Automated Data Plotter

This application dynamically generates many types of graphs derived from various IEM data sources. Feel free to use these generated graphics in whatever way you wish.

Reset App IEM Explorer (Simplified)

1 Select a Chart Type

Choose from available chart types:

2 Configure Chart Options

Select Station:

Wind Speed Units:

Image Pixel Size @100 DPI

Image Resolution (DPI) (50 to 500)

Select Output Format:

Plot Description:

This plot presents a climatology of wind observations. The top panel presents the u (east/west) and v (north/south) components. The bottom panel is the simple average of the wind speed magnitude. The plotted information contains a seven day smoother. If you download the raw data, it will not contain this smoothing.

3 Generated Chart

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IEM Daily Features using this plot

The IEM Daily Features found on this website often utilize plots found on this application. Here is a listing of features referencing this plot type.

19 Aug 2024: Annual Wind Speed Minimum
23 Mar 2022: Wind Components by Day
28 Jan 2020: Peak Northerlies
26 Apr 2018: Wind Component Climatology
11 Aug 2016: Wind Climatology
09 Sep 2010: Wind components