When using data from external sources it’s a good idea to take note of when data was downloaded, which version (if possible) and with what.
Reproducibility with weathercan can be achieved by
taking note (or better yet, compiling reports) with the following
information:
- Your computer information (and date)
- R version
- Specific information on packages you’re using
- Citations if presenting in papers/reports
- The stations list version
For example:
# Work
library(weathercan)
s <- stations_search("Winnipeg", normals_years = "current")
w <- weather_dl(s, interval = "month", start = "2021-01-01")
# Reproducibility
stations_meta()
citation('weathercan')
devtools::session_info() # Install devtools if you don't have it## $ECCC_modified
## [1] "2025-07-01 23:30:00 UTC"
##
## $weathercan_modified
## [1] "2025-07-25"## To cite 'weathercan' in publications, please use:
##
## LaZerte, Stefanie E and Sam Albers (2018). weathercan: Download and format weather data from
## Environment and Climate Change Canada. The Journal of Open Source Software 3(22):571.
## doi:10.21105/joss.00571.
##
## A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
##
## @Article{,
## title = {{weathercan}: {D}ownload and format weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada},
## author = {Stefanie E LaZerte and Sam Albers},
## journal = {The Journal of Open Source Software},
## volume = {3},
## number = {22},
## pages = {571},
## year = {2018},
## url = {https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00571},
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## version R version 4.5.1 (2025-06-13)
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## system x86_64, linux-gnu
## ui RStudio
## language en_CA:en_US:en
## collate en_CA.UTF-8
## ctype en_CA.UTF-8
## tz America/Winnipeg
## date 2025-07-25
## rstudio 2025.05.0+496 Mariposa Orchid (desktop)
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