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. Terms are more thoroughly defined
here https://climate.weather.gc.ca/glossary_e.html
Format
An example dataset of hourly weather data for Prince George:
- 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
- time
Time
- year
Year
- month
Month
- day
Day
- hour
Hour
- qual
Data quality
- weather
The state of the atmosphere at a specific time.
- hmdx
Humidex
- hmdx_flag
Humidex data flag
- pressure
Pressure (kPa)
- pressure_flag
Pressure data flag
- rel_hum
Relative humidity
- rel_hum_flag
Relative humidity data flag
- temp
Temperature
- temp_dew
Dew Point Temperature
- temp_dew_flag
Dew Point Temperatureflag
- visib
Visibility (km)
- visib_flag
Visibility data flag
- wind_chill
Wind Chill
- wind_chill_flag
Wind Chill flag
- wind_dir
Wind Direction (10's of degrees)
- wind_dir_flag
wind Direction Flag
- wind_spd
Wind speed km/hr
- wind_spd_flag
Wind speed flag
- elev
Elevation (m)
- climate_id
Climate identifier
- WMO_id
World Meteorological Organization Identifier
- TC_id
Transport Canada Identifier