kew {spuRs}

303 years of monthly rainfall data from Kew Gardens, London, U.K.

Description

The monthly rainfall at Kew Gardens, London, U.K., from 1697 to 1999, in mm.

Usage

data(kew)

Format

A wide-format data frame with 303 observations. Each month has its own column.

Source

Data obtained from the U.S. National Climatic Data Centre, Global Historical Climatology Network data base (GHCN-Monthly Version 2, NB: not Version 3) https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ghcnm/.

References

Jones, O.D., R. Maillardet, and A.P. Robinson. 2014. An Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation, Using R. 2nd Ed. Chapman And Hall/CRC.

Examples

data(kew)