Climate Data Development

2026-02-21 • 29 min read

Prototype charts for climate data exploration.

Prototype work for alternate climate chart forms.

Radial chart inspiration: NASA SVS 5190.

Data source / inspiration: USDA NWCC Upper Colorado Region TAVG basin plot.

Radial Average Air Temperature (Prototype)

Upper Colorado Region TAVG, mapped to radial distance from chart center by water-year day.

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Water-Year Average TAVG (Stacked Rows, Prototype): One row per water year, positioned by annual average temperature, colored early→recent.

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Slope note: the slope readout reflects between-year change in the selected rolling window at the hovered water-year day, not raw daily temperature change.