digital information design camp 2005

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Don't ask me why, but a while back I compiled a database of weather data from NOAA's archives. In the few visualizations I've done, it was very clear that the data looked very … Brownian. That's especially true if you plot a few year's worth of average temperature readings. Of course, our weather is not only random in the scientific sense, but everywhere I've lived has some local saying to describe the unbearable variability of the weather. In Boston, it's “If you don't like the weather in Boston, just wait 5 minutes.” In the visual, a circle is divided into 366 segments, one for each day of the year 2000. The radius at each of those days represents the average temperature. The color of the wedges show precipitation amounts, with white being no precipitation and the grayish-blue being more than 1 inch. The cities are all places where you'll find a DID camper. To Use: Select a couple of cities to compare. When you're done comparing them, just click anywhere on the screen.
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