Serving the Northern Illinois University Community for over 40 years!
  
     NIU's Department of Geography is home to a National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Weather Station. The DeKalb-NIU station has been operating on NIU grounds since 1966 (now located west of Anne Glidden Road near the Barasema Alumni Center).  Prior to that, the station operated in Sycamore (five miles northeast of DeKalb) from 1888-1965.  Combined, this represents a climate record that exceeds 100 years -- important in terms of understanding regional climate variability.

     The Coop operates two Davis weather stations that continually transmit data to the NWS and over 400 different user organizations through the Citizen Weather Observer Program.  In addition, daily observations of temperature (maximum and minimum), precipitation, snowfall, snow cover, soil temperatures, and evaporation (April 1 to October 31) are made by a student weather observer each day at 7 am, which are then transmitted to the NWS.  The weather director position has been supported by the Department of Geography, NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, NIU's Office of Operations, Finance and Facilities, and external supporters.

NIU Weather Phone

(815) 753-1623

Includes yesterday's climate information and the forecast for DeKalb and vicinity. Updated daily by 8 am.
    

Help Wanted: Volunteers to help study storms! Join CoCoRaHS.

Current Status:  All systems are online and working. The NIU Coop currently supports two Davis weather stations with one second updates. These stations work in tandem with the existing equipment at the Coop to provide weather and climate data to the public. 

Latest Updates: [03/01/08] Introducing our new mobile web page for those on the go. Use your PDA, smart phone, or internet-enabled cell phone to access the Coop's current conditions anytime, anywhere! Point your mobile browser to: http://climate.niu.edu/mobile [11/02/06] Davis Hall web cam is up and running. The cam overlooks the quad on the east side of Davis Hall, including the lagoon area.  [10/15/06] New web site. Installed two Davis weather stations to monitor current conditions at the NIU Coop (located behind the Barsema Alumni Center) and South DeKalb (located near Taylor and 1st Street).