MADIS Meteorological Surface Data Providers


Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Coverage

Distribution
(Weather)

Distribution
(Pavement)

U.S. Air Force AcademyAFA 12 Colorado 2
Alaska Department of TransportationAKDOT 48 Alaska 3 3
Alaska MesonetAK-Meso   aa 10 Alaska 3
U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving GroundsAPG 6 Maryland 2
Citizen Weather Observers ProgramAPRSWXNET 7628 Global 3
NOAA Air Resources Laboratory/
Field Research Division
ARLFRD 35 Idaho 3
AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc.AWS 7822 U.S. 4
Anything Weather NetworkAWX 155 CONUS 2
Colorado Avalanche Information CenterCAIC   bb 20 Colorado 3
Colorado Department of TransportationCODOT   ee 118 Colorado 3 2*
Colorado E-470 Public Highway AuthorityCO_E-470 11 Colorado 3 3
DCNetDCNet 10 Wash.D.C./NYC 3
Florida Dep of TransportationFLDOT 30 Florida 3
Florida MesonetFL-Meso   x 35 Florida 3
Georgia Dep of TransportationGADOT 48 Georgia 2 2
Goodland WFO MiscellaneousGLDNWS 19 CO/KS/NE 2*
GLOBE ProgramGLOBE 1568 Global 3
Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing SystemGoMOOS 12 Gulf of Maine 3
ESRL/GSD Ground-Based GPSGPSMET/DDMET 518 U.S. 3
Hydrometeorological Automated Data SystemHADS   yy 2762 U.S. 3
Iowa Dep of TransportationIADOT 58 Iowa 3 3
Iowa Environmental MesonetIEM   * 154 Iowa 2*
Indiana Dep of TransportationINDOT 31 Indiana 3 2*
Boulder WFO MiscellaneousINTERNET   + 17 Colorado 3
Idaho Transportation DepartmentITD 79 Idaho 3 3
Kansas Dep of TransportationKSDOT 54 Kansas 2* 2*
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet RWISKYTC-RWIS 38 Kentucky 3 3
LSU-JSU MesonetLSU-JSU   z 32 LA/MS 2*/3
Multi-Agency Profiler Surface ObservationsMAP   ++ 34 CONUS 3
Maryland Dep of TransportationMDDOT 60 Maryland 3 2*
Maine Dep of TransportationMEDOT 8 Maine 3 2*
Cooperative Mesonets in the Western U.S.MesoWest   xx 4005 West CONUS 3
MiscellaneousMISC   dd 9 AK, CO, FL 3
Minnesota Dep of TransportationMNDOT 92 Minnesota 3 2*
University of Missouri Extension Commercial
Agriculture Automated Weather Network
MOComAgNet 187 MO/NE 3
Marquette WFO MiscellaneousMQT-Meso 7 Michigan 3
North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing NetworkNC-ECONet 30 North Carolina 2
North Dakota Dep of TransportationNDDOT 24 North Dakota 3 3
Nebraska Dep of RoadsNEDOR 60 Nebraska 3 3
National Estuarine Research Reserve SystemNERRS 57 CONUS 3
New Hampshire Dep of TransportationNHDOT 16 New Hampshire 3 2*
New Jersey Weather and Climate NetworkNJWxNet   cc 43 New Jersey 3
Non-Fed AWOSNonFedAWOS   zz 113 CONUS 3
National Ocean Service
Water Level Observation Network
NOS-NWLON 239 U.S. 3
National Ocean Service
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System
NOS-PORTS 92 U.S. 3
Ohio Department of TransportationOHDOT 169 Ohio 3 3
Oklahoma MesonetOK-Meso 116 Oklahoma 2
Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
PCDINPE 903 Brazil 3
Remote Automated Weather StationsRAWS 2188 U.S. 3
RadiometerRDMTR   y 5 Global 3
South Florida Water Management DistrictSFWMD 27 Florida 3
Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control DistrictUDFCD 27 Colorado 3
Virginia Dep of TransportationVADOT 61 Virginia 3 2*
Vermont Agency of TransportationVTDOT 2 Vermont 3 3
Wisconsin Dep of TransportationWIDOT 59 Wisconsin 3 2*
West Texas MesonetWT-Meso 56 Texas 3
WeatherFlowWxFlow 61 CONUS 4
Weather for youWXforYou 406 U.S. 2
Wyoming Dep of TransportationWYDOT 33 Wyoming 3 2

