precip {datasets} | R Documentation

## Annual Precipitation in US Cities

### Description

The average amount of precipitation (rainfall) in inches for each of 70 United States (and Puerto Rico) cities.

### Usage

    precip

### Format

A named vector of length 70.

### Note

The dataset version up to Nov.16, 2016 had a typo in `"Cincinnati"`'s name. The examples show how to recreate that version.

### Source

Statistical Abstracts of the United States, 1975.

### References

McNeil, D. R. (1977) Interactive Data Analysis. New York: Wiley.

### Examples

    require(graphics)
    dotchart(precip[order(precip)], main = "precip data")
    title(sub = "Average annual precipitation (in.)")

    ## Old ("wrong") version of dataset (just name change):
    precip.O <- local({
       p <- precip; names(p)[names(p) == "Cincinnati"] <- "Cincinati" ; p })
    stopifnot(all(precip == precip.O),
    	  match("Cincinnati", names(precip)) == 46,
    	  identical(names(precip)[-46], names(precip.O)[-46]))

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