R: Gets the Weather Station code for a location (in the US)

getStationCode {weatherData} | R Documentation

## Gets the Weather Station code for a location (in the US)

### Description

This function goes through the USAirportWeatherStations dataset and looks for matches. Usually, the 4 letter airportCode is what you are after.

### Usage

    getStationCode(stationName, region = NULL)

### Arguments

`stationName` | String that you want to get the weatherStation code for
`region` | A qualifier about the station's location. It could be a continent or a country. If in the US, region is a two-letter state abbreviation. Ex. "AK" for Alaska

### Value

A one row data frame containing:

- A string of Station Name that matched

- the region. (two-letter state abbreviation if in the US)

- The 4-letter weather station ID. (This is the string you use when calling `getDetailedWeather()`)

### References

For a world-wide list of possible stations, be sure to look at http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/stations.txt The ICAO (4-letter code is what needs to be input to `getDetailedWeather()`)

### Examples

    getStationCode("Fiji")
    getStationCode("Athens", region="GA") # in the US State of Georgia

[Package weatherData version 0.4.1 Index]