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Dataset containing metadata for rainfall monitoring stations operated by the Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology (INMET). Each row represents a meteorological station in a specific year between 2000 and 2024.

Usage

rain_stations

Format

A data frame with 9,459 rows and 11 variables:

uf

Brazilian state abbreviation.

estacao

Name of the meteorological station.

codigo_wmo

WMO station identifier.

ano

Reference year.

nome_formatado

Standardized station name.

frist_year

First year with available observations for the station.

last_year

Last year with available observations for the station.

id_ibge7

Seven-digit IBGE municipality code.

id_tse

Municipality code used by the Brazilian Electoral Court (TSE).

latitude

Latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84).

longitude

Longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84).

Source

Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET).

Details

The dataset includes station identifiers, location information, state, municipality codes, and the first and last years in which data are available for each station.

Examples

head(rain_stations)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 11
#>   uf    estacao   codigo_wmo ano   nome_formatado frist_year last_year id_ibge7
#>   <chr> <chr>     <chr>      <chr> <chr>          <chr>      <chr>        <dbl>
#> 1 RO    ARIQUEMES A940       2024  ariquemes      2008       2024       1100023
#> 2 RO    ARIQUEMES A940       2023  ariquemes      2008       2024       1100023
#> 3 RO    ARIQUEMES A940       2022  ariquemes      2008       2024       1100023
#> 4 RO    ARIQUEMES A940       2021  ariquemes      2008       2024       1100023
#> 5 RO    ARIQUEMES A940       2020  ariquemes      2008       2024       1100023
#> 6 RO    ARIQUEMES A940       2019  ariquemes      2008       2024       1100023
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: id_tse <dbl>, latitude <dbl>, longitude <dbl>
unique(rain_stations$ano)
#>  [1] "2024" "2023" "2022" "2021" "2020" "2019" "2018" "2017" "2016" "2015"
#> [11] "2014" "2013" "2012" "2011" "2010" "2009" "2008" "2007" "2006" "2005"
#> [21] "2004" "2003" "2002" "2001" "2000"