Mean Annual Temperatures in Seattle, Washington¶
DATA DESCRIPTION
This data comes from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Global Surface Temperature Analysis tool, which compiles land temperatures from the Global Historical Climatology Network (data collected by weather stations) and sea temperatures from the Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature program (data collected primarily from sensors on floats in the ocean). This dataset corrects for changes in temperature readings that result from alterations of instrumentation, relocation of sensors, and urbanization. The units of data is degrees Fahrenheit.
DATA CITATION
Menne, Matthew J.; Williams, Claude N. Jr.; Korzeniewski, Bryant (2017): North American Dataset, Version 1 [Seattle]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi: 10.7289/V5348HN5 [accessed September 11, 2023].
SITE DESCRIPTION
Seattle is the largest city in the state of Washington and is the 15th-largest city in the United States [1]. The city is located on the Northwest Pacific Coast of North America and has a wet Mediterranean-influenced climate with cold, wet winters and short, warm, dry summers [1].
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[1] Wikipedia contributors. (2023, August 23). Seattle. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:06, September 12, 2023, from (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seattle&oldid=1171767045)