National Weather Service, Lincoln IL -- Brief History of National Weather Service Offices Past and Present

Brief History of National Weather Service Offices Past and Present

The National Weather Service (known before 1970 as the Weather Bureau) has had many offices. Many of them evolved as the aviation industry expanded, supporting local airport observations. Many also had varying warning and forecast duties. However, in the 1990's, the NWS was consolidated into 120+ offices, each with roughly the same duties.

The following is an attempt to list all past and present NWS/WB offices. If you have information on any of these, or ones that were missed, please contact Chris.Geelhart@noaa.gov . Several offices have more detailed histories available, which can be accessed by clicking on the city name.

Other NWS history pages:

A general history of the NWS/WB can be found at the National Weather Service Headquarters page.
Stories and Takes from the Weather Service, available at the NOAA History page.
Station Histories Project, part of Climate Database Modernization Project, available at NOAA's Midwestern Regional Climate Center in Champaign, IL.

Forecast and Observation Sites		National Sites
AWSC -- Agricultural Weather Service Center CWSU -- Center Weather Service Unit DCO -- Data Collection Office DFO -- District Forecast Office RDO -- River District Office RFC -- River Forecast Center SigSvc -- U.S. Army Signal Service Office	WBO -- Weather Bureau Office WBAS -- Weather Bureau Airways Station WBFC -- Weather Bureau Forecast Center WBMO -- Weather Bureau Meteorological Observatory WFO -- Weather Forecast Office WSO -- Weather Service Office WSFO -- Weather Service Forecast Office WSMO -- Weather Service Meteorological Observatory WSCMO -- Weather Service Contract Meteorological Observatory	HC -- Hurricane Center HQ -- Regional/National Headquarters NMC -- National Meteorological Center NCEP -- National Centers for Environmental Prediction TC -- Training Center TWC -- Tsunami Warning Center

Location	Type	Years	Details
ALABAMA
Anniston	WBO WBAS	1905-1953	The Weather Bureau established a 1st-order station in Anniston in 1905. This station closed in 1931 and became a 2nd order station on July 1 of that year. It was promoted back to 1st order in 1947, but observations were discontinued in 1949 and the office became a general public service office, which closed at the end of August 1953. The WBAS was in operation from the end of 1946 to February 1950.
Auburn	AWSC	1963-1995?	An agricultural weather station was established at Auburn University in 1963.
Birmingham	WBO WBAS WSFO	1895-1993	Volunteer observations in Birmingham first began in April 1882. The period from 10/1886 to 6/1893 saw no observations. Government observations began again 8/14/1895 on a volunteer basis, with a regular Weather Bureau office established 7/16/1903. The office was in the Title Guarantee Building before permanent WB quarters were built in 1907. A separate WB Airport Station operated from 3/13/1943 to 12/1/1945, when both stations were consolidated at the airport. New airport facilities opened 10/3/1965. A Weather Bureau Forecast Office was established in 1969; the forecast functions moved to separate facilities in 1971. All Birmingham operations transferred to a new facility in Calera 11/30/1993.
Calera	WFO	1993-present	The new Weather Forecast Office was established in Calera, about 25 miles outside Birmingham. The new office opened 11/30/1993. The site began upper-air weather observations in August 1994. The office has direct access to 3 WSR-88D radars (Calera, Hytop, Maxwell AFB). The new AWIPS computer system was installed in April 1999.
Centreville	WSMO	1970-1995	A Weather Service Meteorological Observatory was established in 1970, to operate the WSR-57 network radar. Upper-air observations were added in 1974 after being moved from Montgomery. The office was closed in 1995 after the radar was decommissioned, and the upper-air responsibilities moved to the WFO in Calera (Birmingham).
Huntsville	WBAS WBO WSO WFO	1941-1954, 1958-present	The Weather Bureau established an Airways Station at the Huntsville Municipal Airport on the south side of town, and became the official observing site for the city in 1945. It was closed in July 1954. A permanent Weather Bureau Office was opened in October 1958, and was equipped with a WSR-3 radar. Operations moved to the Huntsville-Madison County Airport in October 1967. The radar was replaced in 1977 with the newer WSR-74C model, and it was upgraded with Doppler capability in 1991; a WSR-88D radar followed in 1997 at nearby Hytop. As part of the NWS modernization, the Huntsville office was planned to be closed by 1997; by the end of the year, the only operations remaining were for radar and surface observations. Local lobbying efforts were successful for a new Weather Forecast Office in 2002, on the University of Alabama at Huntsville campus, and staffing was increased to 18 people; official operations began in January 2003.
Mobile	SigSvc WBO WBAS RDO WSO WFO	1870-present	The Signal Service established facilities in Mobile on November 6, 1870. The office was destroyed by a fire in November 1880, causing the loss of early records and equipment. It reopened the next day in a new facility. It operated at various locations downtown, most recently at the U.S. Court House from 1936 to April 1953, when the downtown office closed. Meanwhile, an office opened at the old Bates Field (now Brookley Field) in 1939, and relocated to the present Mobile Regional Airport in December 1941. It has remained at this airport since then, with the most recent facility built in 1994.
Montgomery	SigSvc WBO WBAS RDO WSO	1872-1995	The Signal Service established operations in downtown Montgomery in the fall of 1872, with responsibility passed to the Weather Bureau in 1891. An airways station was first established at Gunter Field in April 1939, operating until 1942, when the U.S. Army took over. A new WBAS was opened at Dannelly Field (now Montgomery Regional Airport) in January 1944, and the city and airport offices were consolidated here in 1954. Rawinsonde observations began 6/1/1956 after being moved from Gunter Field AFB. A WSR-3 radar was installed in October 1958 and run through 1971; it was replaced with a WSR-74C in 1977. The upper-air program was moved to Centreville in 1974. The office was closed in 1995.
Tuscaloosa	WBAS	1933-1937
ALASKA
Anchorage	WBO WBAS DFO WBFO WBMO WSFO WSO WSCMO WFO RFC CWSU HQ	1929-present	The first Weather Bureau office in Anchorage was established 7/1/1929 on 4th Ave. It moved to Merrill Field in 1943, where rawinsonde observations began in June 1946. The office was moved to the new Anchorage International Airport 11/1/1953. A forecast office was established in July 1964, and moved off the airport grounds in November 1968; a separate meteorological observatory remained at the airport, while another office provided international flight documentation and briefings. The WSMO was contracted out in October 1980. The Alaska RFC was established in 1971; river forecasts had been issued by the Alaska Regional HQ for a few years before. It was co-located with the Anchorage WSFO and the regional HQ. It was located at the Hill Building and the Federal Building downtown, before moving to near the airport in 1995. In 1997, the office assumed responsibility for the Pacific Region as well, and was renamed the Alaska-Pacific RFC in 2000. A Center Weather Service Unit operates out off the Air Route Traffic Control Center, while a separate Alaska Aviation Weather Unit is co-located with the local WFO.
Annette	WBAS WBO WSO	1947-present	The Weather Bureau opened an Airways Station in July 1947, initially taking surface observations but assuming upper-air observations at the end of the year.
Barrow	WBO WBAS WSO	1920-present	The first Weather Bureau building in Barrow was opened September 1920, but was severely damaged in a fire 12/19/1924. Upper-air observations began in 1940. The site was upgraded to a first-order station in 1941.
Barter Island	WBAS WSO	1956-1989
Bethel	WBO WBAS WSO	1923-present	A second-order Weather Bureau station was operational from 1923 to 1942, then upgraded to a first-order station.
Bettles	WBAS WSO	1968-1981
Cold Bay	WBAS WBO WSO	1955-present
Cordova	WBAS	1946-1964
Big Delta	WBAS WSO
Eagle	WBO	1899-1918
Fairbanks	WBO WBAS DFO WSO WSFO WFO WSCMO	1929-present	A Weather Bureau office opened 7/15/1929 in the Horseshoe Building in downtown Fairbanks, with complete weather and climate observations starting November 1929. The office moved to the new Courthouse building, one block away, in July 1933. The first radiosonde observation was made 5/24/1933. Weather observations increased to 24 hours per day and radiosondes increased to twice a day in March 1941. In July, 1942, all forecasting and observation observations were moved to the Army's Ladd Field. In July, 1943, observations were moved to nearby Weeks Field, and all forecast operations moved to weeks field the following summer. Observations were moved to the new Fairbanks International Airport, four miles southwest of town, on 8/22/1951 and forecast operations were moved there in early October. In 1953, most forecast operations were transfered to Anchorage and Fairbanks became a standard WBAS. By the late 1960s, a small number of meteorologists were assigned to Fairbanks in support of fire weather and air pollution forecasting. In April, 1974, following the passage of legislation to remove all legal obstacles to construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, Fairbanks was reestablished as a WSFO, with forecast and observation functions at the Fairbanks International Airport. In late 1977, forecast operations moved to the new Federal Building and Courthouse in downtown Fairbanks, while surface and upper air observations remained at the airport. The first (and only) WSR-88D radar in Interior Alaska was installed on Pedro Dome, 20 miles northeast of Fairbanks in the summer of 1993. In 1998, forecast operations moved to the new International Arctic Research Center building on the University of Alaska campus. In September, 1999, responsibility for ASOS augmentation at the airport was transfered to a contractor with FAA administration. NWS staff continued to launch RAOBS from the airport until March, 2006, when this was transfered to a contractor with NWS administration.
Farewell	WBAS WSO	1967-1978
Gambell	WB/UA	1942-1953	An upper air station was established in Gambell in 1942.
Gulkana	WBAS WBO WSO	1968-1978
Homer	WBAS WBO WSO	1968-present
Iliamna	WBAS WBO	1967-1969
Ketchikan	WBO	1941-1947
King Salmon	WBAS WBO WSO	1955-present
Kodiak	WSO	1973-present
Kotzebue	WBAS WSO	1943-present
Juneau	WBO DFO HQ WSFO WFO	1917-present	The Weather Bureau began issuing forecasts for Juneau in 1917, then expanded the forecasts to Fairbanks and the Tanana Valley. In May 1919, Juneau was established as the district forecast office for the state. A regional headquarters office was opened in 1941, then moved to Anchorage in the mid 1940's.
McGrath	WBAS WBO WSO	1942-present
Minchumina	WBO	1967-1969	This station operated briefly in the late 1960's in support of fire weather forecasting.
Nome	WBAS WBO WSO	1930-present	A second-order station was established in Nome in 1916, then upgraded to a first-order station 8/1/1930. It originally was in the city of Nome, then relocated to the airport 3/1/1946.
Northway	WBAS	1943-1957
Palmer	TWC	1973-present	The Palmer Observatory was established in 1967 as part of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. It was transferred to the NWS in 1973 and renamed the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. Its area of responsibility was expanded to include the west coast of Canada and the United States in 1982. Operations were further expanded in 1996 to include any Pacific tsunami that may affect these areas, and it was renamed the West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. Around 2005, further expansion in operation was done to include the U.S. Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and the Atlantic coasts of the U.S. and Canada.
Saint Paul	WBO WBAS WSO	1945-present	The Weather Bureau took over operations of the St. Paul Island station from the Army. Upper-air observations were added in 1947, when the station was moved to the airport.
Sheyma	WBO WBAS WSO	1960-1973	The Weather Bureau took over operations of the Sheyma station from the Navy Weather Service in 1960. The Air Force, which had earlier operated the station, resumed responsibilities at the beginning of 1974.
Summit (Cantwell)	WBAS WSO	1968-1976	This station started as a joint operation with the FAA, and was separated in 1970. The station was closed after an automated station took over in October 1976.
Talkeetna	WBAS WSO WSCMO	1966-1991?	This station was established for a joint operation with the FAA, which had been handling the observations for several years prior. The NWS portion became a contract meteorological observatory in 1980.
Tanana	WBAS	1968-1969
Umiat	WBAS	1947-1952
Unalakleet	WBAS WSO	1967-1998
Valdez	WSO DCO	1972-present
Yakutat	WBAS WBO WSO	1948-present
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1943-present	A Weather Bureau office opened at the Post Office bulding in June 1943, then moved to the municipal airport (now Pulliam Airport) in January 1950. Office operations dropped to 8 hours a day in April 1981, but later expanded back to 16 hours. In 1998, the office staff and focus was expanded as part of the NWS modernization, going to 24 hour operations and taking over upper-air duties from the Winslow office.
Payson	WBO	1945-1952	A Weather Bureau station opened in November 1945, but dropped down to part-time status the following January. It resumed 24-hour operations in July 1948, before permanently closing in May 1952.
Phoenix	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WSFO WFO	1876-present	The Signal Service commenced operations in Phoenix in January 1876, with the Weather Bureau taking over in 1981. The city office remained downtown until 1953. An airport station was established in May 1933 at Sky Harbor Airport, but closed in 1935 before being reactivated in 1939; the two offices were combined at the airport October 1953. Pilot balloons were released beginning in 1930, continuing until 1966. The office was upgraded to a Weather Service Forecast Office in June 1971, and became a Weather Forecast Office as part of the modernized NWS in the 1990's.
Prescott	WBAS WBO	1942-1964	A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established at Love Field 8/8/1942. The station operated part time much of this period, with personnel from the CAA/FAA staffing the other times. The station was closed 12/31/1964.
St. Johns	WBAS	1944-1945	A Weather Bureau Airport Station operated at Saunders Airport from June 1944 through the end of 1945.
Tucson	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WSCMO WFO	1875-1880, 1891-1895, 1932-1934, 1940-present	The Signal Service opened a station in Tuscon in October 1875, although the Army had been taking observations in the area since 1866. This station closed in 1880; a Weather Bureau station was established in October 1891 at the University of Arizona, but it closed in 1895. In 1932, a Weather Bureau Airport Station was established at Tucson Municipal (now International) Airport, but was transferred to the CAA for a period from 1934-1940. Upper-air observations began in March 1956. A WSR-74C radar was commissioned in January 1983, and decommissioned after a WSR-88D was installed in the area in the 1990's. The office itself was relocated to the University of Arizona campus in February 1997, and the office was upgraded to a Weather Forecast Office. A contract meteorological observatory remained behind at the airport to conduct upper-air observations until 2004, when the function was also moved to the university campus.
Winslow	WBAS WBO WSO	1931-1998	A Weather Bureau Airways Station opened up at the end of October 1931. Rawinsonde observations were begun in November 1961. In 1998, an ASOS was commissioned and the upper air program was transferred to the Flagstaff office, and the Winslow office was closed.
Yuma	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1875-1998	Signal Service operations began at Fort Yuma in October 1875, with the Weather Bureau taking over in July 1891. The office was moved to the Yuma County Airport in 1948, sharing observing responsibilities from the CAA. The office was closed in 1998.
ARKANSAS
Brinkley	WBAS	1939-1946	A Weather Bureau Airways Station was opened at Intermediate Field in February 1939, and closed in December 1946.
