Use read.zoo and aggregate.zoo from zoo and months, hours and as.chron from chron. Note that we must read in col 1 as character to ensure leading zeros don't get dropped. There are two mph columns and it is assumed you want both:
Lines <- "LST inch mph Deg DegF DegF % volts Deg mph w/m2 0506010000 0.00 13.6 218.1 36.8 -999 65.1 -999 -999 18.2 0.2 0506010005 0.00 12.9 214.3 36.8 -999 65.5 -999 -999 16.9 0.2 0506010010 0.00 14.4 215.7 36.9 -999 65.4 -999 -999 20.4 0.2 0506010015 0.00 13.8 215.8 36.8 -999 65.7 -999 -999 19.7 0.3 0506010020 0.00 11.9 213.4 36.8 -999 65.6 -999 -999 14.6 0.2 0506010025 0.00 12.7 212.4 36.8 -999 65.4 -999 -999 16.9 0.2 0506010030 0.00 14.1 215.8 36.8 -999 65.9 -999 -999 19.1 0.2 0506010035 0.00 14.8 217.2 36.7 -999 66.2 -999 -999 20.4 0.2 0506010040 0.00 16.2 222.0 36.8 -999 66.6 -999 -999 20.2 0.2 0506010045 0.00 13.6 219.5 36.7 -999 66.6 -999 -999 18.4 0.2 0506010050 0.00 14.8 217.6 36.7 -999 66.2 -999 -999 20.0 0.2 0506010055 0.00 13.1 214.8 36.7 -999 65.9 -999 -999 20.2 0.2 0506010100 0.00 12.2 214.3 36.7 -999 65.2 -999 -999 15.6 0.2 0506010105 0.00 14.2 207.8 36.7 -999 65.0 -999 -999 19.9 0.2 0506010110 0.00 15.4 207.0 36.7 -999 64.4 -999 -999 20.2 0.2 0506010115 0.00 17.2 205.9 36.7 -999 64.5 -999 -999 22.1 0.2 0506010120 0.00 16.8 208.9 36.8 -999 65.0 -999 -999 21.9 0.2 0506010125 0.00 18.4 214.0 36.9 -999 65.1 -999 -999 26.4 0.2 0506010130 0.00 17.3 214.7 37.0 -999 65.5 -999 -999 24.0 0.2 0506010135 0.00 18.4 214.3 37.1 -999 65.2 -999 -999 24.9 0.2 0506010140 0.00 19.6 216.6 37.3 -999 65.3 -999 -999 26.7 0.2 0506010145 0.00 19.7 220.5 37.5 -999 65.1 -999 -999 27.5 0.2 0506010150 0.00 19.6 215.5 37.6 -999 64.6 -999 -999 26.4 0.2 0506010155 0.00 21.8 220.1 37.8 -999 64.1 -999 -999 31.2 0.2 0506010200 0.00 23.4 222.9 37.9 -999 63.8 -999 -999 31.8 0.2 0506010205 0.00 24.0 221.7 37.9 -999 63.7 -999 -999 30.3 0.2 0506010210 0.00 24.2 223.4 38.0 -999 63.5 -999 -999 28.2 0.2 0506010215 0.00 23.8 224.9 38.0 -999 63.4 -999 -999 30.3 0.2 0506010220 0.00 23.9 225.1 38.1 -999 63.5 -999 -999 29.5 0.2 0506010225 0.00 23.9 227.4 38.1 -999 63.5 -999 -999 30.3 0.2 0506010230 0.00 23.9 226.0 38.0 -999 63.6 -999 -999 27.5 0.2 0506010235 0.00 21.5 221.4 38.0 -999 63.7 -999 -999 28.4 0.2 0506010240 0.00 22.3 222.6 37.9 -999 63.8 -999 -999 27.9 0.2 0506010245 0.00 21.5 223.9 37.9 -999 64.0 -999 -999 28.4 0.2 0506010250 0.00 22.2 226.7 37.8 -999 64.2 -999 -999 27.7 0.2 0506010255 0.00 21.9 223.5 37.8 -999 64.3 -999 -999 26.9 0.2 0506010300 0.00 22.0 223.2 37.7 -999 64.3 -999 -999 28.0 0.2" library(zoo) library(chron) z <- read.zoo(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, na.strings = -999, format = "%y%m%d%H%M", FUN = as.chron, colClasses = c("character", rep("numeric", 10))) mph <- z[months(time(z)) %in% c("Jun", "Jul", "Aug"), grep("mph", colnames(z))] aggregate(mph, hours, mean) On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Sherri Heck <sh...