Large Data Set

For putting trace values into a table, what do you do?

Enter both x and frequency as 0

Only have data between months…

May → October

Which years are included?

1987 and 2015

Climate between June - August?

• Calmer

• Drier

• Brighter

• Hotter

Climate in October?

• Windier

• Wetter

• Darker

• Colder

UK Locations South → North ?

• Cambourne

• Hurn

• Heathrow

• Leeming

• Leuchars

(alphabetical order, except for the two H’s)

Which UK locations are coastal?

Cambourne and Leuchars

If a location is coastal it is …

Windier

If temperature increases, what happens to the following:

• Amount of sunshine

• Amount of rainfall

• Windspeed

• Increases

• Decreases

• Decreases

As we move further north, during May to October, what happens to the following:

• Temperature

• Amount of rainfall

• Maximum hours of sunshine (not average)

• Decreases

• Increases

• Increases

Units: Daily mean temperature

°C

Units: Daily total rainfall

mm

Units: Daily total sunshine

hours

Units: Cloud cover

oktas (between 0 - 8)

Units: Humidity

%

Units: Daily mean visibility

Dm (decametre = 10m)

Units: Daily mean pressure

hPa (hectopascals)

Units: Daily mean windspeed

knots (kn)

Windspeed (Beaufort conversion)

Qualitative (eg, light, moderate, fresh, strong)

Units: Daily maximum gust

knots (kn)

Units: Wind/ gust direction (bearings)

°

Units: Wind/ gust direction (cardinal)

Compass direction (N, S, E, W)

Direction wind is blowing from not to

Jacksonville , Florida

• Hot summers

• Hurricanes in both years (October)

Beijing , China

• Hotter, wetter summers

• Colder winters

Perth , Australia

Flipped seasons

International Measurements

• Temperature

• Rainfall

• Pressure

• Windspeed

• Windspeed (Beaufort)

Why is rainfall not suitable for a normal distribution?

Data not symmetrical