For my final data visualization project, I chose to work with a data set about the average temperature in LA, Chicago and New York over time. The source for this data set is Berkeley Earth.
I decided to work with this dataset because student I was really interested to learn about the change in temperatures over time. It is interesting to compare them, and see if there are any patterns or affects you can see from climate change.
For my final data visualization project, I chose to work with only the temperatures from December each year. I also cut out a bit of earlier data, as it started in the 1800s.Â
I decided to work with this dataset because it was really interesting to me and it is really cool to see how the average fluctuated over time.
In my visualization, the data is represented as dots. Each city has their own line of dots. Each dot represents the year and what the average temperature was only in December that year.
To interact with the visualization, try hovering over each dot to see specific the year and temperature.
One interesting thing I noticed during this project is how Chicago fluctuates the most and LA fluctuates the least,
Something I still wonder about is if there is any overall pattern or if the data was more recent, would it show a rise in temperature?
The most challenging moment of this project was cleaning all the data. My dataset had a ton of data, and it was a lot of work to go through and figure out what I actually wanted to use.
If I had more time, I would like to have a different screen comparing the different lines with each other.
My proudest moment during this project was when I finally got it to work and was able to complete my project.