Motivation
Studying
ice events is important because ice can have negative impacts on the residents
of North Carolina. Such impacts include car accidents, power outages,
wind chill, frostbite, and hypothermia. Understanding where most ice occurs can
help emergency managers to better prepare. For this project we explored
the eight climate divisions of North Carolina to determine which experienced
the most ice. Our hypothesis is that most ice events occur in the
Piedmont region.
Method
First
we identified the eight climate divisions of North Carolina. Then we pulled
data from the State Climate Office of North Carolina's CRONOS database. Next we
summed up the number of days where ice was observed for each Winter season
(November 1st through March 31st) between 2004-2009, then
took the average of those values. These data were graphed and analyzed using
Microsoft Office Excel.
