ec_climate_data_base: Low-level access to the EC Climate Bulk Data Service
In paleolimbot/rclimateca: Fetch Climate Data from Environment Canada

Description Usage Arguments Value References Examples

Low-level access to the EC Climate Bulk Data Service

ec_climate_data_base(location, timeframe = c("monthly", "daily",
  "hourly"), year = NULL, month = NULL, cache = NULL,
  quiet = FALSE, check_dates = FALSE,
  endpoint = "http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/bulk_data_e.html")

`location`	A vector of unambiguous name identifiers or station IDs (resolved using as_ec_climate_location).
`timeframe`	One of monthly, daily, or hourly.
`year`	The year for which to get data (required for daily requests)
`month`	The month for which to get data (required for hourly requests)
`cache`	A directory in which to cache downloaded files
`quiet`	Use FALSE for verbose output
`check_dates`	Check the request data against ec_climate_locations_all to avoid downloading data that is known not to exist. Pass FALSE to circumvent this check.
`endpoint`	The web address for the EC data service

A data.frame (tibble) of the downloaded data frame, with all columns as character vectors

http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_e.html ftp://client_climate@ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Pub/Get_More_Data_Plus_de_donnees/Readme.txt

# station 27141 is Kentville CDA CS
monthly <- ec_climate_data_base(27141, timeframe = "monthly")
daily <- ec_climate_data_base(27141, timeframe = "daily", year = 1999)
hourly <- ec_climate_data_base(27141, timeframe = "hourly", year = 1999, month = 7)