Iowa Environmental Mesonet

Iowa State University Department of Agronomy

Climodat reports are a great source of Iowa climate data

School Network

As the name implies, these automated weather stations are located at schools throughout the state. Currently, KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA), KELO-TV (Sioux Falls, SD), and KIMT-TV (Mason City, IA) have graciously provided the IEM with the ability to process data from their observing networks. We are pursuing other TV stations, for their networks as well.
School Network
Sampled: 3x / hour
Reports: Continuously
Stations: 66 (KCCI)
Stations: 39 (KELO)
Stations: 8 (KIMT)
KCCI Locations
KELO Locations
KIMT Locations
  SchoolNet8   WeatherNet   StormNet
About wind gust alerts sent to the Weather Service.

Current Data

Station Plots

Comparisons

Daily Precipitation Totals

Historical Data

QC Info

Plotting Time Series

Many of the school net stations are not located in good meteorological locations. While the stations may be accurate, their data may not be representative of the area in general. Often, they are placed on top of buildings and may have obstructions which could skew wind and temperature readings. The stations are placed at schools for educational purposes and to get students interested in the weather.