Fort Smith	WBO WBAS WSO	1892-?
Little Rock	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WSFO WFO	1892-present	The Weather Bureau began operations in Little Rock in 1892. The main office was downtown; a separate airport station was established at Adams Field at the start of 1939, with the two offices consolidating at the airport 4/16/1942. A WSR-3 radar was installed 12/19/1957, replacing a military APS-2E which operated since June 1954, and this radar was replaced with a WSR-57 which was commissioned 4/19/1961. The office was designated as a Weather Service Forecast Office at the end of 1971. The office relocated to the North Little Rock Airport in November 1975, with the radar and upper air observations following a month later. The radar was replaced with a WSR-88D in the early 1990's.
Texarkana	WBAS	1942-1968	The Weather Bureau took over weather operations from the CAA on 4/25/1942. In September 1954, the two agencies began to jointly operate the station. In 1968, all observing functions were transferred to the FAA.
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield	WBO WSO	1929-1995	While weather observations from Bakersfield dated back to 1895, the federal government did not open its Weather Bureau office locally until July 1929. The first office was located at the Kern County Airport, then at the present-day Meadows Field beginning in 1958. A new building was constructed in 1983, after the NWS office came within a week of being closed in 1982. The Bakersfield NWS office closed 11/1/1995, after its functions were merged with the new office in Hanford.
Beaumont	WBO	1929-1953
Bishop	WBAS WSO	1943-1945, 1947-1996	The Weather Bureau opened an office at the Bishop airport in 1943 at the request of the U.S. Army; it closed in 1945 due to a reduction in force, before reopening in March 1947. The office was closed March 1996 as part of the NWS modernization.
Blue Canyon	WBAS WSO WSCMO	1947-1993
Brawley	WBO	1908-1910
Burbank	WBAS DFO	1931-1966	A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established at the Burbank airport in 1931. A district forecast office was established here, and moved to the Los Angeles Airport in 1947. The station was closed in July 1966.
Burney	WBO	1942-1948
Cajon Pass	WBO	1929
Campo	WBO	1932
Concord	WBO	1928-1950
Conway Summit	WBO	1944-1945
Eureka	SigSvc WBO RDO WSO WFO	1886-present	A Signal Service office opened in December 1886 at the Buhne Building, and remained in this location when the Weather Bureau took over. The office moved to the Federal Building in 1911. A WSR-3 radar was installed in 1957; this was donated to California State University - Humboldt in June 1972. The office was upgraded to a Weather Forecast Office in the modernization of the 1990's.
Farallon Island	WBO	1903-1945	This station, off the coast from San Francisco, was transferred to the Coast Guard at the end of 1945.
Fremont	CWSU	? - present	The Oakland-area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the ARTCC in Fremont.
Fresno	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1887-1995	The Signal Service established observations in downtown Fresno in 1887. They remained downtown until 1939, when the Weather Bureau consolidated its operation at the Chandler Field office, which had opened in 1929. The office moved to the new airport in August 1949, where it remained until moving to new facilities in Clovis in January 1986. The NWS presence remained there through August 1995, when its functions were assumed by the new facility in Hanford.
Hanford	WFO	1995-present	The Hanford office opened 1/25/1995, with its WSR-88D operating in March of that year. This NWS office merged the functions of the Fresno and Bakersfield offices, and its functions were expanded to include additional forecast duties.
Independence	WBO	1894-1925, 1943-1944
Keeler	WBO	1891-1894
Laguna Beach	WBO	1929-1939
Lebec	WBO	1929-1932
Lindsay	WSO-Ag
Long Beach	WBAS WBO WSO WSCMO	1938-1943, 1959-1999	A Weather Bureau Airport Station opened in February 1938 at the municipal airport. In February 1943, the CAA took over its operation, with the Weather Bureau resuming its presence in 1959. The station become an NWS contract meteorological observatory in late 1987, before being turned over to the FAA in 1999.
Los Angeles	SigSvc WBO WBAS HQ DFO WSFO WSO WSCMO	1877-2002	The Signal Service established an office at Los Angeles in 1877, at the corner of Main and Commercial Streets, with the Weather Bureau assuming responsibility in 1890. An airport station was established at Mines Field (current Los Angeles International Airport) southwest of downtown in 1931, with a District Forecast Office established there on April 7, 1947, having relocated from Burbank. Eventually (1940's) the city office moved to the Civic Center, and the city office was closed July 1, 1964. A separate office remained in place at LAX, until becoming an NWS Contract Meteorologial Observatory in March 1997; this observatory was transferred to the FAA in late 2002.
Mono Lake	WBO	1943-1944
Monterey	WFO	1994-present	The San Francisco Area forecast office moved from Redwood City to Monterey in August 1994.
Mount Shasta	WBO WSO	1948-1986?
Mount Tamalpais	WBO	1898-1921
Oakland	WBAS WBMO WSO WSCMO	1928-present	A Weather Bureau Airways Station was established in June 1928 at Oakland Municipal Airport, and began taking upper-air observations in 1938. Separate offices for surface and upper-air observations were established in the late 1960's. In 1980, the surface functions were transferred to the FAA, and the upper-air observations were taken under contract with the NWS.
Oxnard	WFO	1998-present
Palmdale	CWSU	? - present	The Los Angeles area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the Palmdale ARTCC.
Point Arguello	WBO	1959-1964
Point Reyes	WBO	1899-1926
Pomona	WBO	1942-1963
Redding	WSO	1986-1996
Red Bluff	WBO WBAS WSO	1891-1986
Redwood City	WSFO HC	1968-1994	The San Francisco forecast office was moved to Redwood City in July 1968 from San Francisco International Airport. It remained here until being relocated to Monterey in August 1994. The Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center was also located here, established in 1970 after forecast responsibility had been transferred from the U.S. Navy. In 1988, its responsibilities were transferred to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, which had only been handling the Atlantic basin up until that time.
Riverside	WBO AWSC	1968-1971, 1972-1996?	A fire weather forecasting office was established in Riverside in 1968, then closed in 1971. A new office was opened at the University of California-Riverside campus in late 1972, covering agricultural and fire weather purposes; this closed in the mid 1990's.
Sacramento	WBO WSO WFO RFC	1893-present
San Francisco	WBO DFO HQ WBAS WSFO WSO HC	1888-1998	The first official weather office in San Francisco, opening in 1888, was in the Merchants Exchange Building. The office, then located in the Mills Building, was destroyed in the the fire following the great earthquake of 1906 (although it survived the quake itself), and was located at a private residence until a new exchange building was completed. In 1936, it moved to the Federal Building. A regional headquarters briefly operated here from 1942-43, before moving to Los Angeles. An Airport Station was opened up at the San Francisco airport east of San Bruno in late 1938. The district forecast center was moved to the airport in the 1960's, then to Redwood City in July 1968; the city office was closed around 1973. The airport office was closed in 1998 and turned over to to FAA contracting for monitoring the ASOS.
San Diego	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1871-present	The Signal Service began its operations in San Diego in October 1871 downtown, at the Dougherty Building. Several downtown sites had been employed by the time the Weather Bureau took over in 1891. The airport station was established at Lindbergh Field in August 1932, and operations of the city office were consolidated at the airport in February 1940. Around 1997, the NWS office was moved away from the airport, and operations were expanded, as part of the modernization effort.
San Jose	WBO WSMO	1905-1933, 1971-1973	An office at City Hall in San Jose was established by the Weather Bureau in June 1905, but was closed in August 1933. A new Environmental Meteorological Support Unit (EMSU) was established in August 1971, and was closed 2 years later.
San Luis Obispo	WBO	1894-1927
San Pedro	WBO	1937-1960
Sandberg	WBO WSMO	1937-1979
Santa Catalina	WBO WBAS	1943-1968
Santa Maria	WBAS WSO	1942-1998	The Weather Bureau established operations at the Santa Maria Army Air Field (later Santa Monica Public Airport) in November 1942. The office was closed in March 1998 as part of the NWS modernization.
Stockton	WBAS WSO	1963-1997	Operations of the Stockton weather station transferred from the FAA to the Weather Bureau on 3/4/1963. The office was closed 3/25/1997 during the NWS modernization.
CARIBBEAN
Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Is.	WBO	1939-1943
Havana, Cuba	HC	1899-1902	The West Indies hurricane center was moved here from Kingston, Jamaica. In 1902, responsibility was transferred to the Weather Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC.
Kingston, Jamaica	HC	1898-1899	In 1898, Congress enacted a provision for a storm warning service for the Caribbean (West Indies). The first hurricane forecasting center was located in Kingston, and moved to Havana, Cuba, the next year.
San Juan, Puerto Rico	WBO DFO HC WSFO WFO	1899-present	The first Weather Bureau office in Puerto Rico was established in 1899, in Old San Juan. Its second facility in the area was destroyed by the San Felipe Hurricane of 1928. It was rebuilt in that area, then moved to the Isla Grande Airport in 1946, then to the new Munoz Marin Airport in 1954. In 1935, a hurricane forecast center was established to cover the Carribean Sea and nearby islands, east of 75°W and south of 20°N. The forecast function was transferred to the National Hurricane Center in Miami in 1966, but San Juan continued to issue hurricane warnings and advisories for this area until 1980.
COLORADO
Alamosa	WBAS WSO WSCMO	1945-1996?
Boulder	WFO	1999-present	The Boulder NWS office was established in May 1999 after forecast operations were moved from the former Stapleton International Airport.
Colorado Springs	WBAS WSO	1948-1992?
Denver	SigSvc WBO WBAS DFO WSFO WSCMO	1871-present	The Signal Service opened its Denver office 11/20/1871, and this was transferred to the new Weather Bureau in 1891. Around the turn of the 20th century, Denver was made a district forecast office for the Rocky Mountains. While the main office operated downtown, a separate facility was established at the new Stapleton Field 9/15/1931. Forecast operations were moved to Stapleton in March 1941, but the downtown office remained in place until 1956. In 1995, the observing program was moved to the new Denver International Airport, while the forecast office remained at the old Stapleton Airport location until 1999, at which point it moved to new facilities in Boulder. Upper-air observations continue at the old Stapleton location.
Durango	WBO	1904-1913	A Weather Bureau office operated in Durango from September 1904 to the end of August 1913, at which point it became a synoptic observation station.
Grand Junction	WBO WSO WFO	1899-present	The Weather Bureau opened a downtown office January 1, 1899. It remained at various locations downtown until 3/16/1946, when it moved to the airport. Upper air observations began by the Army in May 1944, and by the Weather Bureau in October 1944. The office moved off the airport during the 1980's, then came back in 1995.
Limon	WSMO	1970-1995	A Weather Service Meteorological Observatory was established in August 1970. It took surface observations and operated the WSR-57 network radar. The station was closed after the network radar was decommissioned.
Longmont	CWSU	?-present
Montrose	WBO	1891-1893
Pikes Peak	WBO	1892-1894
Pueblo	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1932-present	Several observation sites had operated in the downtown area since 1888, until the Weather Bureau established facilities in February 1932. There were separate offices at the airport and downtown, which were consolidated at the airport in July 1940. The Weather Bureau moved to new facilities on the airport grounds June 1954, then relocated to the airport terminal building at the end of September 1969. In September 1994, the operations moved to a new facility, with a WSR-88D installed 18 miles northeast at the end of the year. Staffing and functions increased with the new facility.
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport	WBAS WSO	1948-1994?	The Weather Bureau opened an airport station at the Bridgeport Municipal Airport in February 1948. The office was closed as part of the NWS modernization in the 1990's.
Hartford	WBO WBAS WSO RFC	1904-1940, 1955-1994?	The Hartford office opened downtown in October 1904, and moved to the post office in 1933. An airport station was established 12/28/1938 at Rentschler Field moving to Brainard Field in October 1939, and Bradley Field in Windsor Locks in 1954. The two offices were combined at the airport in February 1940. A River Forecast Center was established in 1955, and a WSR-1 radar was installed at the end of the year. The radar was replaced with a WSR-3 radar on 4/29/1959, and a WSR-74C in April 1977. The RFC moved back into Hartford in 1968, and to Bloomfield in 1975 , while the main office remained at Bradley Field. The RFC was relocated to Taunton, MA, in 1993, and the main weather office was closed, as part of the NWS modernization.
Middletown	WBO	1956-1957
New Haven	WBAS	1938-1958
New London	WBO	1893-1895
Putnam	WBO	1937-1962
DELAWARE
Wilmington	WBO WBAS WSO	1942, 1947-1994	A Weather Bureau Airways Station briefly operated at the Dupont Airport during the second half of 1942. A new station was opened at the New Castle County Airport in 1947. It remained in this location until 1994, when operations were consolidated with a new facility in Mount Holly, NJ.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	SigSvc HQ WBO HC WBAS DFO WSO WSCMO	1872-1980	Signal Service observations began in November 1870, with the Weather Bureau taking over in July 1891. The first two offices were on G Street, while the next two were on M Street. Forecasts for the entire U.S. were initially made from this particular office, then district offices were created to assume forecast responsibility. The office also was responsible for hurricane forecasting for the entire Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico regions from 1902 until 1935, at which point it only covered areas north of 35°N and shared that responsibility with the Boston office; this responsibility was transferred to the National Hurricane Center in 1966, but dissemination of hurricane warnings and statements for this region remained in place until 1980. The forecast center itself was moved to Suitland, MD, in 1967. The first airport office was at Bolling Field in Anacostia in August 1929. It was moved across the Potomac River to Washington-Hoover Airport in July 1931, and Washington National Airport in June 1941. Upper-air observations began at this site in 1941, and were transferred to Dulles Airport in 1960. A WSR-57 radar was installed in 1960; this was moved to Patuxent River, MD, in 1980, and the office became a contract meteorological observatory at this time.
FLORIDA
Apalachicola	WBO WSO	1922-1933, 1936-1998	The first Weather Bureau office in the area opened up in July 1922, and operated until June 1933. The office reopened in October 1936. Upper-air observations were conducted from 1942-1948. Much of the time was spent at the Post Office building. Operations were expanded to 24 hours beginning in late 1959, after the WSR-57 radar was commissioned. The office relocated to the airport in the spring of 1975. The office was closed during the late 1990's.
Coral Gables	WSFO HC	1964-1995	The NWS Forecast Office, and the National Hurricane Center, moved from the city of Miami in 1964, to share facilities in Coral Gables. The WSR-57 radar was also relocated, perched on top of the building. In August 1992, the WSR-57 was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew, leading to an earlier-than-planned installation of the WSR-88D. The WSFO/NHC moved to new facilities at Florida International University in 1995.
Crestview	WBO	1944-1947
Daytona Beach	WBAS WBO WSO	1944-1995?
