Snowfall at Paradise, Mt. Rainier National Park

Description

Annual snowfall data for Paradise, Mt. Rainier National Park. To include a full winter season, snowfall is recorded from July 1 to June 30. Data from 1943-1946 not available due to road closure during World War II. Records also unavailable from 1948-1954.

Usage

snowfall

Format

A data frame with 100 rows and 3 variables.

year_start

The year snowfall measurement began on July 1.

year_end

The year snowfall measurement ended on June 30.

total_snow

Snowfall measured in inches.

Source

National Parks Services.

Examples

library(ggplot2)

ggplot(snowfall, aes(x = total_snow)) +
  geom_histogram(binwidth = 50) +
  labs(
    title = "Annual Snowfall",
    subtitle = "Paradise, Mt. Rainier National Park",
    x = "Snowfall (in.)",
    y = "Number of Years",
    caption = "Source: National Parks Services"
  )

ggplot(snowfall, aes(x = year_start, y = total_snow, group = 1)) +
  geom_line() +
  labs(
    title = "Annual Snowfall",
    subtitle = "Paradise, Mt. Rainier National Park",
    y = "Snowfall (in.)",
    x = "Year",
    caption = "Source: National Parks Services"
  )