weathercan

environment-canada peer-reviewed r r-package rstats weather-data weather-downloader

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R package for downloading weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/ropensci/weathercan
Owner: ropensci
License: gpl-3.0
Created: 2016-06-07T22:20:22.000Z (about 10 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2026-07-20T18:57:19.000Z (about 1 month ago)
Last Synced: 2026-07-20T20:27:02.070Z (about 1 month ago)
Topics: environment-canada, peer-reviewed, r, r-package, rstats, weather-data, weather-downloader
Language: R
Homepage: https://docs.ropensci.org/weathercan
Size: 64.9 MB
Stars: 117
Watchers: 8
Forks: 43
Open Issues: 6
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.Rmd
- Changelog: NEWS.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE.md
- Codemeta: codemeta.json

CodeMeta metadata:

@context: https://doi.org/10.5063/schema/codemeta-2.0
@type: SoftwareSourceCode
Identifier: weathercan
Description: Provides means for downloading historical weather data from the Environment and Climate Change Canada website (). Data can be downloaded from multiple stations and over large date ranges and automatically processed into a single dataset. Tools are also provided to identify stations either by name or proximity to a location.
Name: weathercan: Download Weather Data from Environment and Climate Change Canada
Related link: https://docs.ropensci.org/weathercan/
Code repository: https://github.com/ropensci/weathercan/
Issue tracker: https://github.com/ropensci/weathercan/issues/
License: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0
Version: 1.0.0
Programming language:
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- Name: R
- Url: https://r-project.org
Runtime platform: R version 4.6.0 (2026-04-24)
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  - Given name: Steffi
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  - Email: sel@steffilazerte.ca
  - @id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-8360
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File size: 2218.768KB
Citation:
- - @type: ScholarlyArticle
  - Date published: 2018
  - Author:
    - - @type: Person
      - Given name: Stefanie E
      - Family name: LaZerte
    - - @type: Person
      - Given name: Sam
      - Family name: Albers
  - Name: {weathercan}: {D}ownload and format weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada
  - Url: https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00571
  - Pagination: 571
  - Is part of:
    - @type: PublicationIssue
    - Issue number: 22
    - Date published: 2018
    - Is part of:
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        PublicationVolume
        Periodical
      - Volume number: 3
      - Name: The Journal of Open Source Software
Release notes: https://github.com/ropensci/weathercan/blob/main/NEWS.md
Readme: https://github.com/ropensci/weathercan/blob/main/README.md
Cont integration:
- https://github.com/ropensci/weathercan/actions
- https://app.codecov.io/gh/ropensci/weathercan
Review:
- @type: Review
- Url: https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/160
- Provider: https://ropensci.org
Keywords:
- weather-data
- environment-canada
- weather-downloader
- r
- rstats
- r-package
- peer-reviewed

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Total packages: 1
Total downloads: unknown
Total dependent packages: 0
Total dependent repositories: 0
Total versions: 25

proxy.golang.org: github.com/ropensci/weathercan

Homepage:
Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/ropensci/weathercan#section-documentation
Licenses: gpl-3.0
Latest release: v1.0.0 (published 2 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-21T07:31:23.030Z (2 days ago)
Versions: 25
Dependent Packages: 0
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Rankings:
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