@ucar.edu> wrote: > Dear all- > > I have a dataset (see a sample below - but the whole dataset is June 2005 - > June 2008). The "LST" format is "YYMMDDHHmm" and I would like to get the > hourly average of the "mph" for the summer months (spanning all years). I > have been trying to use "aggregate" but am not having much success at all! > any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. > > thanks- > > sherri > > LST inch mph Deg DegF DegF % volts Deg mph w/m2 > 0506010000 0.00 13.6 218.1 36.8 -999 65.1 -999 -999 18.2 > 0.2 > 0506010005 0.00 12.9 214.3 36.8 -999 65.5 -999 -999 16.9 > 0.2 > 0506010010 0.00 14.4 215.7 36.9 -999 65.4 -999 -999 20.4 > 0.2 > 0506010015 0.00 13.8 215.8 36.8 -999 65.7 -999 -999 19.7 > 0.3 > 0506010020 0.00 11.9 213.4 36.8 -999 65.6 -999 -999 14.6 > 0.2 > 0506010025 0.00 12.7 212.4 36.8 -999 65.4 -999 -999 16.9 > 0.2 > 0506010030 0.00 14.1 215.8 36.8 -999 65.9 -999 -999 19.1 > 0.2 > 0506010035 0.00 14.8 217.2 36.7 -999 66.2 -999 -999 20.4 > 0.2 > 0506010040 0.00 16.2 222.0 36.8 -999 66.6 -999 -999 20.2 > 0.2 > 0506010045 0.00 13.6 219.5 36.7 -999 66.6 -999 -999 18.4 > 0.2 > 0506010050 0.00 14.8 217.6 36.7 -999 66.2 -999 -999 20.0 > 0.2 > 0506010055 0.00 13.1 214.8 36.7 -999 65.9 -999 -999 20.2 > 0.2 > 0506010100 0.00 12.2 214.3 36.7 -999 65.2 -999 -999 15.6 > 0.2 > 0506010105 0.00 14.2 207.8 36.7 -999 65.0 -999 -999 19.9 > 0.2 > 0506010110 0.00 15.4 207.0 36.7 -999 64.4 -999 -999 20.2 > 0.2 > 0506010115 0.00 17.2 205.9 36.7 -999 64.5 -999 -999 22.1 > 0.2 > 0506010120 0.00 16.8 208.9 36.8 -999 65.0 -999 -999 21.9 > 0.2 > 0506010125 0.00 18.4 214.0 36.9 -999 65.1 -999 -999 26.4 > 0.2 > 0506010130 0.00 17.3 214.7 37.0 -999 65.5 -999 -999 24.0 > 0.2 > 0506010135 0.00 18.4 214.3 37.1 -999 65.2 -999 -999 24.9 > 0.2 > 0506010140 0.00 19.6 216.6 37.3 -999 65.3 -999 -999 26.7 > 0.2 > 0506010145 0.00 19.7 220.5 37.5 -999 65.1 -999 -999 27.5 > 0.2 > 0506010150 0.00 19.6 215.5 37.6 -999 64.6 -999 -999 26.4 > 0.2 > 0506010155 0.00 21.8 220.1 37.8 -999 64.1 -999 -999 31.2 > 0.2 > 0506010200 0.00 23.4 222.9 37.9 -999 63.8 -999 -999 31.8 > 0.2 > 0506010205 0.00 24.0 221.7 37.9 -999 63.7 -999 -999 30.3 > 0.2 > 0506010210 0.00 24.2 223.4 38.0 -999 63.5 -999 -999 28.2 > 0.2 > 0506010215 0.00 23.8 224.9 38.0 -999 63.4 -999 -999 30.3 > 0.2 > 0506010220 0.00 23.9 225.1 38.1 -999 63.5 -999 -999 29.5 > 0.2 > 0506010225 0.00 23.9 227.4 38.1 -999 63.5 -999 -999 30.3 > 0.2 > 0506010230 0.00 23.9 226.0 38.0 -999 63.6 -999 -999 27.5 > 0.2 > 0506010235 0.00 21.5 221.4 38.0 -999 63.7 -999 -999 28.4 > 0.2 > 0506010240 0.00 22.3 222.6 37.9 -999 63.8 -999 -999 27.9 > 0.2 > 0506010245 0.00 21.5 223.9 37.9 -999 64.0 -999 -999 28.4 > 0.2 > 0506010250 0.00 22.2 226.7 37.8 -999 64.2 -999 -999 27.7 > 0.2 > 0506010255 0.00 21.9 223.5 37.8 -999 64.3 -999 -999 26.9 > 0.2 > 0506010300 0.00 22.0 223.2 37.7 -999 64.3 -999 -999 28.0 > 0.2 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.