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 = 53

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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
4 4 2014-7-4 72 62 82 63 82 53 103 1900 1907 0.0 0.0 0.07
18 18 2014-7-18 72 64 79 64 84 53 97 1884 1936 0.0 0.0 0.36
21 21 2014-7-21 74 66 81 64 84 53 96 1903 1960 0.0 0.0 0.0
23 23 2014-7-23 77 65 88 64 84 53 97 1903 1890 0.0 0.0 0.08
29 29 2014-7-29 78 68 88 64 84 53 100 1909 1995 0.0 0.0 0.0
40 40 2014-8-9 75 67 82 64 84 53 100 1889 1998 0.0 0.0 0.19
42 42 2014-8-11 75 65 85 64 84 53 98 1894 1879 0.0 0.0 0.02
52 52 2014-8-21 73 65 80 64 85 53 96 1899 1982 0.0 0.0 0.0
55 55 2014-8-24 75 67 83 64 85 53 96 1900 1931 0.0 0.0 0.05
57 57 2014-8-26 75 65 84 64 85 53 98 1885 1981 0.0 0.0 0.1
58 58 2014-8-27 79 66 91 64 85 53 103 1902 1981 0.0 0.0 0.96

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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
);