The Large Data Set

Question 1

What are the UK weather stations (south to north)?

Answer 1

Cambourne
Hurn
Heathrow
Leeming
Leuchars

Question 2

What are the non-uk weather stations?

Answer 2

Perth
Jacksonville
Beijing

Question 3

What data is recorded at the overseas stations?

Answer 3

Daily mean temperature
Daily total rainfall
Daily mean pressure
Daily mean windspeed

Question 4

What data is only recorded in the uk stations?

Answer 4

Daily total sunshine
Wind direction
Daily maximum gust
Daily maximum relative humidity
Daily mean cloud cover
Daily mean visibility

Question 5

What is the unit for gust and windspeed?

Answer 5

knots (1kn = 1.15 mph)

Question 6

What do you need to know about rainfall?

Answer 6

Amounts less than 0.05 are recorded as trace (tr).

Question 7

What is the Beaufort scale?

Answer 7

Another way to measure windspeed.
0 calm
1-3 light
4 moderate
5 fresh

Question 8

What is humidity measured in?

Answer 8

A percentage of air saturation with water, over 95% gives rises to foggy + misty conditions.

Question 9

What is daily mean cloud cover measured in?

Answer 9

oktas

Question 10

What is visibility measured in?

Answer 10

Decameteres (Dm)