Large Data Set

Question 1

What are the 8 locations of the data set?

Answer 1

Camborne, Heathrow, Hurn, Leeming, Leuchars, Beijing, Jacksonville, Perth

Question 2

What countries are the locations in?

Answer 2

UK, China, USA, Austrailia

Question 3

List the UK locations from south to north

Answer 3

Camborne
Hurn
Heathrow
Leeming
Leuchars

Question 4

List the non-UK locations from south to north

Answer 4

Perth
Jacksonville
Beijing

Question 5

List the non-UK location closest - furthest from the equator

Answer 5

Jacksonville, Beijing, Perth

Question 6

What is NGR

Answer 6

National Grid Reference

Question 7

What positions are given?

Answer 7

Altitude and Latitude

Question 8

What are the two time periods given?

Answer 8

1987, 2015

Question 9

What months are given?

Answer 9

May-October

Question 10

What are the 7 UK columns to do with wind?

Answer 10

1. Daily mean average windspeed (kn)
2. Daily mean average windspeed (Beaufort conversion)
3. Daily max gust (kn)
4. Daily mean wind direction (o)
5. Daily mean win direction (Cardinal direction)
6. Daily max gust corresponding direction (o)
7. daily max gust corresponding direction (cardinal direction)

Question 11

What are the 8 UK columns not to do with wind?

Answer 11

1. Date
2. Daily mean temp (oC)
3. daily total rainfall (mm)
4. daily total sunshine (hrs)
5. daily max relative humidity (%)
6. daily mean total clouds (oktas)
7. daily mean visibility
8. daily mean pressure (hPa)

Question 12

What are the 6 columns for non UK location?

Answer 12

1. date
2. daily mean ait temperature
3. rainfall (24 hours total)
4. daily mean pressure (hPa)
5. daily mean windspeed
6. daily mean windspeed (Beaufort conversion)

Question 13

What is the unit for the follow?
Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine, Windspeed, Windspeed Beaufort, Humidity, Cloud cover, Visibility, Pressure, Wind direction, Wind direction cardinal

Answer 13

Temperature (oC)
Rainfall (mm)
Sunshine (hours)
Windspeed (kn)
Windspeed Beaufort (words)
Humidity (%)
Cloud cover (oktas)
Visibility (dam)
Pressure (hPa)
Wind direction (o)
Wind direction cardinal (words)

Question 14

What is tr?

Answer 14

trace = <0.05mm (for rain)

Question 15

What happened in the UK October 1987?

Answer 15

Hurricane

Question 16

When were the hurricanes in Jacksonville?

Answer 16

Floyd, 12/10/87

Joaquin, 01-02/10/15

Question 17

Where (and what) is the missing data in the UK?

Answer 17

Sunshine, Mean windspeed and max gust

01/05/1987 - 17/05/1987