Fort Myers	WBAS WSO	1944-1995?	The Weather Bureau took over operations from the CAA at Page Field in March 1944; the CAA resumed operations in April 1946, although one Weather Bureau staff member took care of records and public contacts. Other personnel were brought in during the 1960's, but the station remained in part time operations. The office was moved downtown in March 1976, with the FAA taking over the airport station full-time. The station was closed in the mid 1990's as part of the NWS modernization.
Hilliard	CWSU	? - present	The Jacksonville-area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the ARTCC in Hilliard.
Jacksonville	SigSvc WBO WBAS HC WSO WFO	1871-present	The Signal Service opened an office in Jacksonville 9/11/1871; the Weather Bureau assumed responsibility 4/1895, with facilities downtown. An airport office opened 10/31/1930 at Imerson Airport. A hurricane forecast office was established in 1935, to cover much of the Atlantic basin between 20°N and 35°N; this was transferred to Miami in 1943. The downtown and airport facilities merged in January 1956. The Weather Bureau moved to Jacksonville International Airport 1/19/1970, and relocated on the airport grounds 1/19/1995. Upper air observations began 1/25/1995.
Jasper	WBAS	1942-1947	An airport station was established in Jasper in March 1942, and was closed at the end of 1947.
Jupiter	SigSvc WBO	1879-1911	This Signal Service office was established in July 1879. It was transferred to the new Weather Bureau in 1890. The office was closed in June 1911, when operations were moved to a new office in Miami.
Key West	SigSvc WBO WSO WFO	1871-present	Key West was among the initial Signal Service offices that began operations on 11/1/1871. It was transferred to the new Weather Bureau in 1890. It operated in several areas within the city before moving to Key West International Airport 7/1/1957. Its first radar, a WSR-57, was installed in early 1960, and was replaced by the WSR-74 in 1973. This latter radar was replaced by a WSR-88D on Boca Chica Key in 1996. The office was originally scheduled to close in 1997 as part of the NWS modernization, but received a reprieve and was upgraded to a full Weather Forecast Office. The office was moved to a new hurricane-resistant building off the airport grounds in 2005.
Lakeland	WBAS WBO WSO	1936-1978
Melbourne	WBAS WFO	1944-1954, 1989-present	The Melbourne office was the first one opened as part of the NWS's modernization effort. The office opened 6/1989, with local forecast and warning operations beginning October 1989. River forecasting for Florida was established June 1990. In October 1991, the nation's second WSR-88D was installed at Melbourne.
Miami	WBO WBAS WSCMO WSFO WFO HC CWSU	1911-1973, 1995-present	Observations in the area began as early as 1839, at old Ft. Dallas. The Weather Bureau operations began in June 1911 after the Jupiter office was relocated. A separate WB Airport Station (WBAS) opened 9/4/1929 at Miami Municipal Airport, and moved to what is now Miami International Airport 7/31/1942. Hurricane forecasting first began in 1943, when the regional hurricane center was moved from Jacksonville, and the downtown Weather Bureau office was combined with the new National Hurricane Center July 1, 1958. In 1964, the collective WB/NHC operation moved to the University of Miami in Coral Gables. The NHC was split into a separate operation in 1967, then shared space with the NWS forecast office again beginning in 1979 at new facilities in Coral Gables. The airport office was contracted out in 1973. New technology at the Miami facility included the first WSR-3 during World War II, and the WSR-57 in 1959 (later relocated to Coral Gables). In 1995, a new facility was constructed at Florida International University, and the NHC and the WSFO were moved to this location. A Center Weather Service Unit also operates out of the ARTCC.
Orlando	WBAS WBO WSO	1944-
Pensacola	SigSvc WBO WBAS RDO WSO	1879-1969, 1974-1996?	The Signal Service opened an office in Pensacola at the Pfeiffer Building in October 1879, moving to the Custom House in 1888. The Weather Bureau took over in 1893. It remained in town until October 1963, at which point it moved to the airport; the FAA took surface observations while the Weather Bureau handled climatology reports. The office closed at the end of April 1969. In April 1974, the office was reopened at the Naval Air Station to operate the WSR-57 radar, which was taken over from the Navy.
Ruskin	WSO WFO	1975-present	The Tampa Weather Service Office moved to Ruskin in 1975. The present office was built in 1994-95, and opened when the WSR-88D radar replaced the old system. and the office was upgraded to a Weather Forecast Office in 1999.
Sand Key	WBO	1903-1925
Tallahassee	WBAS WBO WSO WFO	1937- present
Tampa	WBO WBAS RDO WSO	1890-1975	The Weather Bureau established its Tampa office in March 1890, having been moved from Cedar Key. As with many Weather Bureau offices, separate facilities for downtown and airport operations were present for a time, with the airport station established in 1938; the two were consolidated at the airport in 1941. The first airport station was at Peter Knight Field, then relocated to Drew Field (present Tampa International Airport) in 1946. Early radar operations began in 1951 with an APS2E radar, which was replaced by the WSR-1 in 1956 and the WSR-57 in 1960. The office and radar were moved to Ruskin in 1975.
Titusville	SigSvc WBO	1888-1933
West Palm Beach	WBO WBAS WSO	1944-1993	The Weather Bureau opened a part-time office at Morrison Field (now Palm Beach International Airport) in October 1944, and became a full-time station in November 1945. Upper-air observations were added in 1977, after the function was moved from the Miami office. A WSR-74S local warning radar was commissioned 12/17/1980; this became a network radar after the WSR-57 in Miami was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew. The office was closed after its functions were transferred to the Miami office.
GEORGIA
Adairsville	WBAS	1943-1945
Athens	WBAS WBO WSO	1943-1996
Atlanta	SigSvc WBO WBAS HQ WSFO RFC RDO WSO	1878-1996	The Signal Service established an office in downtown Atlanta 9/25/1878, and was taken over by the new Weather Bureau in the 1890's. It occupied several locations downtown, ending at the Federal Annex (opened 3/15/1934). An airport office was established 11/1/1928, and the city office merged with it 4/30/1954. A new airport facility was occupied 4/2/1962, with forecast operations moved off the airport 6/2/1976. On 2/28/1992, the office relocated to temporary facilities in Hapeville, before moving permanently to Peachtree City 4/15/1994, with airport observing operations terminated 10/31/1996. The Southeast River Forecast Center moved to Atlanta in 1967 from Augusta, moving to the WBAS at the Atlanta International Airport. It had a few temporary homes downtown until being co-located with the Weather Service Forecast Office in 1976. The RFC and WSFO moved to a temporary facility in 1992 before relocating to Peachtree City in April 1994.
Augusta	WBAS WBO RFC	1955?-1995	Augusta was home to a Weather Bureau Airport Station (WBAS), and a Weather Service Office (WSO), before closing in 1995. Augusta was also the first home of the Southeast River Forecast Center, which was present until relocating to Atlanta in 1967.
Columbus	WBAS WSO	1946-1996?
Hampton	CWSU	? - present	The Atlanta-area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the ARTCC in Hampton.
Leesburg	WB/UA	1919-1931	Leesburg was one of 5 Weather Bureau offices taking upper air observations using kites. This was discontinued in July 1931, when airplane observations began in other locations around the country.
Macon	WBO WBAS RDO WSO	1899-
Rome	WBAS WSO	1945-1969
Peachtree City	WFO RFC	1994-present	The Peachtree City office opened 4/15/1994, with the relocation of the Atlanta NWS forecast office. Peachtree City is also the home of the Southeast River Forecast Center.
Savannah	WBO WBAS WSO	1891-1996
Thomasville	WBO	1905-1964
Waycross	WSMO	1969-1995	A meteorological observatory was established in April 1969, taking upper-air observations. A WSR-57 network radar was installed in August of that year. The office was closed in 1995, after the radar was decommissioned and upper-air responsibilities moved to Jacksonville, FL.
HAWAII
Ewa Beach	TWC	1949-present	A tsunami warning center was established on federal property in Ewa Beach in 1949, as a result of the devastating 1946 tsunami that affected Hilo. Operations were expanded in 1968 as part of an organized Pacific tsunami warning system, and around 2005 to include the Indian Ocean, South China Sea, and the Caribbean.
Hilo	WBAS WBO WSO DCO	1950-present	The Hilo Weather Bureau office opened 1/1/1950 after operations were transferred from the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Honolulu	WBO WBFO HC WSFO WSMO WFO	1904-present	The first Weather Bureau office was established in the city in 1904; operations moved to the Honolulu airport 1/27/1946. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center was established as part of the office 6/1/1957. The office relocated on airport grounds 10/11/1962. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts began 11/15/1968. The forecast and observing sections of the office were split 1/10/1974. The forecast office moved to the Manoa Campus of the University of Hawaii on 6/16/1995. The observing office closed 11/1/1996.
Kahului	WBAS WBO WSO	1962-1998
Kilauea	WBO	1919-1924	The Weather Bureau took over operations of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory at Kilauea, on the island of Hawaii. Operations were later transferred to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Lihue	WBAS WBO WSO DCO	1950-present
IDAHO
Boise	WBO WBAS WSO WSFO WFO	1898-present	The Weather Bureau opened its Boise office in 1898 in the Sonna Building downtown, before moving to the Federal Building in 1905 While operating this office, a second office opened at the airport (site of present Boise State University), and moved to the current airport in December 1939. The office relocated to the headquarters of the National Interagency Fire Center in 1969, and moved to an associated new facility in 1993. The first weather radar in Idaho was the WSR-88D installation in November 1993.
Burley	WBAS	1944-1947
Idaho Falls	WBO	1895-1899	The first Weather Bureau office in eastern Idaho operated here for a few years, until telegraph problems resulted in the station's relocation to Pocatello.
Lewiston	WBAS WBO WSO	1946-1995
Pocatello	WBO WSO WFO	1899-present	The Weather Bureau relocated its eastern Idaho office here from Idaho Falls on July 1, 1899. It was originally operated in a few locations downtown. Military operations and a new airport encouraged the next move to McDougal Field in 1938. During 1949, another move took the office 2.5 miles west to the Pocatello Municipal Airport, where it has resided ever since. Forecasts were initially issued from the Boise Weather Service Forecast Office for the entire state for many years. However, on March 22, 1995, the NWS moved into a modernized forecast office in preparation for assuming full forecast and warning responsibility for Eastern Idaho in 1999.
Wallace	WBO	1907-1913
ILLINOIS
Aurora	CWSU	1975(?)-present	The Chicago Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) opened in the mid 1970's.
Cairo	SigSvc WBO WSO	1871-1987	The Signal Service opened a station at the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in 1871, and assumed by the Weather Bureau in 1893. The station was reduced to a part-time office with one staff member in 1983, after most of its functions were assumed by a new office in Paducah, KY. The office permanently closed in 1987.
Chicago/City	SigSvc WBO HQ WBMO DFO WBFO WSFO WSMO	1870-1977	Chicago was one of the Weather Bureau's early "district offices". The first district office in 1891 provided forecasts for northern Illinois and northwest Indiana; by 1894, this district office covered an area from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes. The origins of the office date back to 10/15/1870, when the Signal Service established observations in Chicago. At the end of 1943, a Flight Advisory Weather Service (FAWS, precursur to today's Center Weather Service Unit) was established at Midway Airport, operating until 1952. The District Forecast Office was moved to just east of the University of Chicago once the FAWS closed, although some operations remained downtown until 1970. A WSR-57 weather radar was installed at the University office in 1962. The office moved to a new facility on Pershing Road in 1970, although the radar (and Weather Bureau Meteorological Observatory) remained at the old site until 1972. Radar operations were moved to Marseilles in 1974. The forecast office was moved to a new facility near O'Hare Airport in late 1977.
Chicago/Midway	WBAS WSO WSCMO	1928-1980	The Weather Bureau established aviation observations at Midway Airport 2/13/1928. The official climatological observations for Chicago started at this location in July 1942, taking over from the University of Chicago. These climate observations continued until 1/16/1980, when they were transferred to O'Hare Airport. A WSR-3 radar was installed 4/19/1958; it was replaced by a WSR-57 at the University office in January 1963.
Chicago/O'Hare	WBAS WSFO WSO WSCMO	1956-1996	The Weather Bureau began operations at the new O'Hare Field in 1956; the site became the official Chicago climatological site in 1980, having moved from Midway Airport. The forecast office moved to a new facility on the edge of the airport in late 1977. The NWS operated separate forecast and observation offices for a time, then combined them at the airport in 1989. In 1993, the office was again split, with the forecast function moving to Romeoville. NWS operations at the airport ceased in 1996, when government contractors and the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) took over.
Effingham	WBAS	1944-1947	A Weather Bureau Airways Station was jointly operated with the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The CAA previously had run the station since 1933, and assumed sole responsibility again 2/1/1947.
Joliet	WBAS	1937-1953	The Weather Bureau opened an Airways Station at the end of October 1937, initially taking surface observations, then adding upper-air observations in 1939. The station was closed 3/14/1953, with its upper-air functions moved to Green Bay, WI.
La Salle	WBO	1904-1913
Lincoln	WFO	1995-present	This office was established in early 1995 to replace the Springfield and Peoria NWS offices. It received a WSR-88D radar, and is part of the modernized NWS station network. The Lincoln office assumed additional forecast and warning responsibility in the late 1990's.
Marseilles	WSMO	1974-1994	This office was part of the NWS radar network, and had no official warning or forecast function. It served as the radar office for the Chicago area, and was closed after the WSR-88D was commissioned in Romeoville.
Moline	WBAS WBO WSO	1926-1995	A Weather Bureau Airport Station (WBAS) opened at the northeast corner of the Moline Airport (now Quad City Int'l Airport) 10/1/1926, while the Davenport WB city office remained open. This office was relocated to new facilities on the airport grounds around Christmas 1939, April 1961, and February 1991. The Moline office absorbed the functions of the Davenport city office, which closed 2/28/1953. A WSR-74C was installed at Moline 8/30/1977. In 1994, a new Davenport office was constructed. Warning responsibilities were transferred from Moline to Davenport 2/20/1995, with observing functions transferred to contract observers at the end of June 1995.
Peoria	WBO WBAS WSO	1905-1995	A new Weather Bureau office was established on the grounds of what is now Bradley University, in February 1905, with its first telegraph installed in early 1906. The office began 24 hour operations in 1931, then went back down to part-time operations in 1953. A Weather Bureau Airways Station was opened at the Peoria Municipal Airport in 1935. Operations of the city office were transferred to the airport office 5/4/1943, and the city office was closed 8/15/1944. Upper-air observations began in 1956, and continued until being transferred to the new NWS office in Davenport, IA, in Feburary 1995. The entire office was closed 10/1/1995, after its functions had been transferred to a new office in Lincoln.
Rockford	WBAS WSO WSCMO	1958-1997	The Weather Bureau took over airways observations from the CAA in November 1958. The Weather Service Office closed on 8/1/1995 after ASOS was commissioned, and the NWS operated a contract station there for a couple years before being taken over by the FAA.
