CoAgMET Homepage

At CoAgMET, we operate a network of agricultural weather stations around the state of Colorado. The data from these stations lets us calculate Evapotranspiration (ET) values to model water use for various crops.

Services

• Station Data Selector
  Select a station and view graphs, data tables or climatology for the selected dates and frequency (daily/hourly/5 minute).
• Crop Water Use (ET)
  See crop and turf water use.
• Latest ET Reports or Select the date and regions.
  These are daily reports of water use for various crops.
• Maps — surface conditions (wind, temperature, dewpoint), precipitation and gust speeds at our stations around Colorado. These are the same maps as you see on the right.
• Station Summary
  An overview of station weather and ET data for a month.
• Daily Data
  A station's raw Weather and ET data for a month.
• Monthly Data
  View weather statistics by month for a given year.
• Growing Degree Day (GDD) plots
  Plots of Growing Degree Days (GDD) for any of our stations for the present or previous years.
• Raw Data Access
  Direct access to the raw data. Select hourly or daily data from our archives.
• Web Services
  Access to a variety of data including CoAgMET. Web Services are especially useful to those who are using scripts to access data.
• Text Message Service
  Sign up for our SMS/email message service. You will be able to customize the messages sent to your cell phone (or email address).
• Wind Summaries
  Wind summaries for CoAgMET stations.
• 2017 Growing Season Report
  An interactive web-based report for the 2017 growing season at our 7 long-term CoAgMET sites where we monitor ET accumulations.
• Other Climatic Data - Colorado Climate Center
  The Colorado Climate Center maintains a database of historical climatic data for many weather stations throughout Colorado.

Meta

• About CoAgMET
  A brief history of how CoAgMET came to be.
• Station Index and Station Map
  Metadata on all of the stations in our network, and a map showing where they are across Colorado.
• Understanding Evapotranspiration
  In-depth explanation of how we calculate plant water use.
• ET Coefficients
  The coefficients we use for different crops to calculate evapotranspiration.
• Station Description
  A description of a typical CoAgMET station.
• Make a donation to CoAgMET
  Choose "Atmospheric Science" in the pull-down menu at the top, and in the "comments" field at the bottom, indicate "Gift is for Colorado Climate Center - new gift fund"