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hurricane: Hurricane Tracking Data

Description

Geographical coordinates, wind speed, and atmospheric pressure information for hurricanes from 1970 to 2011.

Usage

data(hurricane)

Arguments

Format

The hurricane data frame has 43122 rows and 8 columns:

Year

: Hurricane's year (ranging from 1971 to 2011).

Number

: Year-specific hurricane identifier.

Name

: Official name of the hurricane.

ISO_Time

: Recorded observation time.

Latitude

: Recorded latitude of the measurement.

Longitude

: Recorded longitude of the measurement.

Wind

: Wind speed (in knots)

Pressure

: Atmospheric pressure (millibars).

References

de Carvalho, M., Huser, R., Naveau, P., and Reich, B. J. (2025, to appear). Handbook on Statistics of Extremes. Chapman & Hall/CRC. Boca Raton, FL.