Edexcel A Level Maths - The Large Data Set, Edexcel A Level Maths Large Data Set | 100% CORRECT GRADED A+

Edexcel A Level Maths - The Large Data Set,
Edexcel A Level Maths Large Data Set
| 100% CORRECT
GRADED A+

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which dates does the Large Data Set cover?. ANSWER - May-October 1987
May-October 2015


What are the 5 UK weather stations?. ANSWER - Camborne (Cornwall)
Heathrow (near London)
Hurn (Dorset - south coast)
Leeming (Yorkshire - North England)
Leuchars (Scotland)


What are the 3 overseas weather stations?. ANSWER - Beijing (China)
Jacksonville (Florida, USA)
Perth (Australia)


What significant weather events happened in Camborne?. ANSWER - October 1987 -
Great Storm


What significant weather events happened in Heathrow?. ANSWER - October 1987 -
High winds due to storm
July 2015 - Heatwave

, What significant weather events happened in Hurn?. ANSWER - October 1987 - Great
Storm
August 2015 - Wettest August on record (since 1977)


What significant weather events happened in Beijing?. ANSWER - Autumn 2015 -
Unusually wet


What significant weather events happened in Jacksonville?. ANSWER - August 1987 -
very high temperatures + low rainfall (drought)
June 2015 - abnormally high average temperatures


What significant weather events happened in Perth?. ANSWER - July 1987 - wetter than
average
Winter/ Spring 2015 (June-Oct) - abnormally dry


What are the 10 variables?. ANSWER - Daily mean temperature (℃)
Daily total rainfall (mm)
Daily total sunshine (hrs)
Daily mean windspeed (kn/knot)
Daily maximum gust (kn)
Daily maximum relative humidity (%)
Daily mean cloud cover (oktacs)
Daily mean visibility (Dm)
Daily mean pressure (hPa)
Wind Direction


What does tr mean?. ANSWER - trace - less than 0.05mm of rainfall


What are the units for daily total sunshine?. ANSWER - hrs