Edexcel A Level Maths - The Large Data Set

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 are the 3 overseas weather stations? - answer-Beijing (China) Jacksonville (Florida, USA) Perth (Australia) 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 units for daily maximum relative humidity? - answer-% What are the units for daily mean cloud cover? - answer-oktacs (eighths) What are the units for daily mean pressure? - answer-hPa What are the units for daily mean visibility? - answer-Dm What are the units for daily mean wind speed and daily maximum gust? - answer-kn (knot) What are the units for daily total sunshine? - answer-hrs What are the values on the Beaufort Scale? - answer-0 = Calm = 1kn 1-3 = Light = 1-10 kn 4 = Moderate = 11-16 kn 5 = Fresh = 17-21kn What does tr mean? - answer-trace - less than 0.05mm of rainfall What significant weather events happened in Beijing? - answer-Autumn 2015 - Unusually wet 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 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 Which dates does the Large Data Set cover? - answer-May-October 1987 Ma