Hurricane Data (xlsx)

How can you tell the difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm? How hard does the wind really blow during a hurricane? Check out this dataset for some great weather data!

Types of Instruction: 

  • Data Activity, Data Interpretation, Data Practice, Data Work

Grades: 

  • 6, 7, 8, 9+

Subjects: 

  • Earth Science

Topics: 

  • Analyzing and interpreting data, Earth's Surface Systems, Earth's Systems, Weather and Climate

Statistical Concepts: 

  • Variability

Skills: 

  • analyzing data, graphing data, interpreting data, organizing data, representing data, using math in science

Graph Types: 

  • Box plot, Dot plot
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Hurricane Data (xlsx)

Data Set for: 

Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data
Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data