Climate Data

The Climate data set contains geographical and meteorological data for certain cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States.

The following list describes each variable.

station

name of city containing the weather station

longitude

longitude of city

latitude

latitude of city

elevationFeet

elevation of city, in feet above mean sea level

JanMaxF

average maximum temperature in January, in degrees Fahrenheit

JanMinF

average minimum temperature in January, in degrees Fahrenheit

AprMaxF

average maximum temperature in April, in degrees Fahrenheit

AprMinF

average minimum temperature in April, in degrees Fahrenheit

JulMaxF

average maximum temperature in July, in degrees Fahrenheit

JulMinF

average minimum temperature in July, in degrees Fahrenheit

OctMaxF

average maximum temperature in October, in degrees Fahrenheit

OctMinF

average minimum temperature in October, in degrees Fahrenheit

extremeMaxF

highest recorded temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit

extremeMinF

lowest recorded temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit

JanAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in January, in inches

FebAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in February, in inches

MarAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in March, in inches

AprAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in April, in inches

MayAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in May, in inches

JunAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in June, in inches

JulAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in July, in inches

AugAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in August, in inches

SepAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in September, in inches

OctAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in October, in inches

NovAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in November, in inches

DecAvePrecipIn

average precipitation in December, in inches

totalAvePrecipIn

average total annual precipitation, in inches