Exploratory Data Analysis Project

Storm Data

An Exploratory Data Analysis of NWS Storm Data.

Uses Python to evaluate storm events data from the National Weather Service to assist in determining if storms are becoming more intense.

Introduction

I wanted to tackle whether “storms are getting more intense.” In my comparisons between 1999 and 2019 data, I found only slight differences in the intensity of storms, as measured by wind speed and hail size. The magnitude of the size of storms, however, decreased by almost 50%. The value of property damage also decreased. This led me to conclude that storms are not getting more intense when looking at this specific twenty-year comparison.

Hypothesis

Storms are getting more intense.

Data Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS)
Data source can be found here

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