Daily weather data from a three locations (Wollongong, Hobart, Uluru) in Australia
Source: weatherAUS in rattle.data R package
date The date of observation (a Date object).
location The common name of the location of the weather station.
mintemp The minimum temperature in degrees celsius.
maxtemp The maximum temperature in degrees celsius.
rainfall The amount of rainfall recorded for the day in mm.
evaporation The so-called Class A pan evaporation (mm) in the 24 hours to 9am.
sunshine The number of hours of bright sunshine in the day.
windgustdir The direction of the strongest wind gust in the 24 hours to midnight.
windgustspeed The speed (km/h) of the strongest wind gust in the 24 hours to midnight.
temp9am Temperature (degrees C) at 9am.
relhumid9am Relative humidity (percent) at 9am.
cloud9am Fraction of sky obscured by cloud at 9am. This is measured in “oktas”, which are a unit of eigths. It records how many eigths of the sky are obscured by cloud. A 0 measure indicates completely clear sky whilst an 8 indicates that it is completely overcast.
windspeed9am Wind speed (km/hr) averaged over 10 minutes prior to 9am.
pressure9am Atmospheric pressure (hpa) reduced to mean sea level at 9am.
temp3pm Temperature (degrees C) at 3pm.
relhumid3pm Relative humidity (percent) at 3pm.
cloud3pm Fraction of sky obscured by cloud (in “oktas”: eighths) at 3pm. See Cload9am for a description of the values.
windspeed3pm Wind speed (km/hr) averaged over 10 minutes prior to 3pm.
pressure3pm Atmospheric pressure (hpa) reduced to mean sea level at 3pm.
raintoday ‘Yes’ if precipitation (mm) in the 24 hours to 9am exceeds 1mm, otherwise ‘No’.
risk_mm The amount of rain. A kind of measure of the “risk”.
raintomorrow Did it rain tomorrow? 1 if precipitation (mm) in the 24 hours to 9am exceeds 1mm, otherwise 0.