Key Facts
Which years were included?
Name the 3 overseas locations
Perth, Beijing, Jacksonville
Name 3 of the variables collected
Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine, Cloud Cover, Windspeed, mean gust, Visibility, Pressure
Which is the most northerly location in the UK?
Leuchers
What is n/a in the data set?
not available - data not recorded
Which months were included
May - October
Name the 5 UK locations
Leuchers, Leeming, Camborne, Hurn, Heathrow
What 2 measures are collected regarding wind?
Daily Mean Windspeed and Daily mean gust
What is cloud cover measured in?
Oktas
What is pressure measured in?
Hectopascals
How is visibility measured?
Distance seen horizontally
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Name the coastal locations from the large data set
Camborne, Hurn, Jacksonville, Perth, Leuchars
Which variables are collected for the overseas locations?
daily mean temperature, daily total rainfall, daily mean windspeed and daily mean pressure.
How is visibility measured?
decametres/dm
What is relative humidity?
Relative humidity is a measure of how close the air is to being saturated with water vapour
How would we convert knots to mph?
1 knot = 1.15mph