checkDataAvailability: Check if WeatherUnderground has Data for given station and...

In weatherData: Get Weather Data from the Web

Description

Use this function to check if data is available for station and date If the station code or the date is invalid, function will return 0

Usage

checkDataAvailability(station_id, check_date, station_type = "airportCode")

Arguments

station_id	is a valid airport code or a valid Weather Station ID
check_date	is a a valid string representing a date in the past (string "YYYY-MM-DD")
station_type	is either airportCode or id

Value

1 if the station does have weather records for input date, 0 if no records were found

References

For a list of valid Weather Stations, try this format http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/ListStations.asp?selectedCountry=United+States and replace with your country of interest

Examples

## Not run: 
data_okay <- checkDataAvailability("HECA", "2014-01-01")


## End(Not run)

Example output

Getting data from:
 https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/HECA/2014/1/1/DailyHistory.html?format=1

URL does not seem to exist: https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/HECA/2014/1/1/DailyHistory.html?format=1
The original error message:
Could not resolve host: www.wunderground.comChecking Data Availability For HECA
Data is Not Available
Warning message:
In getDetailedWeather(station_id, check_date, station_type, opt_temperature_columns = T,  :
  Unable to get data from URL
 Check if URL is reachable

weatherData documentation built on June 6, 2017, 1:02 a.m.