R: Check if WeatherUnderground has Data for given station and...

checkDataAvailability {weatherData} | R Documentation

## Check if WeatherUnderground has Data for given station and date

### Description

Use this function to check if data is available for station and date If the station code or the date is invalid, function will return 0

### Usage

    checkDataAvailability(station_id, check_date, station_type = "airportCode")

### Arguments

`station_id` | is a valid airport code or a valid Weather Station ID
`check_date` | is a a valid string representing a date in the past (string "YYYY-MM-DD")
`station_type` | is either `airportCode` or `id`

### Value

1 if the station does have weather records for input date, 0 if no records were found

### References

For a list of valid Weather Stations, try this format http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/ListStations.asp?selectedCountry=United+States and replace with your country of interest

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    data_okay <- checkDataAvailability("HECA", "2014-01-01")

    ## End(Not run)

[Package weatherData version 0.4.1 Index]