precip               package: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.

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.)")

