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Large Data Set
Created October 18, 2025 10:33 AM
Tags
Overview:
May to October 1987 and 2015 (in total 184 days each year)
There are missing data
Sunshine, windspeed and gust are unknown for the first half of May 1987 in
UK
South of England experienced a storm in October 1987
Northern hemisphere
May: spring
June, July, August: summer
September, October: autumn
Large Data Set 1
, UK stations (North to South)
Leuchars: coastal, rainier & colder in the North
Leeming
Heathrow
Hurn: coastal
Camborne: coastal
Overseas: only has data for temperature, rainfall, pressure and windspeed
Jacksonville(USA): coastal, near the equator
Beijing (China): near the equator
Perth (Australia): coastal, Southern hemisphere
Variables
Daily mean temperature
Measured in degree celsius
Typical range: 4 - 33 degrees
Seasons flipped in Perth
Colder in the North of UK
Beijing is the hottest and has the widest range
Daily total rainfall
Measured in mm
Typical range: 0 - 60 mm
Data labelled as “trace” are ones less than 0.05mm, convert to 0
Typically driest in the summer
Wetter in the North of UK
Jacksonville has heavy rainfall
Large Data Set 2
Large Data Set
Created October 18, 2025 10:33 AM
Tags
Overview:
May to October 1987 and 2015 (in total 184 days each year)
There are missing data
Sunshine, windspeed and gust are unknown for the first half of May 1987 in
UK
South of England experienced a storm in October 1987
Northern hemisphere
May: spring
June, July, August: summer
September, October: autumn
Large Data Set 1
, UK stations (North to South)
Leuchars: coastal, rainier & colder in the North
Leeming
Heathrow
Hurn: coastal
Camborne: coastal
Overseas: only has data for temperature, rainfall, pressure and windspeed
Jacksonville(USA): coastal, near the equator
Beijing (China): near the equator
Perth (Australia): coastal, Southern hemisphere
Variables
Daily mean temperature
Measured in degree celsius
Typical range: 4 - 33 degrees
Seasons flipped in Perth
Colder in the North of UK
Beijing is the hottest and has the widest range
Daily total rainfall
Measured in mm
Typical range: 0 - 60 mm
Data labelled as “trace” are ones less than 0.05mm, convert to 0
Typically driest in the summer
Wetter in the North of UK
Jacksonville has heavy rainfall
Large Data Set 2
