/pdsg-weather-plots

A collection of visuals exploring historical US weather data re wind events in CST/PST timezones and lake effect snow.

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Weather plots

Data downloaded from NOAA's Storm Event Database, courteously trimmed by by Jonathan Mackrory, and includes events, locations, fatalities. Dictionary of terms available from the NOAA at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/sym/pd01016005curr.pdf for field details. Some things under inquiry:

  • Wind and tornado event counts in CST time zones
  • Weather event type frequency in coastal western states (WA, OR, CA, AK, HI)
  • Financial damage incurred by "lake-effect" snowstorms (I'm from Ohio)