A historical record of all thunderstorms reported in weather observations at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida. The dataset spans 16 years from 1957 to 1972 and was compiled by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. It documents storm events with detailed meteorological elements.
Use Cases
- Analyze thunderstorm duration and frequency using the recorded start and end date/time fields.
- Model thunderstorm movement and quadrant coverage based on direction of movement and first/last observed quadrant data.
- Correlate storm intensity with concurrent weather conditions like wind speed (sustained and gusts) and pressure tendency.
- Study lightning characteristics and their relationship to reported thunder frequency and storm intensity metrics.
- Investigate visibility and ceiling height minima associated with thunderstorm events for aviation safety analysis.
Strengths
- Covers a 16-year time range from 1957 to 1972.
- Includes multiple specific meteorological elements per storm event, such as intensity, movement, and associated weather.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with the last update in 1972.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single station at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
- Exact row count and sample size are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information).
- Collection Method
- Compiled from weather observations taken at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.
- Time Range
- 1957 to 1972.
- Freshness
- 1972-12-31
- Geography
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, USA.