Weather/Instruments/At a tide gauge
At a tide gauge, across the United States
At a tide gauge, drawn alone on the map below. 82,706 instruments in all, in 26 kinds of place across 50 states and the District of Columbia. Each one has its own page.PlacesInstruments
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Instruments and stations
Every instrument that reports weather in the country, counted by the state it stands in. A state has its own list, where each one names what it stands at, its county, its coordinate and its height. Darker is denser: Texas holds the most at 6,926, District of Columbia the fewest at 30.
What this map opens
- Every instrument, drawn where it stands. All 82,706 of them over the country, each in the colour of the network it reports on.
- A state opens to fill the frame. The country falls away, and every instrument in it names itself: what it stands at, its county, its coordinate, its height.
- And the whole state as a table under it. Sorted by rank, by height, by name or by what reads it, searchable, with its own charts and its own rankings.
Open it with Pro or the API planEvery instrument has its own page either way. Start from a state below.
What is measuring
Every network and every kind of site, with the drawing that stands for it and how many carry it.
By network
All stationsevery network82,706Volunteeronce a day56,150Gaugecontinuous8,641Citizenevery few minutes6,042Cooperativeonce a day5,837Roadcontinuous3,027Airporthourly or better2,650Soilhourly205Referencehourly154
By the kind of place it stands at
All instrumentsevery kind of place82,706In a volunteer observer's own ground62,169At a cooperative observer's station5,266At a river or reservoir gauge4,745Beside a road3,027At an airfield2,684A remote fire weather station2,086A snow pillow on a mountain854On a farm or research station352At a soil climate station333At a dam280At a tide gauge216At a climate reference station154At an air monitoring station113At a water treatment plant83In a park or preserve79At a reservoir63At a flood warning station39On an offshore oil platform31At a fire lookout or ranger station28On a college campus24At a shore station24At a harbour23At a power station13At a lighthouse10At a school6On a military installation4
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Every state, by how much stands in it
Ordered by count. Each state opens its own list.
Texas6,926 instrumentsMinnesota4,981 instrumentsColorado4,864 instrumentsNorth Carolina3,728 instrumentsCalifornia3,328 instrumentsFlorida2,542 instrumentsKansas2,468 instrumentsWisconsin2,376 instrumentsIllinois2,216 instrumentsSouth Carolina2,212 instrumentsOhio2,200 instrumentsIndiana2,143 instrumentsNew York2,143 instrumentsOregon1,975 instrumentsPennsylvania1,924 instrumentsWashington1,900 instrumentsNew Mexico1,864 instrumentsMichigan1,840 instrumentsTennessee1,826 instrumentsVirginia1,725 instrumentsArizona1,688 instrumentsGeorgia1,674 instrumentsMissouri1,615 instrumentsSouth Dakota1,375 instrumentsIowa1,341 instrumentsWyoming1,266 instrumentsNew Jersey1,226 instrumentsMassachusetts1,174 instrumentsKentucky1,149 instrumentsOklahoma1,084 instrumentsUtah1,083 instrumentsAlabama1,069 instrumentsMontana1,020 instrumentsAlaska1,009 instrumentsArkansas929 instrumentsIdaho816 instrumentsMaryland813 instrumentsNebraska804 instrumentsLouisiana758 instrumentsMaine705 instrumentsNevada692 instrumentsMississippi620 instrumentsNew Hampshire594 instrumentsConnecticut576 instrumentsNorth Dakota541 instrumentsVermont529 instrumentsWest Virginia511 instrumentsRhode Island325 instrumentsHawaii308 instrumentsDelaware201 instrumentsDistrict of Columbia30 instruments