Gabriella Weather

https://gabriellagonzales.quarto.pub/gabriella-weather/

The project is based on daily weather statistics like high/low temperatures and rainfall. There are many news stories in weather data.

The data comes from Climate Data Online, a collection of official weather data from the National Centers for Environmental Information, a division of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The actual data source we’ll use is called the Global Historical Climate Network “Daily Summaries” which includes daily land surface observations from weather stations around the world. There is a search tool where you can choose stations and date ranges.

We will pull data from the “primary” weather station for downtown Austin, the Camp Mabry station.

Data problems

There are some anomalies around the dates 1981-10-09 and 1981-10-08.

Data Takeaways

The date with the most rain in downtown Austin was Nov. 15, 2001, with 7.55 inches. Sept. 7, 2010 had the second most amount of rain with 7.04 inches and Oct. 17, 1998 had 6.24 inches of rain, making it the date with the third most amount of rain.
The hottest days in downtown Austin were Sept. 5, 2000 and Aug. 28, 2011 at 112 degrees.
The coldest day in downtown Austin was Jan. 31, 1949 at minus 2 degrees.
The year 2011 had most days with a temperature of 100 degrees and above with a total of 90 days. The year 2023 had the second highest amount with 80 days, and 2009 tied with 2022 for third place with 68 days.
The year 1973 had the most days with snowfall at 5 days. The year 1985 had 4 days and 2021 had 3 days. There have been 30 years with snowfall since June 1, 1938.
The year 1948 had the most days below freezing at 41 days. The year 1978 had 39 days and 1940 had 35 days.
The year 1983 had the most days to never get above freezing at 6 days. The years 1985, 1989 and 2021 each had 5 days never get above freezing.
The year 2011 had the most days that reached 100 degrees or higher in the month of May at 3 days. The years 1984 and 2008 each had 2 days. Additionally, the years 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2022 each had one day that reached 100 degrees or higher in the month of May.
Austin saw the most rain in 2015, when nearly 60 inches fell in the city. The second highest year was 2004 with 52.27 inches, followed by 1991 with 52.21 inches of rain.
Austin saw the least total rainfall in 1954 with just 11.42 inches. The second lowest year was 1956 with 15.41 inches, followed by 2008 with 16.07 inches of rain.
Austin saw the most total snowfall in 1985 with 8.7 inches. The second highest was 2021 with 7.9 inches, followed by 1944 with 7.0 inches of snow. Austin has only had 11 years with 2 or more inches of snow since 1938.
Austin saw the highest average high temperature at 84.06 degrees in 2011. The year 2023 follows with an average high of 83.48 degrees, and 2022 had the third highest at 83.08 degrees.
Austin saw the lowest average high temperature in 1940 at an average of 54.31 degrees. The year 1976 follows with an average low of 56.05 degrees, and 1968 had the third lowest at 56.14 degrees.
May has the highest average rainfall with 4.54 inches. July has the lowest average rainfall at 1.96 inches.
Austin saw the highest average temperature in 2023 at about 72 degrees.
Austin saw the earliest day to reach 100 degrees on May, 4, 1984.
The earliest date to freeze in Austin in one calendar year was October 28, 1957.