1. ISU AgClimate
  2. Legacy Network Daily Download
Legacy "ISU AgClimate" 1986-~2013
Hourly Data
  Daily Data
"ISU Soil Moisture Network" ~2013-present
Hourly Data
Daily Data

Daily Data Request Form

This interface allows the download of daily summary data from the legacy ISU AgClimate Network sites. Data for some of these sites exists back till 1986 until they all were removed in 2014. In general, the precipitation data is of poor quality and should not be used. Please see the NWS COOP download page for high quality daily precipitation data. If you are looking for hourly data from this network, see this page.

Select station(s):

Ames
Calmar
Castana
Cedar Rapids
Chariton
Crawfordsville
Gilbert
Kanawha
Lewis
Muscatine
Nashua
Rhodes
Sutherland

Select data:

High Temperature (F)
Low Temperature (F)
Daily Low 4in Soil Temperature (F)
Average 4in Soil Temperature (F)
Daily Max 4in Soil Temperature (F)
Average Windspeed (MPH) (~3 meter height)
Max Wind Gust -- 1 min (MPH)
Max Wind Gust -- 5 sec (MPH)
Daily Precipitation (inch)
Average Relative Humidity (%)
Solar Radiation (langley)
Reference Evapotranspiration (alfalfa) [inch]

Select the time interval:

When selecting the time interval, make sure you that choose * valid * dates.
Year:Month:Day:
Starting On:
Ending On:

Options:

Include quality control flags
FlagMeaning
M the data is missing
E An instrument may be flagged until repaired
R Estimate based on weighted linear regression from surrounding stations
e We are not confident of the estimate

Download directly to disk

How should the values be separated?:

Text file format:

Pro-Tip: The downloaded text files should be easily loaded into spreadsheet programs, like Microsoft Excel. From Microsoft Excel, to go File->Open and set the file type to "All Files" or something appropriate for delimited text.

Submit your request: