Question

Raul is taking an advanced science class. Their last assignment for the year calls for his class to monitor the weather in a certain area of the United States and compare it to the weather of the same area in the last 5 years to see if there are any interesting trends. Raul is assigned to keep track of Florida.

Which tool would be best for Raul to use to keep track of the weather in Florida?

A.
local weather app for Florida residents
B.
National Weather Service (.gov) website
C.
newspaper articles with weekly weather predictions
D.
internet search for "how weather changed in Florida"

Answer 1

B. National Weather Service (.gov) website

Reason: The NWS (and related NOAA/NCEI sites) provide authoritative, station-based current observations, archived historical weather and climate data, and tools for analyzing multi-year trends—resources needed to compare Florida's weather over the last five years.