Total Mesonet = 30350

Other Surface Networks

Provider Name

# of Sites

Coverage

Distribution

METAR-reporting stationsALL-MTR
ASOS
OTHER-MTR
6471 Global 3
Buoys, C-MAN stationsMARITIME 192 Global 3
New England Pilot ProjectNEPP 1909 New England 3
UrbaNet stationsUrbaNet 1471 CONUS 4
Historical Climatology Network - ModernizedHCN 9 AL,CO,UT,NV 3
Climate Reference NetworkCRN 93 U.S. 3

Total Surface = 38780**

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

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Fort GreelyFort Greely 103

bb CAIC Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Colorado Avalanche Information CenterCAIC 123
Center for Snow and Avalanche StudiesCSAS 23
Telluride Ski ResortTRIDESKIR 13
Arapahoe Basin Ski AreaABASINA 24
Aspen Skiing CompanyASPENSKICO 34

ee CODOT Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Colorado Department of TransportationCODOT 1173
Douglas CountyDOUGCO 13

x FL-Meso Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Florida Automated Weather NetworkFAWN 333

yy HADS Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

New England Power CompanyNE-POWER-CO 133
Army Corps of EngineersUSARMY-COE 9563
U.S. Geological SurveyUSGS 11143
National Weather ServiceNWS 1133
New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental ServicesNHDES 133
Great Lakes Observing SystemNWS-GLOS 243
U.S. Forest ServiceUSFS 13
California Dept. of Water ResourcesCADWR 543
Colorado Dept. of Water ResourcesCODWR 233
Kern County Engineering and Survey ServiceKCESS 213
Northern Colorado Water Conservation DistrictNCOWCD 13
Nebraska Dept. of Natural ResourcesNENDR 73
National Interagency Fire CenterNIFC 33
National Park ServiceNPS 13
Oklahoma Water Resources BoardOKWRB 53
Pacific Gas and ElectricPGE 13
Rapid City Pennington County Emergency ManagementRCPCEM 123
San Francisco Public UtilitySFPU 23
Tennessee Valley AuthorityTVA 473
Bureau of ReclamationUSBR 1403
US International BoundaryUSIB 153
Ventura County Watershed Prediction DistrictVCWPD 63
Washington State Dept. of EcologyWADOECO 443
Water Survey of CanadaWSCA 13
Wyoming State Engineers OfficeWYSTO 113

* IEM Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

KCCI-TV SchoolNetKCCI-TV 722*
KELO-TV SchoolNetKELO-TV 512*
KIMT-TV SchoolNetKIMT-TV 312*

+ INTERNET Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Colorado State UniversityColoState 2 3
National Center for Atmospheric ResearchNCAR 2 3
Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological ResearchNiwotRidge 6 3
Rocky Flats National Renewable Energy Laboratory's
National Wind Technology Center
NREL 3 3
Xcel EnergyNCEL 1 3
Desert Research InstituteDRI 1 3
Pikes Peak Cog RailwayPP_CogRR 1 3
Earth System Research LaboratoryPP_CogRR 1 3

z LSU-JSU Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Louisiana Agriclimatic Information SystemLAIS 252*
Mississippi MesonetMS-Mesonet 33
University of South AlabamaU-South-AL 43

++ MAP Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

NOAA ESRL Physical Sciences DivisionPSD 25 3

xx MesoWest Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution
(Weather)

Distribution
(Pavement)

