Daily Maximum Temperature Exposure by Town — ma

A SIMULATED dataset containing fictional daily maximum temperature measurements linked to Massachusetts towns. Each row represents a single day–town observation with the corresponding maximum temperature in degrees Celsius.

Format

A data frame with one row per date and town and the following variables:

date: Date. Calendar date of the observation.
tmax_C: Numeric. Daily maximum air temperature in degrees Celsius.
TOWN20: Character. Name of the Massachusetts town associated with the temperature observation.
COUNTY20: Character. Name of the Massachusetts county associated with TOWN20.

Details

This dataset is typically used for environmental exposure assessment and can be joined to town-level geographic or demographic datasets using TOWN20.