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 = 46

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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
79 79 2014-9-17 84 72 96 63 83 46 108 1884 1913 0.0 0.01 0.42
89 89 2014-9-27 70 63 77 62 81 46 113 1901 2010 0.0 0.02 0.68
97 97 2014-10-5 80 65 95 61 80 46 101 1884 1971 0.0 0.02 1.15
101 101 2014-10-9 74 67 80 60 79 46 102 1879 1988 0.0 0.01 0.44
102 102 2014-10-10 72 64 79 60 79 46 107 1890 1991 0.0 0.02 0.71
309 309 2015-5-5 63 58 67 56 74 46 101 1920 1990 0.0 0.01 0.9
330 330 2015-5-26 64 59 69 58 75 46 96 1917 1896 0.0 0.01 0.21
333 333 2015-5-29 68 58 77 58 75 46 99 1881 1978 0.0 0.0 0.09
345 345 2015-6-10 68 62 73 60 77 46 102 1892 1979 0.0 0.0 0.22
348 348 2015-6-13 68 63 72 60 77 46 99 1894 1896 0.0 0.0 0.53

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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
);