This dataset contains metadata for 732 weather stations across Australia, including coordinates, station names, and geocoded location details.
Format
A tibble with 732 rows and 7 variables:
- ws_id
Weather station ID (e.g., "941000-99999")
- stname
Station name (e.g., "KALUMBURU")
- stn_lat
Latitude of the station (decimal degrees)
- stn_lon
Longitude of the station (decimal degrees)
- address
Full geocoded address (from reverse geocoding)
- stn_city
Parsed city or locality name
- stn_state
Australian state or territory
Details
This data was derived from the GSOD inventory using the GSODR package, filtered for Australian stations, and geocoded using OpenStreetMap APIs. It is used to match ecological observations with relevant local weather conditions.
Examples
data(weather_stations)
head(weather_stations)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 7
#> ws_id stname stn_lat stn_lon address stn_city stn_state
#> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 941000-99999 KALUMBURU -14.3 127. Drysdal… Drysdal… Western …
#> 2 941020-99999 TROUGHTON ISLAND -13.8 126. Trought… Trought… Western …
#> 3 941030-99999 BROWSE ISLAND AWS -14.1 124. Shire O… Shire O… Western …
#> 4 941050-99999 NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP -12.6 131. Jenkins… Jenkins… Northern…
#> 5 941060-99999 NGUKURR AIRPORT -14.7 135. Ngukurr… Ngukurr Northern…
#> 6 941080-99999 CROKER ISLAND AIRPORT -11.2 132. Airport… Airport… Northern…