Historical and Forecast Site Specific Weather Data Files

Summary of Available Site Specific Weather Data
• Hourly/Daily/Monthly data formats
• Historical data available for >300 U.S. & Canadian cities
• Forecast data available for >300 U.S. & Canadian cities
• Data files are available through the website and via ftp
• Historical and forecast hourly data is updated hourly
• Historical daily data is updated each morning
• Hourly forecast data is available out to 7 days
• Daily forecast data is available out to 15 days
• Daily forecasts are updated 2x per day
• Seasonal forecast data is available out to 9 months
• Seasonal forecast data is available in both monthly and daily formats
Summary of Available Site Specific Model Output
• Model data files are available for:
   • 00z, 06z, 12z, 18z GFS operational runs
   • 00z, 06z, 12z, 18z GFS ensemble means
   • 00z, 12z Canadian ensemble means
   • 00z, 12z ECMWF operational (to 10 days)
   • 00z, 12z ECMWF ensembles (to 10 days)
   • 00z, 06z, 12z, 18z NAM model
   • 00z, 06z, 12z, 18z High Resolution NAM (conus nest)
• Model data files include*:
   • U.S. and Global (~8000 locations) data points
   • Forecast temperature anomalies
   • Forecast high temperature
   • Forecast low temperature
   • Forecast precipitation
   • Forecast snowfall

   *not all variables available for all models

Frontier Weather offers the above data to subscribers, but site specific historical data can also be purchased from the Frontier Weather Data Store. Other data can also be purchased by contacting us.

You can view our subscriber data page by clicking here to see what data files are available, though you will not be able to access any of the files without a subscription.

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Weather data is also available graphically on the Frontier Weather website. Forecast graphics for individual cities are available showing the Frontier Weather forecast, model forecasts as well as hourly forecast data. A sample is shown below:

Daily Forecast Error Plots (All U.S. forecast cities for the last 90 days)

Current verification statistics are shown below

Monthly Forecast Error Plots (All seasonal forecasts for ~40 U.S. cities from 2007 to present)