direction and windspeed measured in?

Answer 5

Knots.

Question 6

What is the Beaufort scale?

Answer 6

A scale of wind speed based on a visual estimation of the wind’s effects.

Question 7

What is daily maximum gust measured in?

Answer 7

Knots (nautical mile per hour)

Question 8

What is daily mean cloud cover measured in?

Answer 8

Oktas

Eighths of the sky covered in clouds, highest possible is 8 because that would mean full cloud coverage.

Question 9

What is daily mean visibility measured in?

Answer 9

Decametres (Dm)

Question 10

What is daily mean pressure measured in?

Answer 10

Hectopascals (hPa)