Get rainfall data at NOAA NCDC sites — util_rain • tbeptools

Get rainfall data at NOAA NCDC sites

Usage

util_rain(station = NULL, start, end, token, ntry = 5, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

station: character for the station id to retrieve
start: character for start of time period as YYYY-MM-DD
end: character for end of time period as YYYY-MM-DD
token: character for the NOAA API key
ntry: numeric for the number of times to try to download the data
quiet: logical to print progress in the console

Value

a single value data frame with the rainfall sum in inches

Details

This function is used to retrieve a long-term record of rainfall for the requested station. A NOAA API key is required to use the function.

See also

anlz_hydroload

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
noaa_key <- Sys.getenv('NOAA_KEY')
util_rain('GHCND:USW00092806', start = '2021-01-01', end = '2021-12-31', noaa_key)
} # }