Feature name

meaning

Numerical examples

Data

Specific date

The specific date and time: January 25th, 2018

Year

age

Year value, example: 2018

Month

month

Month value, example: 1

Day

date

Numerical value, example: 25

Day of week

What day of the week?

Number of weeks, example: 4

If weekday

Is it a weekend?

0: weekdays, 1: Saturdays and Sundays

Holiday type

Types of holidays

A: New Year’s Day, B: Spring Festival, C: Qingming, D: Labor Day, E: Dragon Boat Festival, F: Mid-Autumn Festival, G: National Day

If holiday

Is it a holiday?

0: non-holidays, 1: holidays

Weather type

Weather type

A: sunny, B: cloudy, C: light rain, D: moderate rain, E: heavy rain, F: heavy rain, G: light snow, H: sleet

Max temperature

Daily maximum temperature (˚C)

Temperature range −2˚C - 38˚C

Min temperature

Minimum daily temperature (˚C)

Temperature range −3.9˚C - 30˚C

Mean temperature

Average daily temperature (˚C)

Temperature range −1.3˚C - 33.5˚C

humidity

Average daily humidity (%)

Humidity value, example: 28

wind speed

Wind speed (m/s)

Wind speed, example: 3

wind rank

Wind speed grade

1: no wind, 2: light wind, 3: gentle wind, 4: strong wind, 5: strong wind, 6: typhoon

at_pressure

Atmospheric pressure (hpa)

Numerical value, example: 1013

Visibility

Visibility (km)

Numerical value, example: 23.5

Daily rainfall

Daily rainfall (mm)

Daily rainfall value, example: 12.5

Average cloud cover

Average cloud cover (%)

Average cloud cover value, example: 84

Average_retail_X

Average daily retail amount

Average daily retail amount of a certain category of clothing, for example: 592.33

total_retail_X

Total daily retail amount

Total daily retail amount of a certain category of clothing, for example: 1777

total_transaction_X

Total daily transaction amount

Total daily turnover of a certain category of clothing, for example: 1414.3

Average_discount_X

Average discount rate

Average discount rate of a certain type of clothing, for example: 0.8