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

9 rows where record_min_temp = 45

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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
86 86 2014-9-24 75 62 88 62 82 45 106 1880 1978 0.0 0.01 1.95
113 113 2014-10-21 71 64 78 58 78 45 100 1882 1929 0.0 0.02 0.53
118 118 2014-10-26 70 61 78 57 77 45 95 1897 1879 0.0 0.02 1.74
120 120 2014-10-28 69 59 78 56 77 45 94 1903 1931 0.0 0.03 0.56
318 318 2015-5-14 61 53 68 57 74 45 99 1882 2014 0.69 0.01 0.97
322 322 2015-5-18 66 60 71 57 75 45 99 1880 1892 0.0 0.01 0.26
323 323 2015-5-19 65 56 73 57 75 45 95 1893 1892 0.0 0.0 0.35
324 324 2015-5-20 65 57 72 58 75 45 99 1879 1942 0.0 0.01 0.84
328 328 2015-5-24 64 58 70 58 75 45 95 1888 1896 0.0 0.0 0.48

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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
);