Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Coverage |
Distribution |
Distribution |
| U.S. Air Force Academy | AFA | 12 | Colorado | 2 | |
| Alaska Department of Transportation | AKDOT | 48 | Alaska | 3 | 3 |
| Alaska Mesonet | AK-Meso aa | 10 | Alaska | 3 | |
| U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds | APG | 6 | Maryland | 2 | |
| Citizen Weather Observers Program | APRSWXNET | 7817 | Global | 3 | |
| NOAA Air Resources Laboratory/ Field Research Division | ARLFRD | 35 | Idaho | 3 | |
| AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. | AWS | 7809 | U.S. | 4 | |
| Anything Weather Network | AWX | 155 | CONUS | 2 | |
| Colorado Avalanche Information Center | CAIC bb | 20 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Colorado Department of Transportation | CODOT ee | 112 | Colorado | 3 | 2* |
| Colorado E-470 Public Highway Authority | CO_E-470 | 9 | Colorado | 3 | 3 |
| DCNet | DCNet | 10 | Wash.D.C./NYC | 3 | |
| Florida Dep of Transportation | FLDOT | 30 | Florida | 3 | |
| Florida Mesonet | FL-Meso x | 35 | Florida | 3 | |
| Georgia Dep of Transportation | GADOT | 48 | Georgia | 2 | 2 |
| Goodland WFO Miscellaneous | GLDNWS | 19 | CO/KS/NE | 2* | |
| GLOBE Program | GLOBE | 1556 | Global | 3 | |
| Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System | GoMOOS | 12 | Gulf of Maine | 3 | |
| ESRL/GSD Ground-Based GPS | GPSMET/DDMET | 518 | U.S. | 3 | |
| Hydrometeorological Automated Data System | HADS yy | 108 | New Eng., AK, AL, Great Lakes |
3 | |
| Iowa Dep of Transportation | IADOT | 61 | Iowa | 3 | 3 |
| Iowa Environmental Mesonet | IEM * | 153 | Iowa | 2* | |
| Indiana Dep of Transportation | INDOT | 31 | Indiana | 3 | 2* |
| Boulder WFO Miscellaneous | INTERNET + | 16 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Idaho Transportation Department | ITD | 67 | Idaho | 3 | 3 |
| Kansas Dep of Transportation | KSDOT | 54 | Kansas | 2* | 2* |
| Kentucky Transportation Cabinet RWIS | KYTC-RWIS | 38 | Kentucky | 3 | 3 |
| LSU-JSU Mesonet | LSU-JSU z | 32 | LA/MS | 2*/3 | |
| Multi-Agency Profiler Surface Observations | MAP ++ | 33 | CONUS | 3 | |
| Maryland Dep of Transportation | MDDOT | 60 | Maryland | 3 | 2* |
| Maine Dep of Transportation | MEDOT | 8 | Maine | 3 | 2* |
| Cooperative Mesonets in the Western U.S. | MesoWest xx | 4084 | West CONUS | 3 | |
| Miscellaneous | MISC dd | 1 | Florida | 3 | |
| Minnesota Dep of Transportation | MNDOT | 92 | Minnesota | 3 | 2* |
| University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Automated Weather Network | MOComAgNet | 17 | MO/NE | 3 | |
| Marquette WFO Miscellaneous | MQT-Meso | 7 | Michigan | 3 | |
| North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network | NC-ECONet | 30 | North Carolina | 2 | |
| North Dakota Dep of Transportation | NDDOT | 24 | North Dakota | 3 | 3 |
| Nebraska Dep of Roads | NEDOR | 60 | Nebraska | 3 | 3 |
| National Estuarine Research Reserve System | NERRS | 57 | CONUS | 3 | |
| New Hampshire Dep of Transportation | NHDOT | 12 | New Hampshire | 3 | 2* |
| New Jersey Weather and Climate Network | NJWxNet cc | 43 | New Jersey | 3 | |
| Non-Fed AWOS | NonFedAWOS zz | 109 | CONUS | 3 | |
| National Ocean Service
Water Level Observation Network | NOS-NWLON | 220 | U.S. | 3 | |
| National Ocean Service
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System | NOS-PORTS | 92 | U.S. | 3 | |
| Ohio Department of Transportation | OHDOT | 169 | Ohio | 3 | 3 |
