Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Iowa State University Department of Agronomy

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With this application, you can plot COOP observations for a date of your choice.

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  • The preliminary data is for the date the observation was reported and not necessarily for the local date. The reports are around 7 AM, so the high temperature (for example) was most likely for the previous date.

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# 2012-05-16 High Temperature
# Download From: http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/apps/coop/plot.phtml
# Download Date: 16 May 2012
# Data Contact: Daryl Herzmann akrherz@iastate.edu 515.294.5978
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        ID,         StationName,      Date,  Latitude, Longitude,      high
     AMOI4,Anamosa 3SSW        ,2012-05-16,   42.0763,  -91.3019,        87
     SIDI4,SIDNEY              ,2012-05-16,   40.7500,  -95.6500,        88
     PERI4,PERRY               ,2012-05-16,   41.8381,  -94.1111,        88
     ALRI4,ALLERTON            ,2012-05-16,   40.7067,  -93.3650,        83
     CINI4,CARROLL             ,2012-05-16,   42.0667,  -94.8500,        83
     EOKI4,Keokuk L&D 19       ,2012-05-16,   40.4000,  -91.3667,        85
     MCWI4,MASON CITY          ,2012-05-16,   43.1500,  -93.1925,        81
     RADI4,RATHBUN DAM         ,2012-05-16,   40.8200,  -92.8800,        85
     FTMI4,Fort Madison        ,2012-05-16,   40.6167,  -91.3333,        83
     DAKI4,DAKOTA CITY         ,2012-05-16,   42.7200,  -94.1800,        82
     KEQI4,KEOSAUQUA           ,2012-05-16,   40.7200,  -91.9700,        87
     AESI4,AMES 5 SE           ,2012-05-16,   41.9625,  -93.5611,        88
     GRII4,GRINNELL 3 SW       ,2012-05-16,   41.7167,  -92.7333,        87
     CLNI4,CLINTON NO 1        ,2012-05-16,   41.7800,  -90.2500,        83
       3OI,LAMONI              ,2012-05-16,   40.6233,  -93.9508,        85
     MPTI4,MAPLETON NO. 2      ,2012-05-16,   42.1667,  -95.7833,        80
     FYTI4,FAYETTE             ,2012-05-16,   42.8504,  -91.8157,        89
     IWAI4,IOWA FALLS          ,2012-05-16,   42.5333,  -93.2667,        88
     DNNI4,DONNELLSON          ,2012-05-16,   40.6333,  -91.5667,        85
     ESTI4,ESTHERVILLE 4 E     ,2012-05-16,   43.4167,  -94.8333,        77
     CRCI4,CRESCO 1NE          ,2012-05-16,   43.3894,  -92.0938,        82
     CLII4,CLARION             ,2012-05-16,   42.7283,  -93.7306,        83
     HPTI4,HAMPTON             ,2012-05-16,   42.7500,  -93.2000,        86
     SHDI4,SHELDON             ,2012-05-16,   43.1808,  -95.8528,        74
     NWTI4,NEWTON              ,2012-05-16,   41.7000,  -93.0500,        87
     CRPI4,CEDAR RAPIDS NO 1   ,2012-05-16,   42.0333,  -91.5833,        82
     BEDI4,BEDFORD             ,2012-05-16,   40.6833,  -94.7167,        88
     VICI4,VICKS CORNER-SPIRIT LAKE IOWA,2012-05-16,   43.4314,  -95.1822,        75
     MSTI4,MUSCATINE 2 N       ,2012-05-16,   41.4708,  -91.0428,        86
     CLDI4,CLARINDA            ,2012-05-16,   40.7333,  -95.0333,        90
     GLNI4,GLENWOOD            ,2012-05-16,   41.0517,  -95.7492,        86
     WMTI4,FORT DODGE 5 NNW    ,2012-05-16,   42.5061,  -94.2011,        81
     WSHI4,WASHINGTON          ,2012-05-16,   41.2833,  -91.6833,        86
     WEBI4,WEBSTER CITY        ,2012-05-16,   42.4667,  -93.8000,        86
     HRLI4,HARLAN              ,2012-05-16,   41.6453,  -95.3203,        84
     EKRI4,ELKADER 6SSW        ,2012-05-16,   42.7754,  -91.4537,        87
     BLLI4,BELLE PLAINE        ,2012-05-16,   41.9000,  -92.2667,        87
     LENI4,LEON 6 ESE          ,2012-05-16,   40.7333,  -93.6500,        83
     LSXI4,LITTLE SIOUX 2 NW   ,2012-05-16,   41.8167,  -96.0167,        86
     LOGI4,LOGAN               ,2012-05-16,   41.6333,  -95.8167,        83
     OSAI4,OSAGE               ,2012-05-16,   43.2794,  -92.8106,        79
