Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Iowa State University Department of Agronomy

Trying to find station locations? Try the network tables app

Roadway Weather Information System

The Iowa Department of Transportation maintains a set of observing stations located along major roads in the state. These stations measure pavement temperatures as well as atmospherics. The DOT has a good website called WeatherView, which contains recent obs and a wealth of other information. The products on this page are intended to supplement their site.
RWIS Network
Sampled: 3x / hour
Stations: 53
Locations

Current Conditions

Time Series Plots:

Plots with RWIS data

Download data from the archive

Station Plot with NEXRAD

Comparisons:

QC Info: