| INTRODUCTION | |
| You have been provided with daily weather data (rainfall, minimum temperature, maximum temperature) | |
| for the year 2010 for 18 major U.S. cities. | |
| You have also been provided with Latitude, Longitude, Elevation and 2010 Population data for each of the | |
| 18 cities. | |
| Full details can be found in the ‘Cities’ worksheet of the provided workbook. | |
| TASK | |
| Bring this data to life. Show the patterns and information hiding in it. Build a model in Excel, interactive if | |
| you wish, that lets the user see the data in an interesting way. | |
| Create an easy and fun way for the user to explore the weather data for their chosen city or cities. There | |
| are no fixed guidelines for what you should or should not focus on. Each judge will rank their top five | |
| favourite models based on their own subjective view of what they like. | |
| LOCATION DATA | |
| You have also been provided with a JPG map file showing a blank outline of the 48 contiguous US states, | |
| with the location of the 18 cities marked by number (miniature version included below). You may or may | |
| not choose to make use of this image in your work. | |
| Alternatively, you may wish to use the Latitude and Longitude co-ordinates provided with some of Excel's | |
| newer map tools. | |
| Or you may choose to not incorporate location data, or incorporate it in some other way. It is entirely up to | |
| you. Good luck! | |
| Index City State | |
| 1 Atlanta Georgia | |
| 2 Boston Massachusetts | |
| 3 Chicago Illinois | |
| 4 Dallas Texas | |
| 5 Denver Colorado | |
| 6 Detroit Michigan | |
| 7 Houston Texas | |
| 8 Kansas City Missouri | |
| 9 Los Angeles California | |
| 10 Miami Florida | |
| 11 Minneapolis Minnesota | |
| 12 New Orleans Louisiana | |
| 13 New York New York | |
| 14 Phoenix Arizona | |
| 15 Salt Lake City Utah | |
| 16 San Francisco California | |
| 17 Seattle Washington | |
| 18 Washington DC | |