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 = 50

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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
5 5 2014-7-5 75 64 86 63 82 50 100 1886 1907 0.0 0.0 0.02
15 15 2014-7-15 76 69 82 64 83 50 98 1893 1886 0.0 0.0 0.0
37 37 2014-8-6 70 63 77 64 84 50 105 1883 1983 0.0 0.01 0.02
67 67 2014-9-5 75 66 83 64 85 50 105 1898 1984 0.0 0.0 0.32
69 69 2014-9-7 80 68 92 64 84 50 103 1884 1949 0.0 0.0 0.0
340 340 2015-6-5 67 60 73 59 76 50 98 1999 1890 0.0 0.01 0.76
344 344 2015-6-9 74 62 86 59 77 50 94 1879 1979 0.01 0.01 0.32
356 356 2015-6-21 73 64 82 61 79 50 105 1882 1973 0.0 0.0 0.07
359 359 2015-6-24 73 63 83 62 80 50 102 1882 1976 0.0 0.0 0.01
364 364 2015-6-29 80 68 91 62 81 50 98 1893 1996 0.0 0.0 0.03

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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
);