The purpose of our project was to analyze two months of the year - June and December - according to temperature data in the city of Oahu in Hawaii. This will serve to decide if the surf and ice cream business is of year-round interest.
- Data Source: hawaii.sqlite
- Software: SQLite, SQLAlchemy, Flask, Jupyter Notebook
- average temperature is 74.94 degrees
- the temperature ranges from 64-85 degrees
- the temperature is 77 degrees or higher for about one week out of the month
- average temperature is 71.04 degrees
- the temperature ranges from 56-83 degrees
- the temperature is 69 degrees or lower for about one week out of the month
For a clear answer, we must dive into the world of surfing ourselves to understand what is good and what is bad, when it's comfortable and when it's not! With ice cream it's easier, hot - it's in your hands!
Perhaps this is one of the indispensable things in data analysis - to completely immerse yourself in the problem or the issue with which you are working, as they say - "get into his shoes."
So getting back to surfing issues - according to data obtained from the Internet, the comfortable temperature for surfing is on average 70, 80 is too hot, 60 requires special equipment. Now let's take a look at our data! In the coldest month of December - we can see that temperatures range from 56-69 for about one week. Thats not too bad. The colder weather may drive sales for wetsuits and other related gear, which is good for business. However, ice cream sales may not be as rewarding.
June presents almost the opposite with the hottest week of the month randing from 77 to 85 degrees. This is good for ice cream sales to cool those who may get uncomfortable in the higher temperatures.
Probably on the Internet you can find a map of surfing all over the world and use it to make sure that Oahu is one of those places on the planet where the surf and ice cream business can flourish all year round! But in order to look like professionals, we will do another dive into the data and pull out information on precipitation in June and December from there. And voilà!
- average is 0.14 mm
- precipitation range 0 - 4.43 mm
- majority of the month precipitation is less than 0.12 mm
We can conclude that there is at least one slightly rainy day per month that may deter surfers.
- average is 0.21 mm
- precipitation range from 0-6.42 mm
- majority of the month precipitation is less than 0.15 mm
We can conclude that there is at least one nearly heavy rain day per month that may deter surfers.
After we analyzed both the temperature and precipitation for the two most risky months of June and December, there is no doubt that Oahu, Hawaii location is suitable for the surf and ice cream business all over the year!
