Legacy "ISU AgClimate" 1986-~2013
"ISU Soil Moisture Network" ~2013-present

Daily Data Request Form:

Information: This interface accesses the archive of daily weather data collected from the Iowa State Agclimate Automated Weather stations. Please select the stations and weather variables desired below.

Data Interval:Currently you are selected to download daily data. You may wish to change this to hourly data.

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Vineyard Station-only Variables
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The Ames-AEA, Ames-Kitchen, and Jefferson locations have the CS SoilVue 10 installed.

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Meaning of Data Columns

station
National Weather Service Location Identifier for the site. This is a five character identifier.
valid
Date of the observation
high
High Temperature [F]
low
Low Temperature [F]
rh
Average Relative Humidity [%]
rh_max
Maximum Relative Humidity based on hourly observations [%]
rh_min
Minimum Relative Humidity based on hourly observations [%]
gdd50
Growing Degree Days [F]
solar
Solar Radiation [J/m^2]
precip
Precipitation [inch]
speed
Average Wind Speed [mph], 10 minute average, 10 ft above ground
gust
Peak Wind Gust [mph], 10 minute average, 10 ft above ground
et
Evapotranspiration [inch]
soil04tn
Daily Low 4 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil04t
Daily Average 4 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil04tx
Daily High 4 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil12tn
Daily Low 12 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil12t
Daily Average 12 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil12tx
Daily High 12 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil24tn
Daily Low 24 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil24t
Daily Average 24 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil24tx
Daily High 24 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil50tn
Daily Low 50 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil50t
Daily Average 50 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil50tx
Daily High 50 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
soil12vwc
Average 12 inch Depth Soil Volumetric Water Content [%]
soil24vwc
Average 24 inch Depth Soil Volumetric Water Content [%]
soil50vwc
Average 50 inch Depth Soil Volumetric Water Content [%]