| Oklahoma Mesonet | OK-Meso | 116 | Oklahoma | 2 | |
| Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais | PCDINPE | 903 | Brazil | 3 | |
| Remote Automated Weather Stations | RAWS | 1904 | U.S. | 3 | |
| Radiometer | RDMTR y | 5 | Global | 3 | |
| South Florida Water Management District | SFWMD | 27 | Florida | 3 | |
| Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control District | UDFCD | 22 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Virginia Dep of Transportation | VADOT | 48 | Virginia | 3 | 2* |
| Vermont Agency of Transportation | VTDOT | 2 | Vermont | 3 | 3 |
| Wisconsin Dep of Transportation | WIDOT | 59 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2* |
| West Texas Mesonet | WT-Meso | 55 | Texas | 3 | |
| WeatherFlow | WxFlow | 61 | CONUS | 4 | |
| Weather for you | WXforYou | 406 | U.S. | 2 | |
| Wyoming Dep of Transportation | WYDOT | 33 | Wyoming | 3 | 2 |
| Total Mesonet = | 27577 | ||||
Other Surface Networks |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Coverage |
Distribution | |
| METAR-reporting stations | ALL-MTR ASOS OTHER-MTR |
6352 | Global | 3 | |
| Buoys, C-MAN stations | MARITIME | 192 | Global | 3 | |
| Modernized NWS Cooperative Observer stations (aka HCN) | NWS-COOP | 199 | New Eng., AL | 3 | |
| UrbaNet stations | UrbaNet | 1470 | CONUS | 4 | |
| Total Surface = | 35790** |
Distribution Categories:
1) ESRL/GSD only - no distribution;
2) Distribution to government, research, and education organizations;
3) Public - full distribution;
4) Distribution to NOAA only.
* Sponsored data access by private companies is allowed. Click
here for details.
** This total includes the station counts for all
meteorological surface datasets available from MADIS, with the
exception of data from ships, and about 50-60 stations reporting in
SAO format in Canada. Note that not all stations will be reporting at
any given time.
Mesonet Station Locations in North America
Selected Highway Station Locations
Network Information
aa AK-Meso Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
| Fort Greely | Fort Greely | 10 | 3 |
bb CAIC Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
| Colorado Avalanche Information Center | CAIC | 12 | 3 |
| Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies | CSAS | 2 | 3 |
| Telluride Ski Resort | TRIDESKIR | 1 | 3 |
| Arapahoe Basin Ski Area | ABASINA | 2 | 4 |
| Aspen Skiing Company | ASPENSKICO | 3 | 4 |
ee CODOT Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
| Colorado Department of Transportation | CODOT | 111 | 3 |
| Douglas County | DOUGCO | 1 | 3 |
x FL-Meso Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
| Florida Automated Weather Network | FAWN | 33 | 3 |
yy HADS Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
| New England Power Company | NE-POWER-CO | 8 | 3 |
| Army Corps of Engineers | USARMY-COE | 23 | 3 |
| U.S. Geological Survey | USGS | 29 | 3 |
| National Weather Service | NWS | 10 | 3 |
| New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services | NHDES | 14 | 3 |
| Great Lakes Observing System | NWS-GLOS | 23 | 3 |
| U.S. Forest Service | USFS | 1 | 3 |
* IEM Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
| KCCI-TV SchoolNet | KCCI-TV | 72 | 3 |
| KELO-TV SchoolNet | KELO-TV | 50 | 3 |
| KIMT-TV SchoolNet | KIMT-TV | 31 | 3 |
+ INTERNET Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
| Colorado State University | ColoState | 2 | 3 |
