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One of the most common stumbling blocks for people beginning to work with weather data from around the internet and around the world is the myriad of units that you encounter. Often times different data sources use different units for the same weather metric, and you will need to homogenize them if you want to …
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Does the number of people who visit Mount Rushmore depend on the weather? In this blog I investigate the correlation between the daily Mount Rushmore visitor counts and the weather that occurred on those days. I was in the process of considering a trip to visit Mount Rushmore, and being a data guy, I decided …
PART 1 – CREATING AN HISTORICAL WEATHER DASHBOARD It’s hard to think of an activity that depends on the weather and climate more than gardening. How cold does my location get? When is the last frost date? Is it too hot for this kind of plant? Do I need to water, or will it rain …
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Does weather affect my business? This seems like a simple question but as many of us have quickly learned, it is not a simple task. I have performance data for a set of stores and I am pretty certain that weather has been affecting my business, but I need create an analytical sheet to be …