Sample Data Sets

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

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