California Snowpack Data (ca-snowpack)

Tidy California Snowpack Data (csv) from NOAA

These scripts pull down snowpack data from the http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/about.html and clean it up so that we can monitor changes in the stations in single csv files.

Output Files

• stations.csv - list of stations and related data

• snow_water.csv - snowpack water equivelant in inches

• precipitation.csv - precipitation in inches

• precipitation_inc.csv - precipitation increase in inches

• temp_min.csv - minimum daily temperature in degrees fahrenheit

• temp_avg.csv - average daily temperature in degrees fahrenheit

• temp_max.csv - max daily temperature in degrees fahrenheit

Features

We've implemented a caching system that allows you to re-process your data files without having to download new data each time. This means that you can run these scripts as many times as you'd like without putting a strain on your network or the remote collection.