import_monthly: Import monthly temperature and precipitation data

View source: R/import_monthly.R

import_monthlyR Documentation

Import monthly temperature and precipitation data

Description

This function imports monthly temperature and precipitation data from ClimateAnalyzer.org into R.

Usage

import_monthly(
  station_id,
  start_year,
  end_year = NULL,
  month = "all",
  convert = FALSE
)

Arguments

station_id

The character string of the station_id field from stations.

start_year

The four digit number of the first year of interest.

end_year

The four digit number of the last year of interest. Default is NULL. If NULL, current year will be used.

month

A number for the month, 1 for January through 12 for December or 'all' for all months. Default is 'all'.

convert

Logical. If TRUE, data are precipitation and temperature values are converted to metric. These converted values are included as additional columns in the data frame denoted by "_mm" or "_C". Default is FALSE.

Value

A tibble.

See Also

The import_data wrapper function.

Examples

library(climateAnalyzeR)

# Import monthly precipitation and temperature data
import_monthly(station_id = 'canyonlands_theneedle', start_year = 2000,
               end_year = 2010)

# Import monthly precipitation and temperature data for the month of June and
# convert values to metric
import_monthly(station_id = 'canyonlands_theneedle', start_year = 2000,
               end_year = 2010, month = 6, convert = TRUE)


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