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | NCAR | 2 | 3 |
| Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research | NiwotRidge | 6 | 3 |
| Rocky Flats National Renewable Energy Laboratory's
National Wind Technology Center | NREL | 3 | 3 |
| Xcel Energy | NCEL | 1 | 3 |
z LSU-JSU Subproviders |
Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
|
| Louisiana Agriclimatic Information System | LAIS | 25 | 2* | |
| Mississippi Mesonet | MS-Mesonet | 3 | 3 | |
| University of South Alabama | U-South-AL | 4 | 3 | |
++ MAP Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
|
| NOAA ESRL Physical Sciences Division | PSD | 25 | 3 | |
xx MesoWest Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
Distribution |
| U.S. Army Dugway Proving Grounds | DUGWAY | 26 | 3 | |
| Utah Dep. of Transportation | UTAH DOT | 82 | 3 | |
| Forest Service Avalanche Forecast Center | AVALANCHE | 41 | 3 | |
| U.S. Army Desert Chemical Depot, Tooele County | TOOELE | 38 | 3 | |
| Snownet/Local Mesonet | SNOWNET | 65 | 3 | |
| Utah Department of Air Quality | AQ | 35 | 3 | |
| NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Special Operations and Resource Division | ARL SORD | 38 | 3 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | AGRIMET | 96 | 3 | |
| Miscellaneous | MISC | 14 | 3 | |
| Campbell Scientific, Inc. | CAMPBELL | 5 | 3 | |
| Montana Dep. of Transportation | MT DOT | 64 | 3 | 3 |
| Los Angeles/Oxnard Weather Forecast Office | LOXWFO | 28 | 3 | 3 |
| U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Provo Area Office | REC | 14 | 3 | |
| Central Utah Water Conservancy District | CUP | 9 | 3 | |
| Kennecott Utah Copper | KENNECOTT | 13 | 3 | |
| Maricopa County Arizona Flood Control District | AZ ALERT | 45 | 3 | |
| Nevada Dep. of Transportation | NV DOT | 75 | 3 | 3 |
| Colorado Basin River Forecast Center | CBRFC | 24 | 3 | |
| Clark County Nevada Flood Control District | LAS VEGAS | 55 | 3 | |
| National Resources Conservation Service | SNOTEL | 765 | 3 | |
| Utah Climate Center | UTAH CLIMAT | 18 | 3 | |
| Montana Counties Soil Climate Network | MCSCN | 32 | 3 | |
| Soil Climate Analysis Network | SCAN | 133 | 3 | |
| China Lake/Fort Irwin | CLR | 24 | 3 | |
| Bay Area Mesoscale Initiative | BAMI | 20 | 3 | |
| Southern Agricultural Research Center | SARC | 1 | 3 | |
| Meteorological Solutions Inc. | MSI | 2 | 3 | |
| Washington Dep. of Transportation | WA DOT | 104 | 3 | 3 |
| Northwest Avalanche Center | NWAVAL | 56 | 3 | |
| Hanford Meteorological Monitoring Network | HMMN | 30 | 3 | |
| The Arizona Meteorological Network | AZMET | 31 | 3 | |
| Washington State Dep. of Ecology Air Quality Network | WAAQ | 41 | 3 | |
| KBCI | KBCI | 16 | 3 | |
| California Nevada River Forecast Center | CNRFC | 199 | 3 | |
| Grand Junction Mesonet | GRAND | 5 | 3 | |
| KSL | KSL | 2 | 3 | |
| Bridger Teton National Forest Avalanche Center | BTAVAL | 14 | 3 | |
| Oregon Department of Transportation | ODOT | 78 | 3 | 3 |
| Community Environmental Monitoring Program | CEMP | 28 | 3 | |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | LANL | 6 | 3 | |
| Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument | GSE | 19 | 3 | |
| 4UTAH | 4UTAH | 1 | 3 | |
| Pendleton Weather Forecast Office | PDTWFO | 57 | 3 | |
| Missoula Weather Forecast Office | MSOWFO | 40 | 3 | |
| Great Falls Weather Forecast Office | GTFWFO | 1 | 3 | |
| California Air Resources Board | CARB | 179 | 3 | |
