HURRICANES.sav
This data set contains descriptive information about hurricanes that hit the US between 1851 and
1913. The unit of analysis for the data set is a hurricane.
Variable
YEAR
TIME
LATN
LONW
WIND
SAFFIR
PRESSURE
OCI
SIZE
NRADIUS
SRADIUS
ERADIUS
WRADIUS
Description
Year the hurricane occurred
Time the hurricane crossed the US coastline
Degrees north of the equator that the hurricane hit the US
Degrees west of the prime meridian that the hurricane hit the US
Maximum sustained windspeed in knots
Saffir-Simpson hurricane index
Central pressure in millibars
Outer Closed Isobar – pressure at the outside of the hurricane
Average radius of the hurricane
Radius of the hurricane to the North
Radius of the hurricane to the South
Radius of the hurricane to the East
Radius of the hurricane to the West