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

8 rows where record_min_temp = 30

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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
161 161 2014-12-8 67 55 78 48 68 30 92 1978 1938 0.0 0.07 2.29
167 167 2014-12-14 57 47 66 47 67 30 85 1878 1886 0.0 0.07 0.96
174 174 2014-12-21 59 50 68 47 67 30 85 1897 1917 0.0 0.08 1.57
178 178 2014-12-25 58 50 65 47 67 30 85 1879 1980 0.0 0.09 3.01
190 190 2015-1-6 71 57 84 48 68 30 85 1913 2006 0.0 0.1 2.3
204 204 2015-1-20 58 53 63 48 68 30 85 1883 2009 0.0 0.1 3.3
213 213 2015-1-29 68 60 75 48 68 30 88 1880 1971 0.0 0.1 1.96
218 218 2015-2-3 62 51 72 49 68 30 94 1883 1995 0.0 0.12 1.84

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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
);