How do the temperatures compare and/or contrast for these 3 US cities with similar latitude? What patterns do you expect?
cities with similar latitude
Richmond, VA
37.50 N 77.33 W
Dodge City, KS 37.77
N 99.97 W
San Francisco, CA 37.62 N 122.38 W
Find a US Map and locate these cities. Import this data below into Excel, a graphing calculator, or Fathom. Do some exploratory analysis with graphs and simple univariate statistics (mean, median, mode, range). Bring in your understanding of these statistics and the real world context (geography can help!) to describe how the temperatures compare.
Average Monthly Temperatures ( 1=January, ..., 12=December)
Month Richmond DodgeCity
SanFran
1 35.7
29.8
51.1
2 38.7
35
52.6
3 48
43.5
52.8
4 57.3
54.7
54.8
5
66
64.2
57.1
6 73.9
74.4
60.7
7 78
80.3
63.1
8 76.8
78.2
64
9 70
69
63.6
10 58.6
57.5
61
11 49.6
43.2
55.5
12 40.1
32.5
51.1