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# This article updates [[AnnualDataSummary|Annual Data Weather article]] contributed by David Jamieson ([http://kippfordweather.uk current web site]) in March 2011. | # This article updates [[AnnualDataSummary|Annual Data Weather article]] contributed by David Jamieson ([http://kippfordweather.uk current web site]) in March 2011. | ||
# A working example of the original Annual Weather Data Summary Ver 1.2. November 2012 Script by David Jamieson (PHP variant), is [http://www.fordingbridgeweather.co.uk/datasummary.php here]; note that example uses a different carrier page (see below) from the Weather Blue set of Alternative Templates available from the French only site [http://meteoduquebec.com/ Météo du Québec] and the international site [http://weatherbyyou.com/demo.php <strong>Weather</strong> <small>by</small><sub>You</sub>]. | # A working example of the original Annual Weather Data Summary Ver 1.2. November 2012 Script by David Jamieson (PHP variant), is [http://www.fordingbridgeweather.co.uk/datasummary.php here]; note that example uses a different carrier page (see below) from the Weather Blue set of Alternative Templates available from the French only site [http://meteoduquebec.com/ Météo du Québec] and the international site [http://weatherbyyou.com/demo.php <strong>Weather</strong> <small>by</small><sub>You</sub>]. | ||
# This article is called '''Daily Summary''' as it summarises scripts that various authors have contributed that take as their source daily | # This article is called '''Daily Summary''' as it summarises scripts that various authors have contributed that take as their source daily statistics output from Cumulus | ||
#* Typically these scripts allow the maximimum, minimum, average, or total of a statistic calculated for an individual day to be seen in a table that shows such values for many days often spanning at least one year. | #* Typically these scripts allow the maximimum, minimum, average, or total of a statistic calculated for an individual day to be seen in a table that shows such values for many days often spanning at least one year. | ||
# The scripts mentioned below range quite widely: | # The scripts mentioned below range quite widely: | ||
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* However, there are also scripts that are written in PHP and use database queries (typically '''[https://dev.mysql.com/doc/ MySQL]''') to retrieve the required statistics from a database Table containing these statistics with one table row for each day | * However, there are also scripts that are written in PHP and either read the dayfile.txt or use database queries (typically '''[https://dev.mysql.com/doc/ MySQL]''') to retrieve the required statistics from a database Table containing these statistics with one table row for each day | ||
*# The output from these scripts can be a calendar type table, similar to David's concept, that only shows a single weather criterion | *# The output from these scripts can be a calendar type table, similar to David's concept, that only shows a single weather criterion | ||
*# The output can be a subset of the database table, in that a number of selected database columns are shown, and there is one row for each day | *# The output can be a subset of the database table, in that a number of selected database columns are shown, and there is one row for each day | ||
*# The output can be for a single criterion, and for each day of the month (or year), figures shown for every year available; this allows instant comparison between | *# The output can be for a single criterion, and for each day of the month (or year), figures shown for every year available; this allows instant comparison between the same day in all years | ||