Energy delivery of a shepherd sling and a .44 magnum December 28, 2024 The comparison between the kinetic energy delivery of a sling and a .44 magnum hold true, so long as the slingstone is large enough. The kinetic energy of a 16 gram .44 round is 1036.8 Joules. For example, it is possible to match the kinetic energy of a .44 magnum with an 8 kg stone… Read More
Ridgeline charts March 23, 2024 Is it a map of Middle Earth? Is it a distribution chart? Who cares? It looks great! It certainly looks much better than a row of box-and-whisker plots. Ridgeline charts can be a great way to compare multiple line charts, or to visualize data in 3D. The following chart shows the distribution of historical temperatures… Read More
Unmute November 23, 2021 People are encountering new challenges during the pandemic, like video meetings. Just think of how many times during a meeting you have to remind each other to “unmute.” Consequently, the word started coming up more frequently in Google at the beginning of the pandemic, as seen in the chart.… Read More
Sunspots October 26, 2021 What could possibly be as exciting as weather history? Space weather history! Space weather is partly caused by activity on the surface of the sun, such as sun spots. The solar cycle is quite reliable, occurring typically once every 11 years. The following NASA chart illustrates the number of sunspots that occur each month. The… Read More
Excess mortality in 3D October 25, 2021 Excess mortality is a statistic that shows how many more people are dying than usual. What does excess mortality look like from a 3D point of view? We’ve all seen the charts of deaths rising and falling during the pandemic, but they don’t always show what is going on in context. Looking at the data… Read More
Wapato July 9, 2021 Have a look at the annual and daily precipitation of Wapato, a town located on the Yakama Indian Reservation. It is an agricultural community that specializes in apples and potatoes. Farming there relies on irrigation because the climate is arid. Rain falls only 38 days a year on average, and of those days only 29… Read More
2021 west coast heat spell July 9, 2021 The west coast of the United States had a heat spell in June of 2021, breaking a number of records. Some weather stations on the west side of the Cascade Mountains recorded temperature highs of 116°F.… Read More
Interactive 3D weather charts May 27, 2021 Guadeloupe temperature maximums between 1950 and 2020 This chart may take 15 seconds to load, but if you’re willing to wait, you will get to see a good example of the way that interactive charts can be produced inside a blog entry.… Read More
Battle Ground May 20, 2021 Climate Binge is a weather charting tool that draws data from the Global Historical Climatology Network of land weather stations, and one of the member stations is in Battle Ground. The lowest and highest temperatures recorded at the Battle Ground station are -11°F and 107.1°F. Extreme temperatures Min -11.0°F 1/31/1950 Max 107.1°F 7/20/1956 Extreme temperatures… Read More
Is it really that cold in Ylistaro? April 21, 2021 This chart shows the daily temperatures minimum between 1959 and 2020 in Ylistaro, Finland. The information presented in the chart has three dimensions: year, calendar date, and temperature. The data has been smoothed in order to reveal patterns and trends, and days with missing values are interpolated. The contour map version of the chart has… Read More