Romeoville	WSFO WFO	1993-present	This NWS Forecast Office was moved from O'Hare Airport to the Lewis University campus north of Joliet. It received a NEXRAD radar. As part of the NWS modernization, forecasts for northwest, central and southern Illinois were transferred to other offices.
Salem	WSCMO	1969-1988	This NWS office was part of the upper air observation network, but did not perform any warning or forecast functions. The contract weather station opened in June 1969. It was closed when the observation function was transferred to the new NWS office in Paducah, KY in 1988.
Springfield	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1879-1995	A Signal Service office was established in downtown Springfield in July 1879, and transferred to the Weather Bureau in 1891. A downtown office remained in the area into the mid 1950's During the 1890's, upper-air observations were taken utilizing kites. An airport station was established in November 1935 at the old Southwest Airport, on the present south side of town; this was moved to Capital Airport in 1947, on the north side. The office was closed in 1995, with operations transferring to the new office in Lincoln.
INDIANA
Evansville	WBO WBAS WSO WSCMO	1897-1996
Fort Wayne	WBO WBAS RDO WSO	1911-1997	A Weather Bureau office was established in Fort Wayne at the Shoaff Building in May 1911. It was relocated to the original Baer Field in August 1939, then moved to the new airport (now Fort Wayne International Airport) in December 1946. A River District Office was established in 1961. A WSR-3 radar was installed in 1957, and replaced by a WSR-74C 3/12/1976. The office was closed in 1997, when a new facility in North Webster merged the functions of the Fort Wayne and South Bend offices.
Indianapolis	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSFO WFO	1871-present	The first weather office in Indianapolis was established downtown in February 1871, and operated in several locations over the years. An office was established April 1, 1931 at Weir Cook Airport (currently known as Indianapolis International Airport). The two offices were merged in 1954. The first radar, a WSR-3, was installed in October 1959, and was replaced by the WSR-74C in September 1977. After moves in 1965 and 1977, the office moved to its present location in 1993. Construction of the WSR-88D radar began in 1992, with commissioning in 1996.
North Webster	WFO	1997-present	The NWS established a Weather Forecast Office here to merge the operations of its South Bend and Fort Wayne offices.
Royal Center	WB/UA	1919-1931	Royal Center was one of 5 Weather Bureau stations taking upper air observations via kites. This function was replaced by airplanes in the summer of 1931, which were conducted in Cleveland, Ohio.
South Bend	WBAS WBO WSO	1937-1998
Terre Haute	WBO WBAS	1912-1954	The Weather Bureau opened an office at the Tribune Building in Terre Haute in late July 1912, and moved to the Post Office building in February 1935. The office moved to the old Paul Cox Field in late 1942, taking over for the CAA; this station was moved to the new Hulman Field in February 1947. The airport station was transferred back to the CAA at the end of 1954.
West Lafayette	AWSC	1969-1995	West Lafayette was the home of the Midwest Agricultural Weather Service Center (MAWSC), opened in 1969 on the Purdue University campus. The office closed in 1995 when agricultural weather forecasts were discontinued by the NWS.
IOWA
Burlington	WBO WBAS	1941-1964	The Weather Bureau began operations in Burlington in December 1941, after moving from Keokuk. Operations were transferred to the FAA as 1965 began, and the office became a Flight Service Station.
Charles City	WBO	1904-1953	The Weather Bureau opened an office in November 1904. It was downgraded to a special meteorlogical office in February 1943, then completely closed in 1953.
Davenport	SigSvc WBO WFO	1920-1953, 1994-present	The Signal Service opened a facility in Davenport 5/24/1871. Between them and the Weather Bureau, which took over in 1891, several locations around downtown Davenport housed the weather office. The Davenport facility closed at the end of February 1953, when operations were transferred to the already-operating Moline facility. In September 1994, a new office for the Quad Cities opened at the Davenport airport, with the Moline office closed at the end of June 1995. The office saw the WSR-88D installed 11/2/1994, and upper air observations began 1/16/1995. Warning responsibility from Moline was officially assumed 2/20/1995. The office has since obtained additional forecast and warning responsibility.
Des Moines	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSFO	1890-1995	The Weather Bureau opened an office downtown, in conjunction with the Iowa Weather Service. Downtown operations continued until October 1954. A second office was established at the Des Moines airport in February 1928, and operated until 1933. A new airport office started up in December 1938, and the city office relocated here in 1954. The full office (forecasts and observations) remained here until August 1993, when the forecast functions were moved to the new Johnston office. A skeleton staff remained at the Des Moines office to take observations until October 1995.
Dubuque	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1873-1981, 1982-1995	The Signal Service opened an office in downtown Dubuque in July 1873, and was taken over by the Weather Bureau in July 1891. The office moved to the Dubuque Municipal AIrport in 1951. The office was closed 9/1981 due to a staffing shortage, then reopened a year later on a part-time basis. The office permanently closed 10/15/1995, after its warning functions were transferred to the new Quad Cities NWS office.
Iowa Falls	WBO	1937-1941
Johnston	WFO	1993-present	The NWS Forecast Office moved here from the Des Moines airport in August 1993. See the Des Moines entry for more details.
Keokuk	SigSvc WBO	1871-1948	The Signal Service established an office in Keokuk in July 1871 at the State Bank building, moving to the Federal Building in 1889. The Weather Bureau took over in the early 1890's. It was downgraded to a special meteorological office at the end of 1941,after its functions were moved to a new office in Burlington, and closed in 1948.
Sioux City	WBO WBAS WSO	1889-1996	Although the Signal Service didn't open their station until 1889, observations in the area can be traced as far back as 1857. The Weather Bureau took over in 1891. The first official station was at the Chamber of Commerce building, moving to the public library in 1892 and the Federal Building by 1897. The office moved to the Post Office at the end of 1933. An Airways Station was established in 1940, and the city office was consolidated at this site in 1941. The office was closed in June 1996 and its functions transferred to Sioux Falls, SD.
Waterloo	WBAS WSO WSCMO	1955-1997	A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established in October 1955 at the municipal airport. A WSR-74C radar was commissioned at the site 11/19/1976. The office was closed in 1996, and the radar decommissioned, with a contract observatory in place for another year.
KANSAS
Concordia	WBO WBAS WSO	1893-1994
Dodge City	SigSvc WBO WB/UA WSO WFO	1875-present
Garden City	WSMO	1971-1995	A Weather Service Meteorological Observatory was opened in March 1971 at the airport to operate the WSR-57 network radar. The office was closed after the WSR-88D network radar at Dodge City was commissioned.
Goodland	WBAS WSO WFO	1943-present	A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established at Renner Field on 12/14/1943, and relocated 3/22/1966. A new facility was established 2/20/1991. The Goodland office was a participant of the NWS modernization demonstration most of the 1990's.
Iola	WBO	1905-1936	A Weather Bureau Office was established in Iola, with the help of U.S. Rep. Charles Scott. Daily observations were telegraphed to the Chicago office for use in making the forecasts. The office was closed in October 1936.
Olathe	CWSU	? - present	The Kansas City area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the ARTCC in Olathe.
Topeka	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WSFO WFO	1887-present	The Signal Service opened its Topeka office on 6/1/1887, with the Weather Bureau taking over in 1890. While operating several downtown locations, an airport office was established in 1944. Upper-air observations began in 1955. Its first weather radar, a WSR-1, was installed in 1953, and was upgraded to the WSR-3 model in 1957. The Weather Bureau Office sustained damage on 6/8/1966 when a tornado crossed the airport. In 1973, the office was assigned as the state forecast office. The radar was replaced with the WSR-74C model in 1976 and the WSR-88D in 1993.
Wichita	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1888-current	The Signal Service opened an office 6/13/1888, although local observations began in December 1879. The Weather Bureau took over operations 7/1/1891, with various downtown locations used. An office also opened at Wichita Municipal Airport (now McConnell AFB) 4/1/1930; the city office merged with the airport office 11/29/1940. The first Weather Bureau radar was installed at Wichita 4/1/1947, known as a WSR-1. It was replaced by the WSR-3 on 6/5/1956, the WSR-57 6/22/1960, and the WSR-88D 10/13/1992. The office moved to the new Municipal Airport (now Mid-Continent Airport) 12/1/1953, with further moves at the airport on 12/10/1981, and 1/17/1992.
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green	WBAS	1944-1953	A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established at the Bowling Green Airport in December 1944, and became the official climatological station for the area. Operations were transferred to the Civil Aviation Administration in June 1953.
Covington	WBAS WBO WSO	1947-1994	The Weather Bureau established a WBAS at the new Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport in January 1947. The Cincinnati city office of the Weather Bureau/National Weather Service remained in downtown Cinncinati until being relocated here in 1971. It remained at the airport until being moved to a new Weather Forecast Office in Wilmington, OH in February 1994.
Jackson	WSO WFO	1981-present	This office was established as the result of a flood event in the late 1970's, in order to improve radar and service to the area. A WSR-74S radar was commissioned 4/1/1981. The office was upgraded to a Weather Forecast Office during the modernization of the 1990's, and the radar replaced with a WSR-88D.
Lexington	SigSvc WBO WBAS AWSC WSO WSCMO	1872-1876, 1887-1933, 1944-1996	A Signfal Service office in Lexington opened in 1872, but was closed in 1876. The station was re-established in October 1887, and taken over by the Weather Bureau in the early 1890's. The office closed again in July 1933. In July 1944, a new Weather Bureau Airport Station opened at Blue Grass Field. A separate Agricultural Service Office was established at the University of Kentucky in 1966; this was closed in late 1976. The office was closed in March 1996 as part of the NWS modernization, and was contracted out for a time later that year.
Louisville	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSFO WSCMO WFO	1871-present	The Signal Service established weather observations 9/11/1871 at the Customs House downtown. Observations continued in various locations downtown through 5/7/1930; the Weather Bureau assumed responsibility in July 1897. On 5/7/1930, the Weather Bureau opened an airport station at Bowman Field, and relocated it to Standiford Field 12/1/1947. After a couple moves over the years, a new facility was opened 2/23/1995.
Paducah	WSO WFO	1984-current	The National Weather Service established a new office in western Kentucky in 1984, at the Paducah Airport, to improve radar coverage for the region. The "temporary" office building, which remained in use until the end of 1994, was a double-wide trailer. The office replaced the one in Cairo, IL. A WSR-74C was installed at the Paducah Airport in 1984, and was replaced by the WSR-88D in late 1994. The staff was increased by early 1995 to handle additional forecast functions, as a result of the NWS modernization.
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	WBAS WSO	1960-1977?
Baton Rouge	WBAS WSO	1945-1994
Boothville	WBO WSMO WSCMO	1965, 1966-1969, 1971-1988	A Weather Bureau office opened in February 1965, with surface and upper-air observations, replacing the Burrwood station. The station was destroyed by Hurricane Betsy in September of that year, and the office was closed the remainder of 1965. It was destroyed again in August 1969 following Hurricane Camille, and reopened in April 1971. The office was changed to a Contract Meteorological Observatory in July 1979, and was permanently closed in 1988.
Burrwood	WBO	1942-1965	A Weather Bureau office was opened at the mouth of the Mississippi River in March 1942 to conduct upper-air observations. A WSR-1 radar was in September 1956, and replaced by a WSR-4 in 1960. The office was relocated to Bootheville in February 1965.
Lake Charles	WBAS WSO WFO	1939-present	Although weather observations in Lake Charles began in late 1887, the Weather Bureau did not open until 2/12/1939, when it established an office at Old Calcasieu Paris Airport (later known as Chennault AFB). The office moved to the Lake Charles Regional Airport 11/22/1961, then to new facilities on the airport grounds in February 1996.
New Orleans	SigSvc WBO DFO HC WSFO RFC WSCMO	1870-1994?	A Signal Service office was established 10/4/1870 in downtown New Orleans, and was taken over by the Weather Bureau 7/1/1891. Besides normal forecast operations, the office became home to the Satellite Field Service Station, as well as an Area Aviation Forecast Center. A hurricane forecasting center also operated here starting in 1935, covering the Gulf of Mexico west of 85°W; the forecasting responsibility was transferred to the National Hurricane Center in 1966, but warnings and advisories continued to be issued by the New Orleans office until 1980. The forecast facility, in various locations, remained in New Orleans until 4/25/1979, when it was merged with the radar observatory in Slidell, along with the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (which was established in 1971). A contract NWS office operated at the New Orleans International Airport through the mid 1990's.
Shreveport	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1871-present	The Signal Service opened its Shreveport office in September 1871, and it was taken over by the new Weather Bureau in July 1891. After being at various downtown locations, it moved to the downtown airport 10/6/1941. It then moved to the Greater Shreveport Regional Airport 7/6/1952. A WSR-1 radar was installed in 1953, and later upgraded, but replaced by the WSR-88D in the 1990's. Upper air observations began in 1956, after relocateing from Barksdale AFB; these observations were transferred to the Longview, TX office in 1975, then returned to Shreveport in 1995.
Slidell	WSMO RFC WSFO WFO	1972-present	A radar observatory opened in Slidell to operate the WSR-57 radar system. On 4/25/1979, it merged with the forecast office which moved from New Orleans, as well as the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center. In February 1994, the offices relocated to new facilities in Slidell, and the WSR-57 was eventually replaced by the WSR-88D.
MAINE
Augusta	WBAS	1944-1947	The CAA and Weather Bureau jointly operated the station at Augusta State Airport, from January 1944 to February 1947. At that point, the CAA assumed full responsibility.
Brunswick	WSMO	1969-1984	A Weather Service Meteorological Observatory was opened November 1969 at Brunswick Naval Air Station, to operate the new WSR-57 radar. This WSMO continued operations until December 15, 1984, when the Navy took over radar operation.
Caribou	WBO WSO WFO	1937-present	The Caribou Weather Bureau began launching weather balloons in 1937. The office was at a hangar at the Caribou Airport through 1966, except for a brief period in 1944-45 after a fire. A new airport building was constructed in 1966. The office appeared to be headed for closure during the 1990's, but was reborn in 1998 as a Weather Forecast Office.
Eastport	SigSvc WBO	1874-1890, 1944-1952
Gray	WSFO WFO	1994-present	The Gray office was opened September 1994, when operations moved from the facilities at the Portland airport.
Millinocket	WBAS	1943-1947
Portland	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSFO WSMO	1891-1994	The Signal Service operated at several locations in Portland, beginning April 15, 1871. The Weather Bureau assumed responsibility on July 1, 1891. The office, located downtown, relocated to Portland City Airport (now Portland International Jetport) December 4, 1940. On April 20, 1970, an NWS Forecast Office was established downtown, with observations remaining at the airport. This split operation continued until 1988, when the operations were consolidated back at the airport. In September 1994, operations then moved to a new facility in Gray.
