U.S. Weather History: KCQT.csv

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This table contains data and code behind the story What 12 Months Of Record-Setting Temperatures Looks Like Across The U.S..

Code

Code file Description
wunderground_scraper.py Downloads weather data web pages from Weather Underground
wunderground_parser.py Parses the weather data from Weather Underground into a flat CSV file
visualize_weather.py Creates the visualization of the weather data

Data

Column Description
date The date of the weather record, formatted YYYY-M-D
actual_mean_temp The measured average temperature for that day
actual_min_temp The measured minimum temperature for that day
actual_max_temp The measured maximum temperature for that day
average_min_temp The average minimum temperature on that day since 1880
average_max_temp The average maximum temperature on that day since 1880
record_min_temp The lowest ever temperature on that day since 1880
record_max_temp The highest ever temperature on that day since 1880
record_min_temp_year The year that the lowest ever temperature occurred
record_max_temp_year The year that the highest ever temperature occurred
actual_precipitation The measured amount of rain or snow for that day
average_precipitation The average amount of rain or snow on that day since 1880
record_precipitation The highest amount of rain or snow on that day since 1880

Source: Weather Underground

Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette

5 rows where average_min_temp = 50 and record_min_temp = 35

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Link rowid ▼ date actual_mean_temp actual_min_temp actual_max_temp average_min_temp average_max_temp record_min_temp record_max_temp record_min_temp_year record_max_temp_year actual_precipitation average_precipitation record_precipitation
236 236 2015-2-21 63 57 69 50 69 35 88 1897 2002 0.0 0.15 2.08
237 237 2015-2-22 59 53 64 50 69 35 90 1897 2002 0.7 0.15 2.19
238 238 2015-2-23 58 50 65 50 69 35 90 1894 1954 0.0 0.14 2.11
239 239 2015-2-24 60 46 74 50 69 35 94 1890 1986 0.0 0.13 4.8
245 245 2015-3-2 56 49 63 50 69 35 87 1896 1994 0.21 0.11 5.88

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CREATE TABLE "us-weather-history/KCQT" (
"date" TEXT,
  "actual_mean_temp" INTEGER,
  "actual_min_temp" INTEGER,
  "actual_max_temp" INTEGER,
  "average_min_temp" INTEGER,
  "average_max_temp" INTEGER,
  "record_min_temp" INTEGER,
  "record_max_temp" INTEGER,
  "record_min_temp_year" INTEGER,
  "record_max_temp_year" INTEGER,
  "actual_precipitation" REAL,
  "average_precipitation" REAL,
  "record_precipitation" REAL
);