Sat 05 Jul 1997 10:50PM EDT

How do I find the average annual temperature and the annual range of temperature for Santiago, Chile? My email address is rozyig@kuentos.guam.net Rosalind

Rosalind


I am going to select the NOAA dataset. Here is how to place a name search for Santiago, Chile.

Place Name Search

station data Most of the data in this catalog is stored by numerical location; much of it is global. Thus searching by place name is pretty useless in most of the datasets. However, there are weather data stored by named stations, like the NOAA Monthly Station and the NOAA DAILY STATION data, and searches by name are allowed there.

The daily data should be more useful for your request. After selecting the Daily Station Data, specify your desired variable (temperature.) After selecting a specific range of data by displaying a graph, and zooming in on the desired data, or by selecting a range of dates, use the climatology option in the filters menu.

In the NOAA NCDC GCPS MONTHLY STATION (station code 8554300...Santiago, Chile) the following charts were obtained through filtering all of the years of observation to get an average. Once in the filters option of the function bar, click on monthly climatology.

NOAA NCDC GCPS MONTHLY STATION mean prcp Precipitation (mm) Santiago, Chile


The precipitation average for Santiago, Chile were obtained and are as follows:

NOAA NCDC GCPS MONTHLY STATION mean temp Temperature (degreeC) Santiago, Chile

In general, NOAA NCDC GCPS MONTHLY STATION proves to be a great way to get specific station monthly data, and averages (through filters).


also refer to:
  1. average temp this demonstrates how to get an actual number as the average temperature for the entire month. The same approach can be used to get the information for the entire year. Instead of selecting 1 month and values, select 2 months, and range. Range is a function that will select every month in between those two months. If you want a single number answer, this apporach is the way to go. The same approach described within the link could also be used to get the range of temperatures for the year.

---Andrew Goldberg


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