MARYLAND
Baltimore	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1870-1995?	Although the Signal Service opened its Baltimore station at the end of 1870, observations in the general area date back to 1829. The Weather Bureau took over in June 1891, at an office at Johns Hopkins University. Operations were moved to the Custom House in 1908. A separate airport station opened 2/16/1930 at the old Logan Field, moving to Baltimore Municipal Airport in 1945 and Friendship International Airport (now Baltimore-Washington International) in July 1950, where operations were combined with the city office. The airport office was closed in the mid 1990's when its functions were transferred to the office in Sterling, VA.
Frederick	WBAS WBO	1943-1963
Laurel Ridge	WBO	1932-1934
Patuxent River	WSMO	1980?-1995
Silver Hill	WBO	1951-1953
Silver Spring	HQ NMC NCEP	? - present
Suitland	NMC WBFO WSFO	1954-	The Weather Bureau established a communications center in Suitland in 1954. The Joint Numerical Weather Prediction (JNWP) forecast unit was established next door, as a joint project with the Navy, Air Force, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago. The forecast center for the Washington DC area was moved to Suitland in 1967, then to Sterling, VA around 1992. The communications center was relocated to Silver Spring in 1992.
MASSACHUSETTS
Blue Hill	WBMO WSMO	1959-present	Although the Blue Hill Observatory came under Weather Bureau oversight in 1959, its presence dates back to February 1, 1885. It has taken continuous, daily observations since then, the oldest climatological site to operate at only one location. It was the first site to conduct an upper air observation, on 8/4/1894 using a kite. The Observatory is considered a Weather Service Meteorological Observatory, but is generally operated under local command.
Boston	SigSvc WBO WBAS DFO WSFO HC	1890-1994	The Weather Bureau assumed responsibility from the US Army for Boston weather observations in 1890. The old courthouse was the observing site through 1929, then moved to the new courthouse after a temporary relocation. The city WB office moved to the Custom House in June 1950. Meanwhile, pilot balloon observations (pibals) began at Logan Airport 10/15/26, with observation elements gradually added. Official city observations were transferred from the city office 1/1/36. The WB airport office shared quarters with various US Army facilities initially. In 1940, the office was upgraded to an official forecast office, while continuing local observations. Hurricane forecasting was established in 1955 for the region, and responsibility was transferred to the National Hurricane Center in 1966, although hurricane advisories and warnings were still issued by the Boston office until 1980. The forecast operations moved to Taunton late in 1993, with the observing functions automated in 1994(?).
Chatham	WSMO WSCMO	1970-present	A Weather Service Meteorological Observatory opened in November 1970, taking upper-air observations. Radar observations began 8/9/1971 with the installation of the WSR-57; this was replaced with a WSR-74S on 5/6/1983.
Martha's Vineyard	WBO	1899-1900
Nantucket	SigSvc WBO	1886-1970	A Signal Service office was established in October 1886, after a telegraph wire was laid to connect Nantucket Island with mainland Massachusetts. The Weather Bureau took over operations in September 1891, first in the Pacific Club Building, then at a new Weather Bureau Building in 1904. The office was moved to the airport in 1946 to support the aviation industry. Operations were turned over to the FAA in 1970.
Pittsfield	WBO
Taunton	WFO RFC	1993-present	The forecast office moved from Logan Airport to this new facility 11/8/93. See the Boston entry for more information. Additionally, the Northeast River Forecast Center relocated here from Hartford, CT.
Westfield	WBO	1944-1946
Woods Hole	WBO	1893-1900
Worcester	WBAS WSO	1955-1995?
MICHIGAN
Alpena	WBAS WBO WSO	1959-1995
Ann Arbor	WSFO	1978-1994	The Detroit forecast office relocated to the Federal Building in Ann Arbor from the Wayne County Airport on 1/15/1978. It remained at this location until 1994, when it moved to new facilities in White Lake.
Detroit	SigSvc WBO WBAS DFO	1870- ?	The Signal Service's Detroit office opened on November 1, 1870, along with 23 other locations as sychronized weather observations began. Operations transferred to the Weather Bureau in 1890. Several downtown locations were utilized for the operations. A Weather Bureau Airways Station began operations at Ford Field in 1928, and was moved to Wayne County Airport (current Detroit Metro Airport) in 1930, followed by Detroit City Airport in 1933. Official observations were transferred to the airport in 1934, while forecasts remained downtown until approximately 1940.
Escanaba	SigSvc WBO	1871-1888, 1898-1963	Signal Service operations began in Escanaba in May 1871, continuing through March 1888. Volunteer observers continued the weather record until the Weather Bureau opened an office in November 1898. Operations were reduced to a single employee in 1953, then the office was closed in 1963.
Flint	WBAS WBO WSO	1956-1995
Gaylord	WFO	1995-present	A Weather Forecast Office was opened in Gaylord in September 1995, merging operations of NWS offices at Sault Ste. Marie, Muskegon, and Houghton Lake.
Grand Haven	WBO	1892-1933
Grand Rapids	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1903-present	The Weather Bureau established an office in the Michigan Trust Building on 7/1/1903. It moved to the post office at the end of 1910, then to the National Bank Building 3/29/1930. Meanwhile, an airport office was established at the Kent County Airport 9/1/1934; this office merged with the city office on 1/26/1956. The airport office relocated 11/24/1963, and again 8/1/1995.
Houghton Lake	WBAS WSO WSCMO	1964-present
Lansing	WBO WBAS WSO	1898-
Ludington	WBO	1912-1938
Manistee	WBO	1891-1893
Marquette	SigSvc WBO WSO WFO	1870-present	The Marquette office was established among the initial Signal Service offices in 1870, and was transferred to the Weather Bureau in 1891. It operated at various locations downtown through the late 1970's, including its longest stint at the Post Office building from 1937-1979. At that point, the office was moved to the Marquette County Airport. A new facility was constructed nearby in the mid 1990's, and forecast responsibilities and staffing were increased.
Muskegon	WBAS WSO	1938-1996	A Weather Bureau Airport Station was opened at the Muskegon County Airport in February 1938. A WSR-3 radar was commissioned 5/9/1957, and was replaced by a WSR-74C commissioned on 3/25/1976. The office functions were transferred to the Grand Rapids office in 1995, and the Muskegon office was closed in 1996 after the radar was decommissioned.
Port Huron	WBO	1893-1933
Saginaw	WBO	1912-1925
Sault Ste. Marie	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WSCMO	1888-1999	The Signal Service established an office at the First National Bank building in January 1888, with the new Weather Bureau taking over in July 1891. It moved operations to the Evening News Building in 1896, before moving into its own facilities in 1899. A separate office was established at the municipal airport in July 1939, with upper-air observations beginning at that time. The two offices were consolidated at the airport in September 1943. The office was moved just off the airport grounds in October 1982 ,when Sanderson Field was closed. The office was closed in 1997, with functions moved to the new Gaylord office; a contract station remained in place through May 1999.
White Lake	WFO	1994-present	The Detroit area forecast office was moved here from Ann Arbor in 1994. The upper-air program relocated here from Flint that same year.
MINNESOTA
Alexandria	WBAS	1937-1939	A Weather Bureau Airways Station operated at the Alexandria airport from 9/1937 to 8/1940, then was taken over by the CAA.
Chanhassen	WFO RFC	1995-present	The Twin Cities forecast office was moved to the suburb of Chanhassen in March 1995. It assumed upper air functions from the St. Cloud NWS office around this time. It is also home to the North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC), as well as the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC).
Duluth	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1870-present	Duluth was one of the 24 initial Signal Service offices, established in 1870. In 1890, functions were transferred to the new Weather Bureau, which occupied several sites downtown through 1940. In 1940, operations also began at the Duluth Airport; the city office was closed in 1950. Among technology advances during the years was the WSR-74C radar in 1977; the Automation of Field Operations and Services (AFOS) computer in 1979; the WSR-88D radar in 1995, and the Advanced Weather Information Processing System (AWIPS) in 1998. The office moved to new facilities on the airport grounds in 1996.
Farmington	CWSU	? - present	The Minneapolis-area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the ARTCC in Farmington.
Grand Marais	WBO	1944-1946	The Weather Bureau established a 1st-order station in March 1944, taking 6-hourly observations. It closed at the end of June 1946.
International Falls	WBO WBAS WSO WSCMO	1939-present	The Weather Bureau established a facility at the Municipal Building in 1939, before moving to the Municipal Airport in 1946. Upper-air observations began in 1942. The Weather Service established a contract meteorological observatory in 1997 to monitor the newly commissioend ASOS, and take the upper-air observations, after general operations were combined with the Duluth office; the ASOS monitoring by the WSCMO was discontinued in 2000.
Minneapolis	WBO RFC WSFO	1890-1995	The new U.S. Weather Bureau established an office in downtown Minneapolis 9/23/1890, and official observations for the Twin Cities was moved here shortly afterward. It also relayed the forecasts that were issued by the St. Paul office. Another office was opened at Wold-Chamberlain Field (i.e. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport) in 1934 to take aviation weather observations, and the official observation site was moved here in 1938. Weather and river forecast responsibilities were moved to the downtown Minneapolis office in the 1940's from the St. Paul office, and was moved to the airport site in the late 1940's. The downtown office was closed in March 1965. The airport office remained, though, and by the early 1960's, a WSR-57 radar was installed. This office closed in 1995 when its functions moved to a new facility in Chanhassen.
Moorhead	SigSvc WBO	1881-1934	The Signal Service opened up an office to cover the Fargo/Moorhead area in 1881, and it was taken over by the Weather Bureau in 1890. It was located at 3 different locations in Moorhead until 1934, when operations were transferred to Hector Field in Fargo, ND.
Red Wing	WBO	1893
Rochester	WBAS WSO WSCMO	1943-1997	A Weather Bureau Airways Station opened at the Rochester Airport in 1943, taking over observations from the CAA. It, along with the entire airport operations, were moved to a new facility in September 1960; a WSR-3 was commissioned at the same time. The radar was replaced with a WSR-74C in April 1976. Operations were transferred to a WSCMO in June 1996, after ASOS was commissioned, and the FAA took over responsibility by the end of 1997.
St. Cloud	WBAS WBO WSO WSCMO	1931-1999	A Weather Bureau Airways Station was established in 1931 at Tourist Park, and replaced by a new site in February 1936 at Whitney Airport. This was moved to the new Municipal Airport (aka St. Cloud Regional Airport) in February 1972. A rawinsonde station was established in June 1947. The WSO was replaced by an NWS Contract Meteorological Office in June 1995, which operated until the end of May 1999.
St. Paul	SigSvc WBO	1871-1948?	The U.S. Signal Service opened its downtown St. Paul office in January 1871, and this location served as the offiical observing site for the Twin Cities until 1890. After this transfer, the Weather Bureau planned to close this office, but remained open after numerous protests. This site then began issuing weather forecasts, and relaying/receiving weather data from headquarters in Washington DC. This office was moved to Holman Field around 1930 to take aviation observations, and the forecast responsibilities were transferred to the Minneapolis office in the 1940's.
Willmar	WBO	1943	This station operated one year before operations were transferred to the CAA.
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	WBAS WBO WSO WSFO WFO	1931-1935, 1939-present	The Weather Bureau Airport Station opened at Hawkins Field in 1931, but closed June 1935 due to the Great Depression; it reopened June 1939. On 3/1/1953, the first upper air observation was taken. In 1959, a WSR-3 radar (old Navy 3-cm radar) was installed, later being replaced in 1969 by the WSR-57, and in 1993 by the WSR-88D. A second office opened 7/8/1963 at the new Thompson Field, for warning and forecast operations. The Hawkins Field office closed in 1969, with the WSR-57 installation at Thompson Field. On 4/1/1972, the office gained forecast responsibility for all of Mississippi. The office was relocated in October 1978.
Meridian	WBO WBAS WSO	1893-?
Stoneville
Tupelo	WSO	1983-1995	A Weather Service Office was opened at Lemons Airport after the WSR-74C was commissioned 4/1/1983. It was closed following the radar decommissioning at the end of 1995.
Vicksburg	SigSvc WBO RDO WSO	1871-1969, 1977-?	The Signal Service established an office in Vicksburg in 1871, and it was taken over by the Weather Bureau 20 years later. The office was forced to move in 1885 after burning down. When the Weather Bureau took over, it moved operations to the Post Office building. A River District Office was added in 1956, then closed in 1969. A liason office was operated at the Corps of Engineers office afterward.
MISSOURI
Columbia	WBO WBAS WSO	1889-1996	The Weather Bureau operations in Columbia date to 1889, operating on the University of Missouri campus until 1936, at which point it moved to the Post Office. A separate Weather Bureau Airways Station opened in February 1944 at the original downtown Columbia airport. Operations were consolidated at the airport in November 1951. Rawinsonde observations began in the early 1950's. A WSR-3 radar was commissioned in August 1957. The radar and facility moved to the new Columbia Regional Airport in October 1969. Rawinsonde observations remained at the old site until August 1970, when the function was transferred to Monett; winds aloft were measured at the new facility until July 1981. The radar was replaced with a WSR-74C in November 1977. The office was closed in May 1996, after functions were transferred to the St. Louis office.
Hannibal	WBO	1891-1933
Kansas City	SigSvc WBO WBAS DFO WSO HQ NMC NCEP RFC TC	1888-present	The Signal Service established an office in Kansas City in 1888, with the Weather Bureau assuming operations in 1890. Several downtown locations were utilized, with a separate office at the municipal airport opening in 1934; the two were merged at the airport in 1939. In 1954, the Severe Local Storms (SELS) unit was moved here from Washington DC. In 1966, SELS became part of the new National Severe Storms Forecast Center (NSSFC), and it operated along with the WB forecast office and several smaller subsectors to become the largest Weather Bureau operation outside of Washington. In 1972, the Weather Service Office portion was moved to the Kansas City International Airport, while NSSFC moved to the Federal Building downtown. The NSSFC was renamed the Storm Prediction Center in 1995, and moved to Oklahoma in 1997. The WSO moved to Pleasant Hill in 1993, with a skeleton staff remaining at the airport to operate the WSR-57 radar until its decommissioning in summer 1996. The Central Region Headquaters and the NWS Training Center currently are on the northwest edge of Kansas City, having moved from earlier locations downtown. The same building contains the Aviation Weather Center, part of NCEP.
Monett	WSMO	1970-1995	A Weather Service Meteorological Observatory was established 9/4/1970, with upper air observations taken. A network radar, the WSR-57, was commissioned in March 1971. The office closed after radar and upper air functions moved to the expanded Springfield office.
Pleasant Hill	WFO RFC	1993-present	A Weather Forecast Office was established in 1993, replacing the WSO at Kansas City International Airport. The Missouri Basin River Forecast Center also operates from this location.
