In another thread Matt Herring wrote:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Herring
Just wanted to pass along this nice link if you're interested in plotting your mpg vs. your weather conditions over the course of your tank. Daily high/low temp, precip, etc. are available by zip code lookup with the link below...just change the zip to get yours.
AccuWeather.com Past Month Weather Data for Danvers, MA |
The link (with some additional links and additional info) seems worthy of it's own thread.
With regard to Matt's link, entering a zip code takes you to -
(using Matt's same zip for this example):
AccuWeather local forecast page for Davers, MA.
Getting to the actual detailed tabular data requires -
- Scroll to the Past Weather Check section (near page bottom)
- For day by day data select: Past Month
(data source is based on zip - in this case Bos (Boston Airport???)).
- For hour by hour data select: Past 24 Hours
(curiously source is now BVY - beverly muni arpt, ma).
Weather Underground weather history pages are a useful alternative with:
- Tabular data (but less clean layout than AccuWeather).
- Data summaries & graphs.
- Access to comma delimited data files (for import to spread sheet).
- Multiple, selectable data sources. (* See end notes)
- (For some data sources) samples every few minutes.
(Possibly relevant for some ABA tests. Depends on proximity to data source).
Start with
Weather Underground local forecast page for Danvers, Massachusetts.]
(Change zip as desired)
Getting to the detailed data requires:
- Select a source for your current conditions.
--- Drop down box (with 18 possible sources for Danves, MA. *See End Notes.)
- Scroll down to the History & Almanac section and click the View button
From the details page change date(s) and/or views (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, Custom).
The tabular data is toward the bottom of the page.
Comma delimited file link below tabular data section.
*End Notes:
- The weather source for the details page depends on source selected on/for the forecast page.
- No convenient way to change the weather source from the details pages.
(Inconvenient way - edit the url in the address bar.)
- If you're really in North Andover, MA (as indicated in your profile), Lawrence Airport would seem to be a better weather data source than Boston (Airport?).
- If you're really in Danvers, MA (as indicated by the AccuWeather link), Royalside (Harbor???) would seem to be a better weather data source than Boston (Airport?).
- Weather Underground seems no more sensible about matching a default data source to the zip code you enter than does AccuWeather.