A set of climate statistics for 16 coastal locations along Eastern
Australia. These sites were chosen to be approximately equally
spaced to cover the whole eastern coast of Australia.
For each site, climate statistics were calculated for the standard
30-year period 1971-2000. Only sites with nearly-complete data were
chosen.
Usage
data(EastAuClimate)
Format
A data frame with the following 10 variables and 5 items of metadata
for each of 16 sites.
SummerMaxTemp
average daily maximum air
temperature (degrees C) in February.
SummerMinTemp
average daily minimum air
temperature (degrees C) in February.
WinterMaxTemp
average daily maximum air
temperature (degrees C) in July.
WinterMinTemp
average daily minimum air
temperature (degrees C) in July.
SummerRain
median total precipitation in February
(mm/month).
WinterRain
median total precipitation in July
(mm/month).
MeanAnnRain
average total amount of precipitation
recorded in a year (mm/year).
RainDays
average number of days in a year with at
least 1 mm of precipitation.
ClearDays
average number of clear days in a
year. This statistic is derived from cloud cover observations,
which are measured in oktas (eighths). A clear day is recorded
when the mean of the 9 am and 3 pm cloud observations is less than
or equal to 2 oktas.
CloudyDays
average number of clear days in a
year. A cloudy day is recorded when the mean of the 9 am and 3 pm
cloud observations is greater than or equal to 6 oktas.
ID
BOM Site number.
Latitude
Site latitude (degrees North).
Longitude
Site longitude (degrees East).
Elevation
Site elevation (m).
State
Australian state:
TAS = Tasmania, VIC = Victoria, NSW = New
South Wales, QLD = Queensland.
The row names of the data frame give the location names. Note: these
are not the official names of the climate stations.
Source
Sites were chosen by hand from maps on the Bureau of Meteorology
website. The data were extracted manually from web pages under
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/
and processed to extract a subset of statistics.
- by Felix Andrews felix@nfrac.org
Bureau of Meteorology, Commonwealth of Australia.
Product IDCJCM0026 Prepared at Wed 31 Dec 2008.