Weather Stations

A free live map of ASOS/AWOS/NWS stations with NEXRAD composite radar and active NWS warning shading, included free with any StormAuditor account.

A live map of the instruments behind the data

This free map shows ASOS, AWOS, and NWS reporting stations across the U.S. — the airport-grade instruments whose measured gusts anchor StormAuditor's wind estimates — with NEXRAD composite radar and active NWS warning county shading layered on top.

Why station locations matter

Every address-level wind estimate discloses its distance to supporting measurements. Seeing the station network makes those distances concrete: if the nearest instrument is 15 miles away, the estimate leans more on the gridded analysis, and the report says so. Station observations also appear in Address Lookup and Weather Reports. Included free with any StormAuditor account.

ASOS vs. AWOS, in one paragraph

ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) stations are the FAA/NWS flagship network — full sensor suites at major airports reporting continuously. AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System) units are lighter installations at smaller airfields, reporting a smaller set of variables, sometimes less frequently. Both produce instrument-grade wind measurements; the difference is density and completeness, which is why rural addresses often sit farther from a quality gust reading than urban ones. The map's radar and warning layers add live context, but its everyday value for research is simply seeing which instruments exist near an address you care about.