Large Data Set

Question 1

What are the five UK weather stations in order of South to North?

Answer 1

Camborne
Hurn
Heathrow
Leeming
Leuchars

Question 2

What are the three overseas weather stations?

Answer 2

Bejing
Jacksonville
Perth

Question 3

What is unique about Perth?

Answer 3

It’s in the southern hemisphere so winter is June to August

Question 4

What two time periods are measured in the large data set?

Answer 4

May to October 1987
May to October 2015

Question 5

What is Daily Mean Temperature measured in?

Answer 5

Degrees Celsius

Question 6

What is Daily Total Rainfall measured in?

Answer 6

Millimetres

Question 7

What is the upper band for a trace amount of rainfall ?

Answer 7

0.05 mm

Question 8

What is Daily Total Sunshine measured in?

Answer 8

Hours to one decimal place

Question 9

What does Daily Maximum Relative Humidity measure?

Answer 9

The saturation of water vapour in the atmosphere

Question 10

What are values above 90% in Daily Maximum Relative Humidity associated with?

Answer 10

Fog and Mist

Question 11

What are values of 100% in Daily Maximum Relative Humidity associated with?

Answer 11

Air is fully saturated and condensation can occur

Question 12

What is Daily Mean Windspeed measured in?

Answer 12

Knots

Question 13

What is the conversion from Knots to Miles per hour?

Answer 13

1 Knot = 1.5 Mile per Hour

Question 14

What is the Beaufort Scale?

Answer 14

The conversion of windspeed to qualitative data including fresh, light and moderate

Question 15

What is Daily Maximum Gust measured in?

Answer 15

Maximum speed over a 24hr period and is measured in knots

Question 16

What is Daily Mean Wind Direction measured in?

Answer 16

Degrees relative to True North and the Cardinal Direction (values are rounded to the nearest ten degrees)

Question 17

When measuring the direction of wind how do you choose direction?

Answer 17

The direction it is blowing from

Question 18

How is the Daily Maximum Gust Direction measured?

Answer 18

The direction the wind was blowing in the hour the maximum gust occurred

Question 19

What is the Daily Maximum Gust Direction measured in?

Answer 19

Degrees relative to true north and Cardinal Direction

Question 20

How is Cloud Cover measured ?

Answer 20

The fraction of the celestial dome is covered by clouds in eighths

Question 21

What is Cloud Cover measured in?

Answer 21

Oktas with 0 oktas representing a clear sky and 8 representing complete overcast

Question 22

How is Visibility measured ?

Answer 22

Horizontally

Question 23

What is Visibility measured in?

Answer 23

Decametres

Question 24

What is different about how unavailable data is recorded for Visibility?

Answer 24

It is recorded by a dash whereas the others are recorded with n/a

Question 25

What is Pressure measured in?

Answer 25

Hectopascals

Question 26

What is the 2015 temperature and windspeed range for Camborne?

Answer 26

Temperature: 10 - 20 Windspeed: 3 - 18

Question 27

What is the 2015 temperature and windspeed range for Heathrow?

Answer 27

Temperature: 8 - 29 Windspeed: 3 - 19

Question 28

What is the 2015 temperature and windspeed range for Hurn?

Answer 28

Temperature: 6 - 24 Windspeed: 2 - 19

Question 29

What is the 2015 temperature and windspeed range for Leeming?

Answer 29

Temperature: 4 - 23 Windspeed: 3 - 17

Question 30

What is the 2015 temperature and windspeed range for Leuchars?

Answer 30

Temperature: 4 - 19 Windspeed: 3 - 23

Question 31

Why does Heathrow have the highest temperature of UK stations ?

Answer 31

Heathrow has the biggest UK airport

Question 32

Why does Leuchars have the highest windspeed values ?

Answer 32

There is the effect of the sea breeze

Question 33

What is expected of Jacksonville compared to the UK?

Answer 33

High temperatures and more rainfall and moderate wind speeds

Question 34

What is expected of Bejing compared to the UK?

Answer 34

High and varied temperatures (not as high as Jacksonville)

Question 35

What is expected of Perth compared to the UK?

Answer 35

Seasons are reversed and high wind speeds

Question 36

Why is it hard to use random sampling on the large data set?

Answer 36

Some values are missing