IEM Daily Feature
Wednesday, 04 April 2012
Wednesday, 04 April 2012
In-state correlations
Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:57 AM
The past few days have seen some remarkable differences in high
temperature over Iowa. The featured chart presents the daily high
temperature correlation coefficient between a handful of sites in the
state. A value of one indicates a positive correlation, but not
necessarily that their daily high temperatures are equal. A short
physical distance comparison is shown for Ames versus Des Moines to
compare against the cross-state pairs. In all cases, the lowest
correlations are during the summertime as high temperatures are often
guided by the effects of clouds and rain from small scale processes.
Looking SW to NE or SE to NW over the state does not appear to yield a
significant difference in this crude comparison.
Voting:
Good = 24
Bad = 7
Tags: highs
Voting:
Good = 24
Bad = 7
Tags: highs