Automated Data Plotter

This application dynamically generates many types of graphs. These graphs are derived from processing of various data sources done by the IEM. Please feel free to use these generated graphics in whatever way you wish. Reset App. The IEM Explorer application offers a simplified frontend to some of these autoplots.


First, select a chart type::

Second, select specific chart options::

Select Station:
 
Month Limiter
Inclusive Range of Years to Include (optional)
Threshold Direction:
Which variable
Temperature (F) / Pressure (mb) / Vis (mi) Threshold:
Secondary Temperature (F) / Pressure (mb) / Vis (mi) Threshold (for range queries)
Image Pixel Size @100 DPI
Image Resolution (DPI) (50 to 500)
Select Output Format:

Plot Description:

Based on hourly or better METAR reports, this plot displays the longest periods above or below a given temperature threshold. There are plenty of caveats to this plot, including missing data periods and data during the 1960s that only has reports every three hours. This plot also stops any computed streak when it encounters a data gap greater than three hours.

You can additionally set a secondary threshold which then makes this autoplot compute streaks within a range of values.

Updated 16 Jan 2024: The option to control the minimum number of hours was removed. This option did not add much value as folks generally wish to see the top 10 longest streaks.

Based on a sampling of recent timings for this application, plot generation time has averaged 9 seconds. Hold on for the plot is generating now!


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