     SIBI4,SIBLEY 3 NE         ,2012-05-16,   43.4500,  -95.7086,        75
     BTLI4,BATTLE CREEK 3NE    ,2012-05-16,   42.3703,  -95.5749,        81
     POCI4,POCAHONTAS          ,2012-05-16,   42.7292,  -94.6606,        81
     MTAI4,MOUNT AYR           ,2012-05-16,   40.6828,  -94.2944,        86
     AUDI4,Audubon             ,2012-05-16,   41.7167,  -94.9333,        84
     EMMI4,EMMETSBURG          ,2012-05-16,   43.1000,  -94.6833,        77
     SACI4,SAC CITY            ,2012-05-16,   42.4239,  -94.9908,        81
     DNSI4,DENISON             ,2012-05-16,   42.0358,  -95.3297,        80
     TRPI4,TRIPOLI             ,2012-05-16,   42.8131,  -92.2583,        88
     GTHI4,GUTHRIE CENTER      ,2012-05-16,   41.6833,  -94.5000,        87
     ALGI4,ALGONA 3 W          ,2012-05-16,   43.0667,  -94.3061,        82
     MHRI4,MANCHESTER NO. 2    ,2012-05-16,   42.4667,  -91.4500,        88
     IDAI4,INDIANOLA 4 W       ,2012-05-16,   41.3667,  -93.5500,        89
     OSKI4,OSKALOOSA           ,2012-05-16,   41.3167,  -92.6500,        87
     CNTI4,CENTERVILLE         ,2012-05-16,   40.7375,  -92.8703,        84
     DVNI4,Davenport 6N        ,2012-05-16,   41.6117,  -90.5816,        85
     FRFI4,FAIRFIELD           ,2012-05-16,   41.0333,  -91.9500,        85
     DCRI4,DECORAH             ,2012-05-16,   43.3043,  -91.7952,        79
     ALBI4,ALBIA 3 NNE         ,2012-05-16,   41.0667,  -92.7833,        84
     BLGI4,BURLINGTON          ,2012-05-16,   40.8250,  -91.1714,        84
       DMX,Des Moines WFO      ,2012-05-16,   41.7361,  -93.7233,        87
     WTRI4,WINTERSET 2 NNW     ,2012-05-16,   41.3603,  -94.0267,        87
     SXGI4,SIOUX CITY AIRPORT  ,2012-05-16,   42.3964,  -96.3778,        84
     RKWI4,ROCKWELL CITY       ,2012-05-16,   42.4000,  -94.6167,        82
     SPRI4,SPIRIT LAKE         ,2012-05-16,   43.4231,  -95.1000,        81
     CASI4,CASCADE             ,2012-05-16,   42.3000,  -91.0167,        87
     WAUI4,WAUKON              ,2012-05-16,   43.2741,  -91.4711,        83
     NWDI4,NORTHWOOD           ,2012-05-16,   43.4500,  -93.2167,        77
     ASNI4,ALLISON             ,2012-05-16,   42.7500,  -92.7833,        87
     SNYI4,STANLEY 4 W         ,2012-05-16,   42.6431,  -91.8108,        89
     BLMI4,BLOOMFIELD 1 WNW    ,2012-05-16,   40.7592,  -92.4397,        83
     MKTI4,MAQUOKETA 4 W       ,2012-05-16,   42.0667,  -90.7000,        88
     OAKI4,OAKLAND             ,2012-05-16,   41.3133,  -95.3906,        85
     JFFI4,JEFFERSON 2 NW      ,2012-05-16,   42.0144,  -94.3797,        87
     MPZI4,MOUNT PLEASANT 1 SSW,2012-05-16,   40.9500,  -91.5500,        83
     WLBI4,WILLIAMSBURG 3 SE   ,2012-05-16,   41.6667,  -92.0167,        85
     ROKI4,RED OAK             ,2012-05-16,   41.0000,  -95.2333,        89
     MSHI4,MARSHALLTOWN        ,2012-05-16,   42.0667,  -92.9333,        88
     BCNI4,BEACONSFIELD        ,2012-05-16,   40.8236,  -94.0439,        84
     NHPI4,NEW HAMPTON         ,2012-05-16,   43.0575,  -92.3122,        83
     LWDI4,LOWDEN              ,2012-05-16,   41.8667,  -90.9333,        91
     CGGI4,COGGON              ,2012-05-16,   42.2792,  -91.5250,        88
     OSEI4,OSCEOLA             ,2012-05-16,   41.0167,  -93.8167,        87
     ICYI4,IOWA CITY           ,2012-05-16,   41.6489,  -91.5328,        87
     SIXI4,SIOUX CENTER 2 SE   ,2012-05-16,   43.0500,  -96.1500,        78
     GNDI4,GRUNDY CENTER       ,2012-05-16,   42.3553,  -92.7739,        89
     OLNI4,OELWEIN 1E          ,2012-05-16,   42.6801,  -91.8751,        89
     CSAI4,CASTANA EXP FARM    ,2012-05-16,   42.0667,  -95.8167,        82
     SWEI4,SWEA CITY 4 W       ,2012-05-16,   43.3853,  -94.2500,        82
     CRNI4,CORNING             ,2012-05-16,   41.9889,  -94.7486,        85
     SDHI4,SHENANDOAH          ,2012-05-16,   40.7833,  -95.3500,        89
     BNWI4,BOONE               ,2012-05-16,   42.0500,  -93.9333,        87

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