Any data collected at regular time intervals (such as 15-minute or hourly) are known as \enquote{unit values.} Many of these are delivered on a real time basis and very recent data (even less than an hour old in many cases) are available through the function \texttt{getNWISuv}. Some of these unit values are available for many years, and some are only available for a recent time period such as 120 days. Here is an example of a retrieval of such data.
Any data collected at regular time intervals (such as 15-minute or hourly) are known as \enquote{unit values.} Many of these are delivered on a real time basis and very recent data (even less than an hour old in many cases) are available through the function \texttt{readNWISuv}. Some of these unit values are available for many years, and some are only available for a recent time period such as 120 days. Here is an example of a retrieval of such data.