bravnot t1_jdczj1t wrote on March 23, 2023 at 2:48 PM

The irony of someone posting really stale and incorrect data in the "data is beautiful" sub... ONLY ACCURATE DATA IS BEAUTIFUL

kompootor t1_jddzvz4 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:39 PM

You're misusing the terms "accurate" and "incorrect". "Out of date" is the term you are looking for.

The article was published March 2, and a long article like this may very well have taken a couple weeks to write, illustrate, fact-check, and edit, which might explain the use of older data.

bravnot t1_jde059o wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:41 PM

Yeah you're right, it's accurate up to the date it was collected but it's meaningless and out of date now.

kompootor t1_jde6li0 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 7:21 PM

The article covers the progression of droughts from 2000 to 2022. Only a small portion of what is said in the article can be discounted due to the recent storms. And that's frankly only if drought conditions don't immediately return within a few months.