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Use Color to Convey Information
Label your data with text and colors.
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data = Table[

   Last /@ WeatherData["KCMI", 

     "MeanTemperature", {{i, 1, 1}, {i, 12, 31}, "Month"}], {i, 2001, 

    2007, 1}];
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BarChart3D[data, ChartLayout -> "Grid", 

 ChartLabels -> {Range[2001, 2007], {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", 

    "May", "June", "July", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"}}, 

 ColorFunction -> "TemperatureMap", 

 PlotLabel -> 

  "2001-2007 Champaign City Monthly Temperature Statistics", 

 Ticks -> {None, None, Automatic}, 

 ViewPoint -> {6.14459, -5.50656, 6.31836}]
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