U.S. Army Dugway Proving GroundsDUGWAY 26 3
Utah Dep. of TransportationUTAH DOT 89 3
Forest Service Avalanche Forecast CenterAVALANCHE 43 3
U.S. Army Desert Chemical Depot, Tooele CountyTOOELE 39 3
Snownet/Local MesonetSNOWNET 65 3
Utah Department of Air QualityAQ 35 3
NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Special Operations and Resource DivisionARL SORD 38 3
U.S. Bureau of ReclamationAGRIMET 96 3
MiscellaneousMISC 17 3
Campbell Scientific, Inc.CAMPBELL 5 3
Montana Dep. of TransportationMT DOT 64 3 3
Los Angeles/Oxnard Weather Forecast OfficeLOXWFO 45 3 3
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Provo Area OfficeREC 14 3
Central Utah Water Conservancy DistrictCUP 9 3
Kennecott Utah CopperKENNECOTT 13 3
Maricopa County Arizona Flood Control DistrictAZ ALERT 46 3
Nevada Dep. of TransportationNV DOT 83 3 3
Colorado Basin River Forecast CenterCBRFC 18 3
Clark County Nevada Flood Control DistrictLAS VEGAS 55 3
National Resources Conservation ServiceSNOTEL 795 3
Utah Climate CenterUTAH CLIMAT 18 3
Montana Counties Soil Climate NetworkMCSCN 35 3
Soil Climate Analysis NetworkSCAN 136 3
China Lake/Fort IrwinCLR 24 3
Bay Area Mesoscale InitiativeBAMI 20 3
Southern Agricultural Research CenterSARC 1 3
Meteorological Solutions Inc.MSI 2 3
Washington Dep. of TransportationWA DOT 112 3 3
Northwest Avalanche CenterNWAVAL 56 3
Hanford Meteorological Monitoring NetworkHMMN 30 3
The Arizona Meteorological NetworkAZMET 31 3
Washington State Dep. of Ecology Air Quality NetworkWAAQ 41 3
KBCIKBCI 16 3
California Nevada River Forecast CenterCNRFC 77 3
Grand Junction MesonetGRAND 5 3
KSLKSL 2 3
Bridger Teton National Forest Avalanche CenterBTAVAL 14 3
Oregon Department of TransportationODOT 78 3 3
Community Environmental Monitoring ProgramCEMP 28 3
Los Alamos National LaboratoryLANL 6 3
Grand Staircase-Escalante National MonumentGSE 19 3
4UTAH4UTAH 1 3
Pendleton Weather Forecast OfficePDTWFO 57 3
Missoula Weather Forecast OfficeMSOWFO 40 3
Great Falls Weather Forecast OfficeGTFWFO 1 3
California Air Resources BoardCARB 179 3
Mt. Shasta Avalanche CenterSHASAVAL 4 3
California Department of TransportationCALTRANS 17 3
Elko Weather Forecast OfficeLKNWFO 2 3
Park City Mountain ResortPCMR 9 3
Deer Valley ResortDEERVLY 6 3
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control DistrictSBCAPCD 17 3
AgWeatherNetPAWS 125 3
BC HydroBCHYDRO 98 3
Yakima Bureau of Reclamation Yakima ProjectYAKIMA 7 3
US Coast Guard Puget SoundUSCG PUGET 13 3
Arizona Department of TransportationAZDOT 17 3
Michigan Automated Weather NetworkMAWN 62 3
Oregon Department of AgricultureODA 10 3
Dry Creek Experimental WatershedDCEW 3 3
Colorado Department of Public Health and EnvironmentCDPHE 11 3
Monterey Weather Forecast OfficeMTRWFO 26 3
Honolulu Weather Forecast OfficeHNLWFO 29 3
CH2M HILL Hill Air Force BaseHILL 1 3
Northeast Metro Pollution Prevention AllianceNEMPPA 5 3
Urban Trace-gas Emissions StudyUTES 6 3
Department of Energy Office of Repository DevelopmentDOERD 1 3
Desert Research InstituteDRI 73 3
Union Pacific RailroadUPR 436 3
California Management Information SystemCIMIS 144 3
White Pine Ski AreaWHITEPINE 2 3
Glacier National ParkGNP 3 3
High Performance Wireless Research and EducationHPWREN 2 3
Pocatello/Idaho Falls Weather Forecast OfficePIHWFO 3 3
Hanford Weather Forecast OfficeHNXWFO 7 3
Glasgow Weather Forecast OfficeGGWWFO 16 3
San Diego Weather Forecast OfficeSGXWFO 80 3
Snowbird Ski and Summer ResortSNOWBIRD 3 3
Suncrest Community, Draper, UTSUNCREST 1 3
Flagstaff Weather Forecast OfficeFGZWFO 12 3
Portland Weather Forecast OfficePDXWFO 16 3
Medford Weather Forecast OfficeMFRWFO 1 3
Columbia Plateau Conservation Research CenterCPCRC 6 3
Mammoth Mountain Ski AreaMAMMOTH 5 3
Oregon Dep of Environmental QualityODEQ 12 3
Intermountain Precipitation ExperimentIPEX 8 3
2002 Winter Olympics TMOSTMOS 4 3
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPNNL 78 3

dd MISC Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Archbold Biological StationArchbold 1 3

cc NJWxNet Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Hazleton, PA airportAWOS 1 3
New Jersey MesonetNJ-MESONET 13 3
New Jersey SafetyNetSAFETYNET 25 3
U.S. Forest ServiceUSFS 4 3

zz NonFedAWOS Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Missouri Dep of TransportationMODOT 13 3
NOAA/NWS/Space Flight Meteorology Group,
White Sands Missile Range
WSMR 1 3
Stanwyck Avionics, Inc.SAI 41 3
SUPERAWOSSUPERAWOS 58 3

y RDMTR Subproviders

Mesonet Data Provider

Provider Name

# of Sites

Distribution

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement ProgramDOE/ARM 1 3
Radiometrics CorporationRDX 1 3
University of Alabama, HuntsvilleUAH 1 3
NASA Glenn Research CenterNASA GRC 1 3
Deutscher Wetterdienst Lindenberg
Meteorological Observatory
DWD MetObs 1 3


Last updated 20 November 2009.