Get station data from Synoptic

Usage

wd_getdata_syn(
  stid,
  start_dt,
  end_dt,
  var,
  key,
  per = NULL,
  units = NULL,
  tz = Sys.timezone(),
  cache_dir = NULL,
  session = NULL,
  spinner = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

stid: Station name(s)
start_dt: Start date-time
end_dt: End date-time
var: Standardized weather variables
key: API key
per: Period / interval (minutes)
units: Units desired (imperial or metric)
tz: Time Zone for the results
cache_dir: Directory for caching
session: Shiny session (for showing a spinner)
spinner: Show a shinybusy spinner when fetching data, logical
quiet: Suppress messages

Value

A weather data tibble (long format)

Details

This will query station data from the SynopticData API. For documentation, see https://docs.synopticdata.com/services/

To use the Synoptic API, you must create a Public Token. For details log-into your Synoptic account https://customer.synopticdata.com/customer/ and go to 'Create API keys and tokens'.

To cross-check data availability, visit: https://availability.synopticdata.com/stations

The Synoptic time series endpoint (https://docs.synopticdata.com/services/time-series) does not support temporal resampling, so the per argument is ignored.

If you pass a value for cache_dir, downloaded data will be saved in that location. The function however does not clear the cache_dir upon closing, so it is recommended you use a temporary directory.