Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Meteorological data for some Queensland stations

Keywords:

rainfall, temperature

Categories:

time series;
climatology

Description:

The data give the daily rainfall, maximum and minimum at Toowoomba, Emerald, Gatton and Jondaryn (all in Queensland, Australia) from 1 January 1889 to 15 September 2002. (from 1 January 1889 to 22 July 2002 for Toowoomba).

There are 41530 (41476 for Toowoomba) observations over three variables, plus the year, month and day.

Variables:

Year	The year
Month	The month
Day	The day within each month
maxt	The daily maximum temperature
mint	The daily minimum temperature
rain	The daily rainfall
radn	Presumably radiation, in MJ/m2
pan	Pan evaporation (in mm)
vpd	maximum vapour pressure deficit (in hPa)

Data Quality:

There are no missing values. The temperature data before 1920 (at least) appears filled for Toowoomba (the data is almost exactly the same for each year before 1920).

Source:

From the Queensland Department of Primary Industries.

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