Retrieve Daily Weather Data from SILO PPD

Source: R/silo.R

Downloads daily weather records from the SILO Patched Point Dataset (PPD) using the SILO API.

silo_ppd(
  station,
  email,
  start = as.Date("1889-01-01"),
  finish = Sys.Date(),
  format = c("apsim", "standard"),
  outfile = NULL
)

Arguments

station

Character. The SILO PPD station ID.

email

Character. Email address required for API access.

start

Date. The start date for data retrieval.

finish

Date. The end date for data retrieval.

format

Character. Desired data format (e.g., "csv", "json").

outfile

Character. Path to the output file where data will be saved.

Value

Invisibly returns NULL. The function is called for its side effect of downloading and/or saving data.

Details

This function accesses the SILO PPD service (see https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/api-documentation/) to retrieve weather data for a specified station and date range. The data can be returned in various formats and optionally saved to a file.