Climate Data :: SAS/IML(R) Studio 12.3: User's Guide

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 that contains 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