Downloaded with weather(). Terms are more thoroughly defined
here https://climate.weather.gc.ca/glossary_e.html
Format
An example dataset of daily weather data for Kamloops:
- station_name
Station name
- station_id
Environment Canada's station ID number. Required for downloading station data.
- prov
Province
- lat
Latitude of station location in degree decimal format
- lon
Longitude of station location in degree decimal format
- date
Date
- year
Year
- month
Month
- day
Day
- cool_deg_days
Cool degree days
- cool_deg_days_flag
Cool degree days flag
- dir_max_gust
Direction of max wind gust
- dir_max_gust_flag
Direction of max wind gust flag
- heat_deg_days
Heat degree days
- heat_deg_days_flag
Heat degree days flag
- max_temp
Maximum temperature
- max_temp_flag
Maximum temperature flag
- mean_temp
Mean temperature
- mean_temp_flag
Mean temperature flag
- min_temp
Minimum temperature
- min_temp_flag
Minimum temperature flag
- snow_grnd
Snow on the ground (cm)
- snow_grnd_flag
Snow on the ground flag
- spd_max_gust
Speed of the max gust km/h
- spd_max_gust_flag
Speed of the max gust flag
- total_precip
Total precipitation (any form)
- total_precip_flag
Total precipitation flag
- total_rain
Total rain (any form)
- total_rain_flag
Total rain flag
- total_snow
Total snow (any form)
- total_snow_flag
Total snow flag
- elev
Elevation (m)
- climate_id
Climate identifier
- WMO_id
World Meteorological Organization Identifier
- TC_id
Transport Canada Identifier