Mean Monthly Temperatures II

The graphs below show mean monthly temperatures over five year periods a century apart in the four grape growing regions you have been exploring. Develop mathematical models for each county during each time period.


County:
Napa - CA
Yamhill - OR
Yakima - WA
Oliver - BC


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To Start You Thinking

1) Explain what the differences in the functions you created tell you about differences in the temperatures across place and time in the four regions.


Notes

Temperature data from PRISM Climate Group: Historical Past (1895-1980), (Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University, 2017), downloaded December 12, 2017.


Last modified in August, 2024 by Rick Thomas