Iowa Mesonet Data

This data set contains hourly resolution surface meteorological data from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. These data are made available through Iowa State University and include data for locations throughout the state of Iowa from a variety of networks including the Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS), the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), the Iowa Department of Transporation Roadway Weather Information System (RWIS), the Iowa State University AgClimate Network, the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA/NRCS) Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN), the National Weather Service Cooperative Network, Data Collection Platforms (DCPs), and the KCCI-TV8 SchoolNet. This data set covers the period from 1 June to 31 July 2002. The data are in GEMPAK format. NOTE: The precipitation for the AWOS stations within this data set have a known problem. See the readme file for complete information. Correct 1-minute resolution AWOS precipitation data are available as a companion dataset.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2002-07-31T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2002-07-31T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 44.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 40.00000
Bounding Box West Long -97.00000
Bounding Box East Long -90.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : IAMESO.txt

80.003 : is a companion to dataset 80.001
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format GEMPAK
Standardized Resource Format GEMPAK
Asset Size 141 MB
Legal Constraints

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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Author Dennis Todey
Daryl Herzmann
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2007-10-23T13:35:11
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/ZZ8B-WCJQ-1Z01
Alternate Identifier 80.001
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:46:30Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::80.001
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Dennis Todey, Daryl Herzmann. (2007). Iowa Mesonet Data. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.26023/ZZ8B-WCJQ-1Z01. Accessed 31 October 2025.

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