us_weather: United States Weather Data
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us_weather

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United States Weather Data

Description

This data contains weather data from 8 weather stations across the northern tier of the United States for 2 winter seasons.

Usage

us_weather

Format

A dataframe with 3,400 rows and 34 columns:

station: Station id
date: Date of weather observation
dewpoint_avg: Average dewpoint for the day, in Fahrenheit
drybulbtemp_avg: Average temperature for the day, in Fahrenheit
relativehumidity_avg: Average relative humidity for the day, in percent
sealevelpressure_avg: Average sea level pressure, in inches of mercury
stationpressure_avg: Average station pressure, in inches of mercury
wetbulbtemp_avg: Average wet bulb temperature, in Fahrenheit
windspeed_avg: Average daily wind speed, in miles per hour
cooling_degree_days: The number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit
departure_from_normal_temperature: The difference in observed from normal temperature, in Fahrenheit
heating_degree_days: The number of degrees that a day's average temperature is below 65 degrees Fahrenheit
drybulbtemp_max: The maximum observed dry bulb temperature, in Fahrenheit
drybulbtemp_min: The minimum observed dry bulb temperature, in Fahrenheit
peak_wind_direction: Wind direction when wind speed was the highest, in degrees. For example, 0 degrees means a north wind, 90 degrees an east wind, 180 degrees a south wind, and 270 degrees a west wind
peak_wind_speed: Highest observed wind speed, in miles per hour
precipitation: Total daily precipitation, measured in inches
snow_depth: Snow depth measured at the end of the day
snowfall: The amount of precipitation that fell as snow, in inches
wind_direction: Highest sustained wind direction of the day, in degrees (see peak_wind_direction for examples). Sustained wind is wind that occurred for 2 minutes or longer.
wind_speed: Highest sustained wind speed of the day, in miles per hour. Sustained wind is wind that occurred for 2 minutes or longer.
weather_occurances: Abbreviations for weather occurances for that day
sunrise: Time of sunrise
sunset: Time of sunset
month: Month of measurement, represented as a character string
month_numeric: Month of measurement, represented as numeric number
year: Year of measurement
day: Day of measurement
winter_group: Character vector of winter season
location: Character vector of location of weather observation
fog: A boolean object, Yes = fog observed during the day, No = no fog observed
mist: A boolean object, Yes = mist observed during the day, No = no mist observed
drizzle: A boolean object, Yes = drizzle observed during the day, No = no drizzle observed
rain: A boolean object, Yes = rain observed during the day, No = no rain observed
snow: A boolean object, Yes = snow observed during the day, No = no snow observed