Analyze Temperature Array

Introduction

In this challenge, a junior meteorologist will process daily temperature readings to gain insights into local weather patterns using C programming array manipulation skills. The goal is to declare an integer array to store 6 daily temperature readings, calculate the average temperature, find and store the highest and lowest temperatures, and print out the results with clear, descriptive labels.

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Analyze Temperature Array

As a junior meteorologist, you'll process daily temperature readings to gain insights into local weather patterns using C programming array manipulation skills.

Tasks

• Declare an integer array to store 6 daily temperature readings
• Calculate the average temperature
• Find and store the highest temperature
• Find and store the lowest temperature
• Print out the average, highest, and lowest temperatures

Requirements

• Create the solution in the file ~/project/temperature_analysis.c
• Use an integer array to store 6 temperature values
• Temperatures should be stored in the order: 72, 68, 75, 80, 65, 78
• Calculate the average temperature using a floating-point calculation
• Print the results with clear, descriptive labels
• Use a single for loop to process the array efficiently

Examples

Complile and run the program to display the average, highest, and lowest temperatures.

gcc temperature_analysis.c -o temperature_analysis
./temperature_analysis

Example output:

Average Temperature: 73.0 degrees
Highest Temperature: 80 degrees
Lowest Temperature: 65 degrees

Hints

• Use a single for loop to calculate total and find max/min.
• Convert integer total to float for average calculation, such as float average = (float)total / 6.
• Initialize max and min with the first array element.
• Use comparison operators to track highest and lowest temperatures.

Summary

In summary, this challenge requires the junior meteorologist to use C programming skills to process an array of daily temperature readings. The tasks include declaring an integer array to store 6 temperature values, calculating the average temperature, finding and storing the highest and lowest temperatures, and printing the results with clear labels.