St. Joseph	WBO WBAS	1910-1964	The Weather Bureau opened its St. Joseph office at the beginning of 1910. An airways station was opened in 1935 at Rosecrans Field. The main WBO remained downtown until 1947, at which point it moved to the airport; it did move back to the original location for a few months in 1952 due to flooding. Airways operations were transferred to the CAA in August 1954, and the Weather Bureau handled climatological and public service duties. The office closed at the end of 1964.
St. Louis	SigSvc WBO DFO WBAS WSFO WSMO RFC	1870-1958	The Army Signal Service established its St. Louis office in October 1870, and was transferred to the Weather Bureau in 1890. A second office was opened at Lambert Field in 1929, operating concurrently with the downtown office. The city office was closed in 1958, with its functions moved to Lambert Field. The WSR-1 radar was installed in June 1955, replaced by the WSR-57 radar in July 1960. The forecast office and radar were moved to a new facility in St. Peters in 1974, while observations remained at Lambert Field until commissioning of an automated weather station in 1996. A River Forecast Center was opened at St. Louis in 1946. This was later moved to Kansas City, and currently operates as the Missouri Basin River Forecast Center.
St. Peters	WSFO WSMO	1974-1994	The NWS forecast office was moved from Lambert Airport to a new location 15 miles northwest, in October 1974. The WSR-57 radar was also moved at that time, although the official surface observations remained at Lambert. Forecast operations moved to Weldon Spring in 1990, and some staff remained to operate the old radar until it was decommissioned in 1994.
Springfield	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1887-present	The Signal Service established an office 9/20/1887, which was taken over by the new Weather Bureau 7/1/1891. Observations were at various downtown locations until the early 1930's, when an office was established at the old Springfield Municipal Airport; the station moved to the new airport 7/2/1945. A WSR-1 radar was installed 3/28/1957. On 12/14/1971, the Springfield WSO joined the ranks as one of the few NWS offices to take a direct hit from a tornado; the wind exceeded 100 knots (the limit of the gust recorder), and the pressure fell to 28.83 inches. A new office was built in 1994, with a WSR-88D and upper air station installed soon after.
Weldon Spring	WFO	1990-present	Weldon Spring became the home of the St. Louis NWS forecast office in 1990, after moving from St. Peters. The 6th of the nationwide WSR-88D Doppler network was installed here in 1992.
MONTANA
Billings	WBO DFO WSO WFO	1934-present	A Weather Bureau office was established at the Billings airport in 1934. Operations included daily forecasts, fire weather forecasts, Yellowstone Basin forecasts, and observations of surface weather and via balloon and airplane. The state forecast office was relocated to Great Falls in 1953. Its first weather radar was installed in the 1980's and replaced in the mid 1990's with the WSR-88D radar. A new facility was also constructed at this time south of the airport.
Butte	WBAS	1939-1953	A Weather Bureau Airport Station opened in January 1939, to assume operations from the CAA, then was transferred back to the CAA in June 1953.
Glasgow	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1943-present	The Weather Bureau in Glasgow was established downtown 6/6/1943, taking 6-hourly surface observations as well as upper-air observations. The office was moved to the Glasgow Municipal Airport in October 1955, relocating to the airport terminal in 1969.
Great Falls	WBO WSFO WFO	1937-present	The Weather Bureau opened its Great Falls office in April 1937, although cooperative weather observations were taken as far back as 1892. Public forecasts were issued by the Great Falls office beginning in 1953. In June 1994, the office relocated off the airport grounds to new facilities. Another new office was constructed in 1995, and staffing expanded, with the Doppler radar commissioned in August 1996.
Havre	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1879-1998	A Signal Service station was established at Fort Assinniboine, 7 miles southeast of Havre, in October 1879. After the Weather Bureau took over operations in May 1892, it was moved to Havre. A specific Weather Bureau building was opened at the beginning of 1904. The office was moved to the airport in January 1961. It operated with an early automatic weather observing station, dating from around 1957, but this was later upgraded. The station closed in the late 1990's as part of the NWS modernization.
Helena	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1880-1994	The Signal Service office opened up in April 1880, with operations transferred to the Weather Bureau in 1892. Various locations in the city were utilized. An airport office was established in April 1940, and the two stations were consolidated there in August 1955. The office was closed as part of the NWS modernization of the 1990's.
Kalispell	WBO WBAS WSO	1899-1995	A Weather Bureau Office was opened 5/3/1899 at the Conrad Bank Building. It was relocated in 1905 and 1917. In May 1949, the office was moved to the Flathead County Airport, with shared observational responsibility with the CAA until 1953. The office closed in 1995.
Miles City	WBO	1891-1943	A Weather Bureau office was established 10/1/1891 at the Stebbins Building. It moved approximately every 5 to 7 years after that, until 1916, when it moved to the Post Office. The office remained there until closing in January 1943.
Missoula	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1944-present	The Weather Bureau took over observational responsibility at the Missoula County Airport from the CAA in December 1944. A WSR-57 radar was commissioned 11/1/1961 at Point Six Mountain, approximately 9 miles north-northeast of the office. The office had been at the airport terminal, then was moved to the USFS Smoke Jumper Center in 1982. A new office was built in 1994 as part of the NWS modernization, and a WSR-88D replaced the old radar on June 1995.
NEBRASKA
Alliance	WSMO	1977-1997	A Weather Service Meteorological Observatory was established in June 1977, to operate the WSR-74S network radar. The office was closed in 1997 after the radar was decommissioned.
Drexel	WBO	1915-1926
Grand Island	WBO WSO	1929-1995	The first Weather Bureau office in Grand Island was established at Grand Island Central Airport 1/1/1929. The office was scheduled to be closed 6/11/1953, but received a reprieve approximately 30 minutes before its records were scheduled to be retrieved. The office, which had moved to the Municipal Airport in 1938, was relocated to Grand Island/Hall County Airport in 1970. The office was closed at the beginning of 1995, when operations were moved to a new facility in Hastings.
Hastings	WSO WFO	1993-present	The Hastings office opened in 1993, with dual operations continuing with the nearby Grand Island office. The two were consolidated at the beginning of 1995.
Lincoln	WBO WBAS WSO WSCMO	1894-1996	The initial Weather Bureau station was opened on the University of Nebraska campus in 1894, although observations on the campus date back to 1878. An airport station was established in October 1937, operating until 1942; the CAA then assumed responsibility, before sharing duties with the WBAS beginning in February 1949. Separate offices were maintained through the early 1970's, then consolidated at the airport. Contract operations began in 1995 after the main office closed as part of the NWS modernization, and ran for approximately a year.
Norfolk	WBO WBAS RDO WSO WSCMO	1946-1999	The Weather Bureau opened a city office and River District Office in August 1945, then relocated them to the airport in October 1946. A WSR-1 radar was commissioned 7/27/1947; this was replaced with a WSR-74C 5/14/1976. The office was contracted out in June 1996, after main operations were transferred to the Omaha/Valley office; this contract ended in January 1999.
North Omaha	WBAS WSFO	1955-1994	The North Omaha WB office opened in 1955, with the installation of the WSR-1 radar. A full NWS forecast office was established in 1972. The Eppley Airport office merged at North Omaha in 1974. The radar was replaced with a more modern WSR-74C in 1977. The office closed in 1994, when operations moved to the modernized NWS office in Valley.
North Platte	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1905-present	The Weather Bureau established its North Platte office 12/1/1905, although the Signal Service had been taking observations since September 1874. A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established at Lee Bird Field in 1940. First located in an airport hangar, it moved to the airport administration building 1/15/1952. It remained there until new facilities were completed in the summer of 1995.
Omaha	WBO WB/UA WSFO	1891-1974	The Weather Bureau established an Omaha office in 1891, although the Army Signal Service had been taking observations since 1870. Upper air observations began in 1931, using airplanes; these were replaced by balloons in 1938. A new office was established at Eppley Airport in 1941. The Eppley office closed in 1974, with operations consolidated at the North Omaha facility.
Scottsbluff	WBAS WBO WSO WSCMO	1949-1999	A Weather Bureau office was established at the Scottsbluff Municipal Airport in 1949, taking over surface observations from the CAA in May 1950. A WSR-3 radar was installed at the office in the summer of 1969, and decommissioned in 1978 after a network radar was installed at Alliance. The office was closed in March 1995 as part of the modernization of the NWS, replaced by a contract meteorological observatory, which was closed in June 1999.
Valentine	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WSCMO	1885-1997	The Signal Service operated an office in Valentine from 1885 to 1891, with a brief interruption in October 1888 after it was destroyed in a fire. The Weather Bureau took over in 1891. The office moved to the municipal airport in 1955 and operated as a WBAS. The station generally operated on a part-time basis, and closed in 1995; it was replaced by a contract observatory for a couple years.
Valley	WFO	1994-present	The Valley office replaced the North Omaha facility in 1994. It assumed upper air responsibility, had a WSR-88D installed, and the forecast functions were transferred to Valley. As modernization progressed, the Valley forecast and warning coverage areas was adjusted.
NEVADA
Austin	WBO	1944-1945
Beatty	WBO	1944
Carson City	WBO	1893-1905
Elko	WBO WSO WFO	1930-1963, 1969-present	The Weather Bureau opened in the 1930's, in facilities built by the Boeing Company. The office closed in 1963, then reopened 9/1969 at the post office. A new office was built 8/22/1995.
Ely	WBAS WSO	1938-1995?
Jackass Flats	WBO	1959-1961
Las Vegas	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1937-present	The Weather Bureau opened an office in Las Vegas in 1937, at what is now Nellis AFB. Operations moved to McCarren Field in 1948. New facilities were constructed in the 1990's, with operations and staffing expanded.
Mercury	WSMO	1978-?
Reno	WBO WBAS WSO WSFO WFO	1905-present
Tonopah	WBO	1906-1929
Wendover	WBAS WSMO WSO	1959-1977
Winnemucca	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1877-1928, 1929-1944, 1945-?
Yucca Flats	WBO WSO WSMO	1961-1979
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord	WBO WBAS WSO	1938-?
Manchester	WBO	1893
Mount Washington	WBO	1937-1952
Nashua	CWSU	? - present	The Boston-area Center Weather Service Unit operates at the ARTCC in Nashua.
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City	WBO WBAS WSO	1893-1995
Camden	WBAS	1935-1940
Cape May	SigSvc WBO	1872-1885 1897-1932
Mount Holly	WSFO WFO	1993-present	The Philadelphia Weather Service Forecast Office moved to Mount Holly in August 1993.
Newark	WBAS WSO	1931-?
Sandy Hook	WBO	1903-1929
Trenton	WBO WSO	1913-?
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	SigSvc WBAS WSO WSFO WFO CWSU	1878-1879, 1931-present	While a Signal Service office opened in 1878, it was only in operation for a little over a year, then cooperative observers took observations until the Weather Bureau opened an office in 1931. The city office was first established, then a Weather Bureau Airport Station opened in January 1933 at the TWA Airport (aka West Mesa Airport), before moving to the Municipal Airport (now Albuquerque International Airport) in late July 1939, where it has remained. A Center Weather Service Unit was later added, likely in the late 1970's.
Clayton	WBAS WBO WSO	1944-1985	An airport station was established at Clayton Municipal Airpark in March 1944. The office was reduced to part-time operations in the early 1950's, and finally closed in 1985.
Raton	WBAS	1943-1968
Roswell	WBO WBAS WSO	1904-1995	The Weather Bureau office in Roswell opened in September 1904, and moved to the airport in 1947. The airport was relocated in the late 1960's, but the office did not move to it until 1972. The office was closed in 1995.
Santa Fe	WBO	1891-1941
Santa Teresa	WFO	1995-present	This office was established 9/6/1995 by the relocation of the old El Paso NWS office. Warning and forecast functions were established and expanded from the old office.
Silver City	WBAS	1960-1968
NEW YORK
Albany	WBAS WBO WSO WSFO WFO	1929-present
Bear Mountain	WBO	1934-1953
Binghamton	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1896-present
Bohemia	HQ	? - present
Buffalo	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSFO WSCMO WFO	1870-present
Canton	WBO	1906-1950
Columbiaville	WBAS	1943-1946
Elmira	WBAS	1939	This WB Airport Station took over for the local CAA station for one year.
Ft. Plain	WBAS	1943-1948
Ithaca	WBO	1899-1943
New York City	SigSvc WBO WBFO WSMO WSFO	1888-?
New York/ Kennedy	WBAS WSO	1948-?
New York/ LaGuardia	WBAS WSO	1939-?
Oswego	SigSvc WBO	1899-1953
Rochester	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1888-1996?
Ronkonkoma	CWSU	? -present
Syracuse	WBO WBAS WSO	1902-1993?
Upton	WSFO WFO	1993-present
Whiteface Mountain	WBO	1937-1946
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville	WBO WSO	1902-1996?
Cape Hatteras	SigSvc WBO WSO	1874-1995	The Army Signal Service established a local weather office in 1874 at the lighthouse keeper's quarters. The Weather Bureau built a new office in 1901. Operations were moved to a new office in 1946, but the old facility remained in use as living quarters for staff. This facility was restored in 2005 and is currently the Hatteras Island Welcome Center. A WSR-57 radar was installed in the 1960's, and remained operational until 1995.
Charlotte	WBO WBAS WSO	1888-1996	The original Weather Bureau offices were downtown, while a separate office was established in 1948 at what is now Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. The facilities were merged in the 1950's. The Charlotte office closed in 1996 when operations were merged with the Greenville-Spartanburg, SC, office.
Greensboro	WBAS WSO	1928-?
Kitty Hawk	WBO	1893-1904
Manteo	WBO	1904-1929
Raleigh	WBO WBAS RDO WSFO WFO	1893-present
Southport	WBO	1893-1894
Wilmington	SigSvc WBO WSO WFO	1870-present	The U.S. Army Signal Corp began sending weather observations in downtown Wilmington, NC on Dec 18, 1870. During 1874 the building was moved to the northwest corner of Front & Princess Street. The building was moved to 19 N. Front Street in 1881, then to Fourth and Chestnut Streets in 1890 with the formation of the Weather Bureau in 1891 under the Dept. of Agriculture. During 1931, the Wilmington Weather Bureau moved to the U.S. Customs House Building on Water Street. The Wilmington Weather Bureau moved to the Air-Passenger Terminal at Bluethenthal Field (New Hanover County Airport) in 1951. In 1960, WSR-57 radar observations began at the airport. The Weather Bureau was changed to the National Weather Service in 1967 as part of the Environmental Science and Services Administration (which later became the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). In 1979, the National Weather Service in Wilmington moved from the old airport terminal building to 1739 Hewlett Drive at the airport. In 1994, the office moved to its current location at the airport. In October 1994 the WSR-88D radar observations began in Shallotte, NC.
