On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> > You might be able to find, for example, a table of observed atmospheric
> > pressure at 5am every day at a specific weather station at an airport
> > in the city. I'm not sure how that would help on a test. If you are
> > investigating seasonal averages, you could try to get daily data an
> > average it yourself.
> >
> The problem: Natalia had to answer a question that was more
> or less like this: 4 friends travelled and one remained in
> Rio de Janeiro. They measured the air pressure, and got
> Adriana: 77 cm Hg (sic), Beatriz: 76 cm Hg, Carla: 75 cm Hg,
> Daniela: 65 cm Hg, Emilia: 84 cm Hg (sic). Which one remained
> in Rio?
>
> The desired answer was Beatriz, but she answered Adriana. And
> I want to prove that Rio has _more_ days with 77 than 76 cm Hg :-)
>
> I didn't find anything after 1:30 hours of google search :-(
Someone suggested contacting the airport for records.
If I wanted similar data for Austin, I don't think I'd be able to just
find a chart on-line, but one of the local TV stations has the data, and
might be able to give it to me. (I don't know what format they'd have it
in, either.)
Julia
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