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

11 rows where record_min_temp = 51

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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
2 2 2014-7-2 70 62 77 63 82 51 102 1887 1985 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 6 2014-7-6 73 64 81 63 82 51 94 1894 1992 0.0 0.0 0.03
7 7 2014-7-7 77 64 89 63 83 51 96 1894 1954 0.0 0.0 0.02
8 8 2014-7-8 77 68 86 63 83 51 95 1894 1886 0.0 0.0 0.13
13 13 2014-7-13 75 67 82 64 83 51 98 1888 1990 0.0 0.0 0.02
33 33 2014-8-2 78 65 90 64 84 51 98 1888 1997 0.02 0.0 0.02
51 51 2014-8-20 76 67 84 64 85 51 97 1900 1986 0.0 0.0 0.03
60 60 2014-8-29 78 65 90 64 85 51 102 1901 1884 0.0 0.0 0.08
64 64 2014-9-2 76 68 84 64 85 51 108 1881 1955 0.0 0.0 0.02
65 65 2014-9-3 75 67 83 64 85 51 103 1892 1988 0.0 0.0 0.05
357 357 2015-6-22 73 62 83 61 80 51 97 1885 1949 0.0 0.0 0.05

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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
);