Winston-Salem	WBAS	1944-1966
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	WBO WSFO WFO	1891-present	The Weather Bureau took over observations in Bismarck in 1891. The office was located downtown until 1894, then moved to Camp Hancock until 1939. In 1939, the office was relocated to the Bismarck Airport, with upper air observations beginning July 7, 1939. A new office on the airport was opened in 1973, with another new office (currently in use) in 1994.
Devils Lake	WBO	1904-1963	The Weather Bureau operate an office in Devils Lake from December 1904 to June 1963.
Ellendale	WBO	1919-1936	Ellendale was one of 5 sites in the country that used kites to take upper air observations. This was discontinued in July 1936, when airplane observations began in other parts of the country.
Fargo	WBO WSO	1934-1995	The Weather Bureau moved its operations from Moorhead, MN to Hector Field in Fargo in 1934, and moved to the new terminal building there in 1954. A WSR-74C radar was commissioned in late 1976, then upgraded to a WSR-74S in February 1978. The NWS closed this location in 1995 and transferred its functions to a new office in Grand Forks.
Fort Buford	SigSvc WBO	1879-1893	The Signal Service operated from Fort Buford, approximately 20 miles southwest of Williston, from 1879 to 1891, at which point the new Weather Bureau took over. Operations were moved into Williston in November 1893.
Grand Forks	WBO WBAS WFO	1911-1941, 1995-present	The first Weather Bureau office opened in 1911 on the University of North Dakota campus. A second office operated at the Grand Forks Municipal Airport in 1938, then was turned over to the CAA. The university office closed in 1941. A new Weather Forecast Office was opened at the university in 1995, and absorbed the functions of the Fargo office.
Williston	WBO WBAS WSO	1893-present	The Williston office opened in November 1893, after being relocated from Fort Buford. The office was relocated to Sloulin International Airport in January 1962. A WSR-74C radar was commisioned at the airport on 2/2/1978. The office coverage area was reduced in the mid 1990's, but the office itself remains open, as the last WSO in the lower 48 states.
OHIO
Akron	WBAS	1931-1995
Cincinnati	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSMO WSO RFC	1870-1971	The Signal Service began its observations in Cincinnati in November 1870, at the Pike's Opera House Building. The Weather Bureau took over duties in 1891. The office was moved to the Customs House in 1885, and remained there until 1936. A River Forecast Center began operations in September 1946. A separate office was established across the river at the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport in 1947, and the city office was relocated to the airport in 1971.
Cleveland	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSFO WFO	1888-present
Columbus	WBO WBAS WSO	1889-?
Dayton	WBO WBAS WSO	1911-?
East Liverpool	WBAS	1938-1948
Huntington	WBAS	1940-1947
Mansfield	WBAS WSO	1960-?
Oberlin	CWSU	?- present	The Cleveland-area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the ARTCC in Oberlin.
Portsmouth	WBO	1953-1955
Sandusky	WBO	1893-1963
Toledo	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1888-?
Wilmington	WFO RFC	1994-present	A new Weather Forecast Office opened in February 1994, with operations being transferred from the NWS office in Covington, KY. The Ohio River Forecast Center also moved to this location.
Youngstown	WBAS WSO	1943-1995?
OKLAHOMA
Altus	WBO
Broken Arrow	WBO	1919-1931	Broken Arrow was one of 5 upper air stations run by the Weather Bureau, utilizing kites. This practice ended in June 1931, and was replaced by upper air observations via airplane at Dallas.
Norman	WSFO WFO NCEP	1987-present	The Norman NWS office opened in 1987, as a relocation of the Oklahoma City forecast office. The Norman office has participated extensively in NWS modernization efforts, through tests of new equipment and staffing levels. Norman is also home to the Storm Prediction Center, which relocated from Kansas City in 1997.
Oklahoma City	WBO WBAS RDO TC WBFO WSFO WSO	1890-present	The Weather Bureau presence in Oklahoma City dates to November 1890, with a separate airport station established at Will Rogers Field on 4/2/1932. The two were consolidated at the airport in early 1955. Upper air observations began in July 1938, continuing until the summer of 1967. A training center was established in 1946 for the CAA; the NWS continues to have several staff members at this FAA training center. A WSR-1 radar was commissioned 3/1/1955; it was replaced by the WSR-57 in April 1960. The office was designated a Weather Bureau Forecast Office in 1969. Upper-air observations resumed in February 1975, after being moved from Norman. The forecast office was moved to Norman in 1987, with operations continuing at the airport to operate the radar, until it was decommissioned in 1994.
Tulsa	WBAS WBO WSO WFO RFC	1930-present
Waynoka	WBAS WBO	1938-1946
OREGON
Astoria	WBO WBAS WSO	1893-1993
Baker	WBO WBAS	1889-1953
Burns	WBO WSMO	1943-1995
Condon	WBO	1943-1945	A Weather Bureau office operated in Condon for just under 2 years, at the county fairgrounds. The office had been relocated from Maupin.
Crescent	WBO	1944-1945	This Weather Bureau office was only in operation for a little over a year.
Eugene	WBAS WBO WSO	1938-?
Klamath Falls	WBO	1944-1946
Lakeview	WBO	1943-1944	This Weather Bureau office operated less than a year, before becoming a second-order station. It had also operated as a second-order station for several years beforehand.
Maupin	WBO	1943	This Weather Bureau station was only open for 6 months, before being moved to Condon.
Meacham	WBAS WBO WSMO	1943-1972
Medford	WBO WSO WFO	1926-present	Although observations began in Medford 3/11/1911, the Weather Bureau didn't open a facility until 12/11/1926. The office first moved to the airport 11/1/1929, and relocated 5/1953 and 6/1969, before the current office was opened 8/1984. Office equipment over the years included the installation of the WSR-57 radar in June 1971, NOAA Weather Radio in September 1979, and the WSR-88D radar in August 1995.
Pendleton	WBAS WSO WFO	1935-present	Weather observations began in Pendleton in February 1886, although the Weather Bureau office wasn't established until April 1935. Located at the airport, it relocated to the airport terminal in October 1960, where it remained until May 1995. At that time, it moved into new facilities at the airport.
Portland	WBAS WBO WSFO WFO RFC	1888-present
Roseburg	WBO WBAS	1899-1965
Sexton Summit	WBO WSMO	1931-1993
Siskyou	WBO	1908-1913, 1945-1948
PACIFIC TERRITORIES
Chuuk	WBO WSO	1951-present
Guam	WBO WSO WFO HC	1950-present
Koror	WSO	1970-present
Majuro	WBAS WSO	1954-present
Johnston Island	WBO WSO	1952-1999
Pago Pago	WBO WSO	1956?-present
Pohnpei	WBO WSO	1951-present
Wake Island	WBO WSO	1948-1997
Yap	WBO WBAS WSO	1951-present
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown	WBAS WSO	1944-1995
Altoona	WBAS	1944-1947
Curwensville	WBO	1943-1952
Erie	WBO WBAS WSO	1893-
Harrisburg	WBO WBAS WSO RFC	1893-1993
Kylertown	WBAS	1935-1942
Mercer	WBAS	1944-1948
Park Place	WBO	1943-1961
Philadelphia	WBO WBAS WSO WSFO WSMO	1940-1999?
Pittsburgh	WBO WBAS WSFO WSCMO	1888-
Reading	WBO	1912-1969
Shippingport	WBO	1955-1961
State College	WFO RFC	1993-present	The State College office was established to replace former offices at Harrisburg and Williamsport. The office opened 10/1/1993, and assumed responsibility for public forecasts in October 1998. The facility also houses the Mid-Atlantic River Forecast Center, which relocated from Harrisburg.
Wilkes-Barre	WBAS WSO	1955-1995
Williamsport	WBAS WBO WSO	1948-
Woodward	WBO	1943-1946
RHODE ISLAND
Block Island	SigSvc WBO	1880-1953	The Signal Service established an observing station on Block Island in 1880, in a local store. The office was moved to a newly constructed building in 1887, where it remained until burning down 7/17/1902. The replacement building was occupied as 1903 began. The Weather Bureau Office closed in 1953, with observations being transferred to the local airport.
Narragansett	WBO	1899-1918
Providence	WBO WBAS WSO	1904-1993?
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	SigSvc WBO WBAS RDO WSO WFO	1872-present
Columbia	SigSvc WBO WBAS RDO WSFO WFO	1887-present	The Army Signal Service opened its facility in Columbia 6/5/1897, and the operations were assumed by the new Weather Bureau 10/1/1891. The office was located in several locations through February 1905, then moved to the new Weather Bureau building. The office was relocated to the U.S. Courthouse 8/28/1936. Meanwhile, a separate Weather Bureau Airways Station opened at Owens Field in 1935; this was moved to the Columbia Airport 2/14/1947. The two facilities merged, and were housed at a new Weather Bureau building near the airport terminal 1/20/1967. The office gained additional forecast and warning responsibilities in October 1995, when the functions of the Augusta, GA NWS office merged with Columbia.
Due West	WBO	1921-1932
Florence	WBAS	1944-1965
Greenville	WBO WBAS	1917-1934, 1938-1962	On 10/6/1917, the Weather Bureau opened its Greenville facility. It relocated in October 1925 and again in June 1933. The office closed 9/5/1934, then reopened at the post office as 1938 began. The Greenville facility closed 10/15/1962, when it merged with the Spartanburg Weather Bureau office at the Greenville-Spartanburg Jetport in Greer.
Greer	WBO WSO WFO	1962-present	The Weather Bureau office in Greer opened at the Greenville-Spartanburg Jetport on 10/15/1962, after the merging of the separate Greenville and Spartanburg offices. The WB/NWS presence has remained to this day. The office was moved to new facilities in 1995, and its functions expanded.
Spartanburg	WBAS WSO	1930-1962	The Weather Bureau opened an office at the Spartanburg Airport 6/14/1930, while maintaining its Greenville facility. The two offices merged 10/15/1962 at the Greenville-Spartanburg Jetport.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Aberdeen	WBO WSO WFO	1964-1981, 1982-present	The Weather Bureau established an office in Aberdeen in 1964, staffed 24 hours a day. From 1978-81, the office dropped down to 16 hour a day operations. It closed completely in 1981, then reopened in 1982. From 1982-86, it operated 24 hours on weekdays, and 16 hours on weekends. From 1986-94, the office was staffed 16 hours a day, then resumed 24 hour operations in 1994 with an increased staff.
Huron	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1881-1996	A Signal Service station opened in Huron in July 1881, and was taken over by the Weather Bureau 10 years later. An Airways Station was established in March 1938 at Howes Municipal Airport; the two offices were consolidated in 1955. Upper-air observations were periodically done in the 1950's and 1960's as part of a research project; this became a permanent function in 1973. A WSR-57 network radar was commissioned in April 1972. The office was closed in 1996, and its functions divided between the Aberdeen and Sioux Falls offices.
Pierre	WBO	1891-1933	The Weather Bureau opened its office in Pierre in July 1891, at the Bank of Commerce Building. It was moved to a more open area due to the beginning of upper air observations utilizing kits, which were taken from 1898 through 1900. The station was closed in July 1933, with observations being taken by a cooperative weather observer.
Rapid City	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1888-present	Observations in the Rapid City area began in 1888, with a Weather Bureau office established downtown in the early 1900's. A separate airport office was opened January 19, 1939, at the old Rapid City Airport (now Ellsworth AFB). The city office merged into the airport office in 1942; the WB operations were relocated to the new Rapid City Airport in October 1950. A city office was re-established in November of 1995, near the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The airport functions were soon automated, and NWS operations were expanded at the new city office.
Sioux Falls	WBO WSO WSFO WFO	1941-1942, 1946-present	The Weather Bureau opened an office at the Sioux Falls Airport in September 1941, although observations were taken by private individuals since 1890. The office temporarily closed during World War II, from 8/1942 to 12/1945; when it reopened 1/1/1946, it had an all-female staff. New facilities were obtained in 1947, although the office temporarily operated downtown 4/1951 and 4/1952 due to flooding. The WSR-1 radar was installed in 1956, followed by the WSR-74C in 1976, and the WSR-88D in late 1993. The office assumed forecast responsibility for all of South Dakota in 1972. New facilities, and realigned forecast and warning responsibilities, were implemented in the 1990's.
Yankton	SigSvc WBO	1873-1933	The Signal Service station was established in March 1873, and the Weather Bureau took over in 1890. The office was destroyed in a fire 11/28/1901. The station reopened at the Wagner Building on 1/1/1902. The office was closed at the end of July 1933, and observations were transferred to the Yankton State Hospital as a cooperative observer station.
TENNESSEE
Bristol	WBAS WSO	1944-1995?
Chattanooga	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1879-1996
Knoxville	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1889-?
Memphis	SigSvc WBO RDO WBAS WSFO WSMO WFO CWSU	1930-present	Observations began in Memphis 2/1871, and remained at various downtown locations through 9/1964. The Weather Bureau opened a River District Office during the 1930's, and a Weather Bureau Airport Station 10/24/1931. The first radar in the area, a WSR-3, was installed in Millington in 1957. The River District Office closed in 1964, and the downtown and airport stations merged. A Center Weather Service Unit was established in 1978 for aviation forecasting. A WSR-57 radar was installed at the Memphis Naval Air Station, operated by the NWS from 2/1971 to 12/1985. Forecast operations moved to new facilities in East Memphis in 1985; a WSR-74S was installed in January 1986, replacing the WSR-57 at the NAS. This radar was replaced by a WSR-88D, installed again in Millington, in 8/1993; the old radar was decommissioned 6/1995.
Monteagle	WBO	1943-1946
Morristown	WFO	? - present
Nashville	SigSvc WBO WBAS WBMO WSMO WSO WSCMO	1870-present	The Signal Service office for Nashville opened in October 1870, remaining downtown when the Weather Bureau took over. A separate facility at Berry Airport (current Nashville International Airport) was opened in June 1937, and the two facilities were consolidated there on 12/18/1950. Upper-air observations began in 1938. A WSR-3 radar was installed 4/2/1957. Upper-air observations were moved to the Old Hickory area, 11 miles northeast of the airport, in July 1963, and a WSR-57 was commissioned here 10/31/1970 to replace the old unit; the main office remained at the Nashville airport. The two facilities were consolidated in Old Hickory in the 1990's, and a WSR-88D was installed.
TEXAS
Abilene	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1888-1996
Alvin	WSO	1970-1990	The Alvin office opened in 1970, with the relocation of the Houston WB city office. It was responsible for warnings and local forecasts. In October 1990, the office moved to League City, and consolidated with the Galveston NWS office.
Amarillo	WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1892-present	The Weather Bureau opened an office at Amarillo July 1, 1892, with observations in town. From 1932-1935, a second office was located at the area airport. In June 1941, a new airport office was opened, and the city office was closed. In 1961, one of the first NWS network radars, the WSR-57, was commissioned. Upper air observations began in 1956. Other milestones include one of the early Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) commissionings, in 1992, and the nation's second WSR-88D (Doppler) radar commissioning, in 1994.
