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I, TydeNet, hereby wish to implement a WikiProject on Climate, with the main objective being the creation of a "Climate" infobox to place on specific city pages, etc. Despite the huge detail embodied in Wikiproject Cities, this very important element was found lacking.

Ideally, I'd like a sort of table that also converts numerical data into a graph to be displayed above the table. Unfortunately, I think this is above my level of programming prowess, thus the need for a Project. I'd like everyone's help here!

See below

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[edit] Meteorology and Weather

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[edit] Project details

The basic essence of the project is to first of all implement a basic Climate Table, and then build on it from there. My creation of said Climate table (at this point have not started the table per se) can be found here: Template:Climate Table.

Future programming of said infobox (eg to transpose data into a graph) should be postponed until the basic Climate table is off the ground.

[edit] Standard Infobox

{{Infobox Weather}}

Here's an example from the Detroit article with the reference in the <references/> section.


Weather averages for Detroit, Michigan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °F 31 33 44 58 70 79 83 81 74 62 48 35 58
Average low °F 16 18 27 37 48 57 62 60 53 41 32 22 39
Precipitation inches 1.9 1.7 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 2.8 2.2 2.7 2.5 32.3
Average high °C -1 1 6 14 21 26 28 27 23 16 8 1 14
Average low °C -8 -7 -2 2 8 13 16 15 11 5 0 -5 3
Precipitation cm 4 4 6 7 7 9 7 8 7 5 6 6 82
Source: Weatherbase [1] Nov 2006

[edit] References

  1. ^ Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Detroit, Michigan, United States of America (English). Retrieved on Nov 6, 2006.

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