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In aimsir17: Irish Weather Observing Stations Hourly Records for 2017

Irish Weather Data from Ireland's Weather Observing Stations in 2017. It now includes energy generation data for 2017 in the tibble eirgrid17.

Hourly records from January-December based on the following weather observation stations:

Athenry, Co. Galway
Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
Belmullet, Co. Mayo
Casement Aerodrome, Co. Dublin
Claremorris, Co. Mayo
Cork Airport, Co. Cork
Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin
Dunsany (Grange), Co. Meath
Finner Camp, Co. Donegal
Gurteen, Co. Tipperary
Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford
Knock Airport, Co. Mayo
Mace Head, Co. Galway
Malin Head, Co. Donegal
Markree Castle, Co. Sligo
Moore Park, Co. Cork
Mount Dillon, Co. Roscommon
Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Newport Furnace, Co. Mayo
Oak Park, Co. Carlow
Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin
Roches point SWS, Co. Cork
Shannon Airport, Co. Clare
Sherkin Island, Co. Cork
Valentia Observatory, Co. Kerry

See also, major weather events, which in 2017 including Storm Ophelia (October 9, 2017 – October 18, 2017)

In order to maximise the usefulness of the observations, R's tidyverse tools such as dplyr and ggplot2 can be used. Here are three examples showing their use.

Author: Jim Duggan
Affiliations
School of Computer Science, NUI Galway.
Ryan Institute, NUI Galway.
Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway.

Copyright Met Éireann and EirGrid
Source www.met.ie, http://www.eirgridgroup.com/how-the-grid-works/renewables/
This data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Met Éireann does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use.
This material has been modified from the original, in terms of the following:
New columns added to the data for Year, Month, Day and Hour.
Columns representing indicators removed.
The column date transformed to a POSIXct type
For the energy data from EirGrid, please note that the data contained herein is indicative as it is based on raw 15-minute SCADA readings which have yet to be quality controlled. EirGrid as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) for Ireland and SONI as the TSO for Northern Ireland make no warranties or representations of any kind with respect of this document, including, without limitation, its quality, accuracy and completeness. While every effort has been made in the compilation of this report to ensure that the information herein is correct, the TSOs do not accept liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of this document or any reliance on the information it contains. Use of this document and the information it contains is at the user’s sole risk. In addition, the TSOs strongly recommend that any party wishing to make a decision based on the content of this document should consult the TSOs in advance.