Q&A: average temp
Fri Aug 15 12:47:53 1997
average temp
What was the US average temperature in July 1984 and July 1997?
jdshattuck@aol.com
We do not have data for July 1997 as of yet. The following is for Jul of 1984.
NOAA NCDC GCPS MONTHLY STATION mean temp Jul 1984[ T | IWMO] : 73.37601 F.
Comming up with this number was not an easy task. I will attempt to explain how I did so using our data library. Below is the box that appears once expert mode is selected. Each line of code in the box takes me one step closer to solving the problem. I will explain how do make each line, and what each line does.
expert refers to expert mode. This can be found on the top of many pages within the data library.
SOURCES .NOAA .NCDC .GCPS .MONTHLY .STATION.cuf refers to the dataset source, or the path taken within our data library to get to this specific area within the dataset. First go to sources, then to NOAA, then to NCDC, etc...
country_name comes from searches. Once the above step has been completed, I went to the secrhes option in order to choose my desired station(s). I inputted "USA" under country name.
SELECT refers to my selection of "dataset with all data found in search," after I inputted "USA" completed the search.
.mean .temp refers to the variables that I selected after I selected the stations.
T 295 VALUES refers to the month. I selected the month by using the data selection option found on the function bar. I used, Select a grid: T. The function bar is the bar above the source bar, with "filters, data selection, view icons, etc..."
(Fahrenheit_scale) unitconvert refers to a manipulation done within the "filters" option. I used our dimentional analysis function, by typing in Fahrenheit_scale.
[ IWMO ] average refers to another function operation within "filters." It averages all of the mean temperatures from all of the selected stations for July 1984.
Finally, a number will appear. That number is the average temperature for the entire United States, for the entire month of July. In the case of July of 1984, that number is 73.37601 F
Andrew Goldberg