A Novel Framework for Selecting Informative Meteorological Stations Using Monte Carlo Feature Selection (MCFS) Algorithm

Table 1

Summary statistics of precipitation and temperature (1971–2017).

Variable	Station	Minimum	1^st quartile	Median	3^rd quartile	Maximum	St. dev.
Precipitation	Bahawalpur	0.00	0.00	3.00	15.55	562.60	36.90
	Bahawalnagar	0.00	0.00	4.15	21.43	263.10	37.35
	Faisalabad	0.00	1.48	12.30	40.63	438.90	52.22
	Jhelum	0.00	12.20	36.20	94.83	648.60	94.87
	Khanpur	0.00	0.00	0.60	7.00	308.00	30.35
	Lahore	0.00	5.23	21.55	69.50	640.00	86.84
	Mianwali	0.00	4.18	23.40	68.78	530.00	63.31
	Multan	0.00	0.01	4.30	20.93	231.20	32.09
	Murree	0.00	47.20	112.15	216.08	704.30	127.19
	Rawalpindi	0.00	19.70	57.30	131.35	743.30	127.24
	Sargodha	0.00	4.00	20.25	49.23	351.20	55.61
	Sialkot	0.00	9.08	37.30	94.88	917.60	128.98
Maximum temperature	Bahawalpur	18.23	26.63	35.10	38.90	44.50	7.13
	Bahawalnagar	16.10	26.35	34.95	38.53	44.60	7.42
	Faisalabad	15.80	24.40	33.50	36.80	42.80	7.25
	Jhelum	16.20	24.38	32.80	35.60	43.20	6.88
	Khanpur	19.30	27.28	35.40	39.10	44.90	7.10
	Lahore	15.20	24.75	33.05	35.60	43.10	6.85
	Mianwali	14.50	24.48	33.75	37.90	43.80	7.65
	Multan	17.96	26.33	34.80	38.50	44.20	7.30
	Murree	3.80	12.68	19.00	22.40	31.83	6.00
	Rawalpindi	14.80	22.18	30.95	34.23	41.10	6.93
	Sargodha	15.40	24.88	33.65	37.13	44.50	7.33
	Sialkot	13.50	23.50	31.80	34.23	42.90	6.99
Minimum temperature	Bahawalpur	3.70	10.68	19.15	26.33	30.30	8.30
	Bahawalnagar	3.10	10.93	19.90	26.70	30.90	8.13
	Faisalabad	1.80	8.90	17.85	25.50	29.30	8.41
	Jhelum	2.80	9.40	17.60	24.60	28.00	7.71
	Khanpur	0.90	9.38	18.10	25.80	29.60	8.44
	Lahore	4.20	11.30	19.95	26.00	29.60	7.55
	Mianwali	0.70	8.55	17.50	25.70	30.20	8.68
	Multan	2.90	10.00	19.40	27.13	30.80	8.70
	Murree	-5.50	3.00	9.95	14.60	18.40	6.32
	Rawalpindi	0.60	7.00	15.15	22.63	26.70	7.86
	Sargodha	1.00	9.39	18.55	25.60	29.20	8.47
	Sialkot	2.50	9.08	17.45	24.12	27.30	7.67