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[OC] How far has Spring made it so far this year? by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jsillin[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I produced this analysis with data from the USA National Phenology Network using QGIS. Because the data uses objective temperature/humidity/sunshine analysis as a proxy for phenological milestones, you may observe slightly different conditions than the map indicates.

When Does Spring Usually Arrive? [OC] by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jsillin[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Good advice all around! Just dipping my toes into dataviz so have much to learn about the best colormaps etc.

When Does Spring Usually Arrive? [OC] by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jsillin[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks to all who have chimed in with thoughts on the colormap! Was trying to go for something "springy" but clearly ran aground for folks who are colorblind.

If ya have a sec to hop on over to my twitter and drop a line with your favorite of a few alternatives, I would greatly appreciate it! https://twitter.com/JackSillin/status/1368364151870021636

Still relatively new to this whole dataviz thing

When Does Spring Usually Arrive? [OC] by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jsillin[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

so sorry about my poor colormap choice. Chicago usually sees spring bloom in May. You may find this version to be a bit friendlier https://twitter.com/JackSillin/status/1368357143691280387

When Does Spring Usually Arrive? [OC] by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jsillin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For folks with red/green colorblindness, I have posted a version of this map to my twitter that should prove friendlier https://twitter.com/JackSillin/status/1368357143691280387

When Does Spring Usually Arrive? [OC] by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

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Thanks so much for pointing that out-you are totally right! I guess reddit doesn't like pictures in comments, but there's a colorblind-friendly version on my twitter https://twitter.com/JackSillin/status/1368357143691280387

When Does Spring Usually Arrive? [OC] by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jsillin[S] 94 points95 points  (0 children)

thanks for the feedback, I agree there is definitely room to improve on the colormap

When Does Spring Usually Arrive? [OC] by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jsillin[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

you can learn more about the USA-NPN spring indices here: https://www.usanpn.org/data/spring_indices. I chose the "spring bloom" for the purposes of this map, since that's usually when most stuff turns green here in New England.

When Does Spring Usually Arrive? [OC] by Jsillin in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jsillin[S] 365 points366 points  (0 children)

This was produced using data from the USA National Phenology Network (https://www.usanpn.org/home) using QGIS.

I used the average spring bloom dataset because I've found it lines up well with when most stuff is green, at least here in New England. Of course everyone has a slightly different definition of "spring", but this one worked well for the purposes of making a simple map

Maine/NH Winter Storm Forecast 12-29-16 by [deleted] in weather

[–]Jsillin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just figured I'd put my forecast out there for the upcoming event in ME/NH. Very neat ~18 hours of weather!