R: Get the latest recorded temperature for a location

getCurrentTemperature {weatherData} | R Documentation

## Get the latest recorded temperature for a location

### Description

Function will return the latest avialable temperature at a specified location.

### Usage

    getCurrentTemperature(station_id)

### Arguments

`station_id` | is a valid Weather Station ID (example: "BUF", "ORD", "VABB" for Mumbai). Valid Weather Station "id" values: `"KFLMIAMI75"` or `"IMOSCOWO2"` You can look these up at wunderground.com. You can get station_id's for a given location by calling `getStationCode()`

### Details

A wrapper for `getDetailedWeather()`, it returns the last record in the web page. Uses `Sys.Date()` to get current time. This function returns temperature in Farenheit or Celcius depending on the caller's location.

### Value

A one row data frame containing:

- Date and Time stamp (for when the latest temperature reading was recorded)

- Temperature for the station in Farenheit (or Celcius)

### 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:
    getCurrentTemperature(station ="HNL")

    ## End(Not run)

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