Statistics year 1

• What are the Uk weather stations?

  • leeming
  • leuchars
  • heathrow
  • hurn
  • camborne
• What are the overseas weather stations?

  • perth
  • jacksonville
  • beijing
• What are the variables that a large data set records?

  • daily mean temperature
  • daily total rainfall
  • daily total sunshine
  • daily maximum relative humidity
  • wind
  • visibility
  • pressure
  • daily mean total cloud
• what are the uk weather stations

  camborne

  heathrow

  hurn

  leeming

  leuchars
• what are the overseas weather stations

  beijing

  jacksonville

  perth
• what are the variables that the large data set records


  daily mean temp

  daily total rainfall

  daily total sunshine

  daily maximum relative humidity

  daily mean windspeed

  daily maximum gust

  daily mean wind direction

  daily max gust direction

  cloud cover

  visibility

  pressure
• where is leuchars


  scotland on coast
• where is leeming


  nr nottingham
• where is heathrow


  london

  airport - pollution (thermal?) etc
• where is hurn


  south coast nr southhampton
• where is camborne


  cornwall

  coast
• where is beijing


  capital city of china

  inland
• where is perth


  australia

  on coast
• where is jacksonville


  america

  coast
• what is the unit for daily maximum temperature

  *C
• what range of times are covered daily max temp


  0900-0900 GMT (acc to data)

  average hourly readings
• what is the accuracy daily mean temp

  to 1dp
• what do negative values mean

  temperatures below 0*C
• what does n/a mean


  not applicable

  reading is not availiable
• what is the unit for daily total rainfall


  mm
• what does trace (tr) mean

  the total rainfall on that day is less than 0.05 mm
• what is the accuracy of daily total rainfall

  to 1dp
• what range of times are covered daily total rainfall

  0900-0900 GMT

  (1000-1000 BST)
• anything else to note with daily total rainfall


  snow hail etc are included
• how high above the ground is the daily maximum temperature recorded

  1.25m
• how is daily total sunshine measured


  how long the amount of radiation is greater than a threshold
• units for daily total sunshine

  hours
• accuracy for daily total sunshine

  6mins

  (1dp)
• what is daily maximum humidity


  a measure of how close the air is to being saturated with water vapour
• what is daily maximum humanity units

  percentage
• mist/fog


  what does a daily maximum humidity of +95% represent
• the higher the percentage the .... saturated the air is with water vapour

  more
• what is the unit of daily mean wind speed


  knots

  1 knot = 1.15 mph

  ALSO beaufort scale
• what is the beaufort scale measured in

  0 calm

  1 light air

  2 light breeze

  3 gentle breeze

  4 moderate breeze

  5 fresh breeze

  6 strong breeze

  7 near gale

  8 gale

  9 strong gale

  10 storm

  11 violent storm

  12 hurricane

  
  

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• what is the time range for daily mean wind speed

  0000-0000 GMT

  average
• what is the unit for daily maximum gust

  knots
• what is daily maximum gust


  the maximum instantaneous speed that occurred from 0000-0000 GMT
• how is mean wind direction caluclated


  the mean direction of the wind is calculated every hour.

  the mean over 24 hrs is recorded in table
• what is the unit for mean wind direction


  degrees from true north

  cardinal direction is also given for uk cities
• what is cardinal direction


  NW

  NE

  SSW

  NNE

  WSW

  E

  etc