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

10 rows where record_min_temp = 38

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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
124 124 2014-11-1 61 55 67 56 76 38 100 1886 1966 0.18 0.03 0.44
135 135 2014-11-12 64 58 70 53 74 38 93 1978 1974 0.0 0.04 1.88
154 154 2014-12-1 63 57 69 49 69 38 85 1880 1972 0.0 0.05 1.4
158 158 2014-12-5 63 57 69 48 68 38 89 1891 1979 0.0 0.06 1.81
242 242 2015-2-27 61 55 66 50 69 38 86 1894 1992 0.0 0.13 2.17
246 246 2015-3-3 58 48 67 50 69 38 85 1894 1931 0.0 0.12 3.12
253 253 2015-3-10 68 55 80 51 70 38 96 1893 1916 0.0 0.09 2.22
261 261 2015-3-18 69 62 75 51 70 38 87 1898 1997 0.0 0.07 1.03
294 294 2015-4-20 63 55 70 54 73 38 100 1896 2009 0.0 0.03 1.28
295 295 2015-4-21 63 58 67 54 73 38 95 1896 2009 0.0 0.03 0.89

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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
);