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 = 54

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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
30 30 2014-7-30 79 68 90 64 84 54 100 1894 1980 0.0 0.0 0.02
32 32 2014-8-1 76 66 85 64 84 54 99 1888 1959 0.0 0.0 0.01
38 38 2014-8-7 73 64 81 64 84 54 99 1894 1884 0.0 0.0 0.11
39 39 2014-8-8 74 65 82 64 84 54 100 1916 1881 0.0 0.0 0.02
41 41 2014-8-10 76 66 85 64 84 54 99 1897 1882 0.0 0.0 0.04
44 44 2014-8-13 73 65 81 64 84 54 102 1892 1994 0.0 0.0 0.13
45 45 2014-8-14 74 65 83 64 84 54 97 1887 1885 0.0 0.01 0.01
50 50 2014-8-19 76 69 82 64 85 54 106 1916 1885 0.0 0.0 0.14
54 54 2014-8-23 76 66 85 64 85 54 100 1905 1968 0.0 0.0 0.0

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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
);