SchoolNet
Over the years, the IEM partnered with KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA), KELO-TV (Sioux Falls, SD), and KIMT-TV (Mason City, IA) to collect data from their respective school-based weather stations. Sadly, the observation equipment fell into disrepair and the various networks were wound down or replaced with proprietary solutions. On 13 May 2019, all data collection was discontinued.
This page presents some legacy links and means yet to download the data.
Information
- About wind gust alerts sent to the Weather Service.
Historical Data
- Download from the archive!
Plotting Time Series
- 1 station [20 minute data]
- 1 station [1 minute data]
- Generate Interactive Comparisons between two sites of your choice.
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.