U.S. Weather History: KNYC.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

5 rows where average_precipitation = "0.1"

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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
219 219 2015-2-4 34 24 43 28 40 0 68 1918 1991 0.0 0.1 2.1
224 224 2015-2-9 27 25 29 28 40 -15 63 1934 1990 0.09 0.1 1.74
226 226 2015-2-11 28 22 34 28 41 -2 65 1899 1960 0.0 0.1 2.74
228 228 2015-2-13 15 8 21 29 41 -1 64 1914 1951 0.0 0.1 2.42
230 230 2015-2-15 15 4 25 29 42 -8 73 1943 1949 0.0 0.1 1.73

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CREATE TABLE "us-weather-history/KNYC" (
"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
);