Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Iowa State University Department of Agronomy

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This page allows you to download daily observations for the NWS COOP network.Some items of note:

  • In general, the snowfall data is mostly there. Some years are missing data.
  • If you are looking to download the entire dataset, please check out This Directory!
  • If you find errors in the dataset, please let us know! There are numerous folks working on the data quality of this important dataset and we are always interested in feedback.

The quality controlled data for Iowa is currently updated to 01 May 2011. While data is available for dates up until yesterday, the values are estimated by the IEM.

Data is available from the following states: Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas, Kentucky , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Nebraska , Ohio , North Dakota , South Dakota , Wisconsin.

1. Select Station:

Select One or More or All stations in the network.

2. Select Start/End Time:

Please note the start year in the station selector. Some sites start in 1951 others are earlier. If you only want data for one day, set the start and end times to the same value.
YearMonthDay
Start:
End:

3. Select Variables / Model Input Format:

Select either one or more data variables or a predefined format that should work within the specified Model input format. Please contact us to have your format added to the list!

4. How to view?

5. Data Delimitation:

How shall the output values be seperated?

6. Include Lat / Lons?

7. Submit Form:


Please be patient and only submit this form once. It may take 10-20 seconds to get a response.