| Mt. Shasta Avalanche Center | SHASAVAL | 4 | 3 | |
| California Department of Transportation | CALTRANS | 17 | 3 | |
| Elko Weather Forecast Office | LKNWFO | 2 | 3 | |
| Park City Mountain Resort | PCMR | 9 | 3 | |
| Deer Valley Resort | DEERVLY | 6 | 3 | |
| Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District | SBCAPCD | 17 | 3 | |
| AgWeatherNet | PAWS | 125 | 3 | |
| BC Hydro | BCHYDRO | 98 | 3 | |
| Yakima Bureau of Reclamation Yakima Project | YAKIMA | 7 | 3 | |
| US Coast Guard Puget Sound | USCG PUGET | 13 | 3 | |
| Arizona Department of Transportation | AZDOT | 17 | 3 | |
| Michigan Automated Weather Network | MAWN | 52 | 3 | |
| Climate Reference Network | CRN | 106 | 3 | |
| Oregon Department of Agriculture | ODA | 10 | 3 | |
| Dry Creek Experimental Watershed | DCEW | 3 | 3 | |
| Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | CDPHE | 11 | 3 | |
| Monterey Weather Forecast Office | MTRWFO | 22 | 3 | |
| Urban Trace-gas Emissions Study | UTES | 6 | 3 | |
| Department of Energy Office of Repository Development | DOERD | 1 | 3 | |
| Desert Research Institute | DRI | 73 | 3 | |
| Union Pacific Railroad | UPR | 436 | 3 | |
| California Management Information System | CIMIS | 142 | 3 | |
| White Pine Ski Area | WHITEPINE | 2 | 3 | |
| Glacier National Park | GNP | 3 | 3 | |
| High Performance Wireless Research and Education | HPWREN | 2 | 3 | |
| Pocatello/Idaho Falls Weather Forecast Office | PIHWFO | 3 | 3 | |
| Hanford Weather Forecast Office | HNXWFO | 7 | 3 | |
| Glasgow Weather Forecast Office | GGWWFO | 14 | 3 | |
| San Diego Weather Forecast Office | SGXWFO | 72 | 3 | |
| Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort | SNOWBIRD | 3 | 3 | |
| Suncrest Community, Draper, UT | SUNCREST | 1 | 3 | |
| Flagstaff Weather Forecast Office | FGZWFO | 12 | 3 | |
| Portland Weather Forecast Office | PDXWFO | 5 | 3 | |
| Medford Weather Forecast Office | MFRWFO | 2 | 3 | |
| Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center | CPCRC | 6 | 3 | |
| Mammoth Mountain Ski Area | MAMMOTH | 5 | 3 | |
| Oregon Dep of Environmental Quality | ODEQ | 12 | 3 | |
| Intermountain Precipitation Experiment | IPEX | 8 | 3 | |
| 2002 Winter Olympics TMOS | TMOS | 4 | 3 | |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | PNNL | 78 | 3 | |
dd MISC Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
|
| Archbold Biological Station | Archbold | 1 | 3 | |
cc NJWxNet Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
|
| Hazleton, PA airport | AWOS | 1 | 3 | |
| New Jersey Mesonet | NJ-MESONET | 13 | 3 | |
| New Jersey SafetyNet | SAFETYNET | 25 | 3 | |
| U.S. Forest Service | USFS | 4 | 3 | |
zz NonFedAWOS Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
|
| Missouri Dep of Transportation | MODOT | 13 | 3 | |
| NOAA/NWS/Space Flight Meteorology Group,
White Sands Missile Range | WSMR | 1 | 3 | |
| Stanwyck Avionics, Inc. | SAI | 38 | 3 | |
| SUPERAWOS | SUPERAWOS | 53 | 3 | |
y RDMTR Subproviders |
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Mesonet Data Provider |
Provider Name |
# of Sites |
Distribution |
|
| Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program | DOE/ARM | 1 | 3 | |
| Radiometrics Corporation | RDX | 1 | 3 | |
| University of Alabama, Huntsville | UAH | 1 | 3 | |
| NASA Glenn Research Center | NASA GRC | 1 | 3 | |
| Deutscher Wetterdienst Lindenberg Meteorological Observatory | DWD MetObs | 1 | 3 |