Austin	WBO WSO	1926-1995	The Weather Bureau opened an office at the Littlefield Building in October 1926, but observations for the Austin area date back to the 1850's. The WBO also spent time at the Federal Court Building (10/1936-2/1942). The office relocated to Mueller Airport in August 1942. New equipment included the WSR-74C radar in the late 1970's, the Automation of Field Operations and Services (AFOS) computers in the early 1980's, and the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) in the mid 1990's. The office consolidated with 3 other stations to the new office at New Braunfels in 1995.
Beaumont	WBO WSO	1917-1995	A Weather Bureau office opened at the downtown post office 2/1/1917, although observations in the area date to the end of 1901. The office moved to the Beaumont Municipal Airport 5/29/1940, then relocated to the Jefferson County Airport (current Southeast Texas Regional Airport) in Nederland 3/8/1944. The office was closed in August 1995, its functions assumed by the Lake Charles, LA office.
Big Spring	WBAS	1940-1953
Brownsville	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1877-present	The Weather Bureau took over observations from the military in October 1916. Initially, the observations were taken at a private residence, then in various downtown locations into April 1943. An office opened at the Brownsville airport 8/2/38. The city office consolidated at the airport office 4/1/42, and completely closed the next year. Upper air observations began at Brownsville in June 1943, and the Weather Bureau installed one of the new WSR-57 model radars in 1961. The 1960's also saw the start of weather radio in Brownsville. Surface observations were automated in May 1994, and the old radar was replaced by the WSR-88D Doppler radar in 1995.
Childress	WBAS	1946-1948
Corpus Christi	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1887-present	The Army Signal Service opened a station at Corpus Christi at the start of February 1887, at the French Building. By 1901, the office was under Weather Bureau authority, and moved to the Hatch and Robertson Building. It moved to the City National Bank Building 11/1/1908, and then to the Federal Building 1/1/1921. A new office was established at Cliff Maus Field 1/28/1938. This office merged with the old city Weather Bureau office 10/15/1942, but an Emergency Hurricane Office remained downtown until 1946. The WB moved to new facilities 8/8/1965, and again 11/7/1995. Technology over the years included the initiation of NOAA Weather Radio in June 1967, the WSR-74C radar 2/1/1976; upper air observations 11/5/1989, and the WSR-88D in 1995.
Dallas	WBO WB/UA	1913-1973	The Weather Bureau opened an office in downtown Dallas 10/15/1913, at the Cotton Exchange Building. A separate office was established at Love Field 7/16/1930, and the downtown office was absorbed into the airport office 9/1/1940. At Love Field, upper air observations began 7/1/1931, using airplanes; this function relocated to Oklahoma City 6/30/1934. Forecast functions at the 4 WB offices (Dallas downtown and Love Field, Fort Worth downtown and Meacham Field) were transferred to the Meacham office 9/1/1937. The National Weather Service combined its Love Field and Meacham Field operations at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as 1974 began.
Del Rio	WBO WSO	1951-1995	The Weather Bureau opened an office at the Val Verde County Airport in 1951, but weather records for the area date to 1905. The office remained there until September 1957, when it moved to the Post Office downtown. In February 1963, it moved back to the airport (now Del Rio International Airport). The office closed in 1995, when warning and forecast functions transferred to New Braunfels.
Dickinson	WFO
El Paso	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1877-1995	The Signal Service opened an office 11/6/1877 downtown, and was later taken over by the Weather Bureau. The El Paso office operated in 9 different locations through 1942, when it consolidated with the airport facility (opened 11/1931). Operations in El Paso itself ended 9/6/1995 when functions were moved to nearby Santa Teresa.
Fort Worth	WBO DFO WSFO WSMO WFO CWSU HQ RFC	1898-present	The Fort Worth Weather Bureau opened for business 9/1/1898 downtown, and remained there through 1939. In January 1940, this office was consolidated with another office at Meacham Field. A Flight Advisory Weather Service (FAWS) office, a forerunner to the current Center Weather Service Unit, operated at the Fort Worth Air Traffic Control Center from 1944 through 1952. Upper air observations were also performed at Meacham Field from March 1946 through October 1948, when they were transferred to Carswell AFB. The Weather Bureau resumed these observations (at Carswell) in December 1955, continuing until the function was transferred to Stephenville in October 1973. Meanwhile, a WSR-1 radar was installed April 21, 1954, and was replaced by the newer WSR-57 April 5, 1961. The Fort Worth office assumed public forecasting functions for the northern half of Texas in the summer of 1960 (previously done by the New Orleans office). Much of the Weather Bureau operations moved to the Federal Building downtown in the summer of 1966, in facilities also housing the West Gulf River Forecast Center and the Southern Region Headquarters. However, observing functions remained at the airport until January 1, 1974, when they were transferred to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The forecast office and River Forecast Center moved to new quaters on the north side of Fort Worth in November 1993, and the office again resumed upper air observations.
Galveston	SigSvc WBO WSO	1871-1995	One of the Signal Service's first offices opened in Galveston 4/19/1871. It was located in various locations until June 1898, when it moved to the Levy Building. After the great hurricane of September 1900, the office moved to the Trust Building, then to the post office building in 1946. One of the Weather Bureau's new WSR-57 radars was installed there in 1960. The office closed in October 1995, after commissioning of the League City WSR-88D.
Groesbeck	WB/UA	1919-1931	The Weather Bureau took upper air observations via kite at 5 stations, including Groesbeck. This function was transferred to Dallas' Love Field office in July 1931, and switched to airplanes instead of kites.
Hondo	WSMO	1971-1995	The Hondo office opened in 1971 as a Weather Service Meteorological Observatory (WSMO), with the installation of the last WSR-57 network radar. The office closed in 1995, when the WSR-88D network made its operations obsolete.
Houston	SigSvc WBO WSO CWSU	1881-present	After operations by the Signal Service since 1881, the Weather Bureau opened an office in downtown Houston 9/16/1909. This office was relocated twice, then split into two in 1970. The forecast and warning office moved to Alvin, while the observation function moved to the Houston Intercontinental Airport. In October 1990, the forecast function was moved to the League City office. A separate office, the Spaceflight Meteorology Group, operates at the Johnson Space Center. A Center Weather Service Unit also operates out of the ARTCC.
Laredo	WBO WBAS	1944-1965
League City	WSO WFO	1990-present	The League City office opened in October 1990, merging the functions of the Houston (Alvin) and Galveston offices.
Longview	WSO
Lubbock	WBO WSO WFO	1946-present	The first Weather Bureau office opened at the Lubbock airport in 1946, and has operated in several locations on the airport grounds. In 1993, the office moved to the Science Spectrum building.
Midland	WBAS WSO WFO	1954-present
Mineola	WBO	1945-1946
New Braunfels	WSFO WFO	1994-present	The New Braunfels (Austin/San Antonio) office opened in 1994, with the relocation of the San Antonio office. Functions from the Austin, Del Rio, and Hondo offices were transferred to this office in 1995.
Palestine	SigSvc WBO	1881-1944, 1945-1953
Port Arthur	WBO WBAS WSO	1917-?
Rio Grande	SigSvc WBO	1877-1891
San Angelo	WBO WSO WFO	1947-present	The Weather Bureau office opened at Mathis Field on Halloween, 1947. The first radar in the area was installed June 23, 1954. WB facilities were relocated in July 1965. A WSR-74C was installed in October 1977. New NWS facilities were opened in February 1996, including expanded operations and a WSR-88D radar.
San Antonio	SigSvc WBO WBAS WBFO WSFO	1875-1994	The Army Signal Service had a San Antonio office beginning in the 1870's, with functions taken over by the new Weather Bureau in July 1891. The station was in downtown San Antonio until 1941, when it moved to Stinson Field. The office then moved to the new San Antonio Municipal Airport in July 1942. It remained there until May 1972, when it moved to the North Crown Building. In 1994, the office moved to New Braunfels.
Stephenville	WSMO	1973-1994	The Stephenville office opened in October 1973, assuming upper-air observations from Carswell AFB and radar operations from Fort Worth. This configuration continued until the mid 1990's, when both functions moved back to Fort Worth.
Taylor	WBO	1901-1933
Tyler	WBAS	1944-1947
Victoria	WBAS WSO	1936-1940, 1946-?
Waco	WBAS WSO	1942-1993
Wichita Falls	WBAS WSO	1944-1993
UTAH
Milford	WBAS WBO WSO WSMO	1949-1989	A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established in Milford in July 1949. It operated as a meteorological observatory in the 1970's and 1980's, before closing in May 1989.
Modena	WBO	1901-1948	The first Weather Bureau office in Modena was established in January 1901, in the facilities of the Utah & Pacific Railroad. The office obtained separate quarters in June 1903, remaining in this location until closing in the summer of 1948.
Ogden	WBO	1943-1948	In April 1943, the Weather Bureau opened an office at Hinckley Field, replacing an "on-call" observer for aviation purposes. Operations were transferred to the CAA in September 1948.
Salt Lake City	SigSvc WBO DFO WBAS WSO WSFO WFO RH RFC CWSU	1874-present	The Signal Service established its first observation site in March 1874, and operations were assumed by the Weather Bureau in December 1891. The first several observation sites were downtown. A separate airport station was established in May 1928, and climatological observations for the city were moved here in July 1940. The city and airport stations were consolidated in July 1954 at the airport, where it has remained to this day. Besides the forecast office, Salt Lake City is also home to the Western Region Headquarters, the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, and a Center Weather Service Unit at the ARTCC.
Wendover	WBAS WSMO	1959-1976	A WBAS was opened at the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Field in September 1959. The station was partly automated in October 1967, after installation of an Automatic Meteorological Observing Station (AMOS), and operations were reduced to 8 hours a day. The station became fully automated in September 1976.
VERMONT
Burlington	SigSvc WBO WB/UA WSO WFO	1871-1883, 1906-present	The Signal Service began observations in Burlington May 24, 1871. These were taken through September 1893 at various locations, before a lack of funding caused the office to close. Observations continued privately through March 1906, when the Weather Bureau opened an office on the University of Vermont campus. The Weather Bureau relocated to the aiport June 4, 1943, and began taking aviation observations. Upper air observations were taken 4 times a day in Burlington, from November 1919 through 1965. New facilities were constructed in 1995, and the staffing was increased, to handle additional forecast duties.
Northfield	WBO	1893-1943	This Weather Bureau office served the Montpelier area.
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	WFO	1996-present	The Blacksburg office was opened in 1996, after being relocated from Roanoke.
Cape Henry	SigSvc WBO WBMO	1871-1969
Leesburg	CWSU	? - present	The Washington-area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the ARTCC in Leesburg.
Lynchburg	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1872-1981
Mount Weather	WBO	1904-1914
Norfolk	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO	1872-1995?
Petersburg	WBAS	1944-1946
Richmond	WBAS WBO WSO	1928-1985?
Roanoke	WBAS WBO WSO	1948-1995?
Sterling	WBO WBAS WSO WSCMO WSFO WFO	1960-present	A Weather Bureau Airport Station was opened at Dulles Airport in 1960. A testing facility was constructed adjacent to the airport grounds. The airport station was converted to a contract meteorological observatory in 1980. The area Weather Forecast Office was moved to Sterling in the early 1990's.
Urbanna	WBO	1945-1950
Volens	WSMO	1977-1995
Wakefield	WFO	? - present
Wallops Island	WBO WSCMO	1960-1996
WASHINGTON
Auburn	CWSU	1978? - present	The Seattle-area Center Weather Service Unit operates out of the ARTCC in Auburn.
Bellingham	WBO	1939
Blaine	WBO	1908-1915
Ellensburg	WBAS	1940-1953
Hoquiam	WBO	1944-1945
Kelso	WBAS	1947-1953
La Crosse	WBO	1944-1948
Neah Bay	WBO	1898-1902
North Head	WBO	1902-1953
Olympia	WBO WBAS WSO	1941-?
Pasco	WBAS	1930-1935
Port Angeles	SigSvc WBO WBAS	1885-1934, 1947-1953
Port Crescent	WBO	1898-1916
Port Townsend	WBO	1939-1946
Quillayute	WBAS WSO WSMO	1966-?
Seattle	WBO HQ DFO RFC WBAS WBFO WSO WSMO WSFO WSCMO WFO	1893-present	The Weather Bureau established its Seattle city office in May 1893. The first airport station was established at Boeing Field in 1928. The regional headquarters office was located at the airport site from 1941 to 1944, before moving downtown. A second airport site opened at Sea-Tac Airport in November 1944. A district forecast office and river forecast center was established in 1948, and moved to Sea-Tac Airport in 1949. Upper-air observations began at Sea-Tac in 1956. The forecast office was moved back downtown in 1965, and the Boeing Field was closed, with observations being transferred to the FAA. The Sea-Tac site became a Weather Service Contract Meteorological Observatory in 1981, and was transferred to the FAA in 1996. The forecast office moved to the Sand Point area in 1992.
Spokane	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSO WFO	1889-present
Stampede Pass	WBO WBMO WSMO WSCMO	1935-1995	An office was established at Stampede Pass, in the Cascade Range northwest of Easton. Operations began under NWS contract in April 1981, and continued until commissioning of the Automated Surface Observing System.
Stevenson	WBAS	1947-1952
Tacoma	WBO	1897-1953	The first Weather Bureau office in Tacoma opened at the Chamber of Commerce building in May 1897. It operated in locations downtown, before closing in April 1953.
Tatoosh Island	SigSvc WBO	1883-1966	The Signal Service opened a second-order station at Tattoosh Island, a small island off the northwest tip of Washington state, near Neah Bay. The Weather Bureau took over in 1891, continuing as a second-order station; it became a first-order station in 1938. Upper-air observations began in 1940. A WSR-3 radar was commissioned at the site 10/1/1960, then decomissioned in January 1964. The office was closed 8/1/1966 after upper-air observations were transferred to the Quillayute office.
Twin	WBO	1899-1902
Walla Walla	WBO WBAS WSO	1893-1998	The first Weather Bureau office in Walla Walla operated from the Pains Brothers building, relocating to the Ransoms building in 1904, the Baker Building in 1911, and the Post Office Building in 1914. The office was reduced to part-time operations in 1973, dealing with agricultural duties, and closed in the late 1990's.
Yakima	WBO WBAS WSO	1909-1996
WEST VIRGINIA
Beckley	WBAS WSO	1963-1994?	The Weather Bureau established operations at the Raleigh County Airport in May 1963, taking over from the airlines. A WSR-74C radar was commissioned 11/1/1977. The office was closed as part of the NWS modernization.
Charleston	WBAS WSO WSFO WFO	1950-present	A Weather Bureau Airport Station opened at Kanawha Airport in September 1950. A separate unit operated periodically at Guthrie Air Force Station for radar purposes, from 1960 to 1963. A Weather Service Forecast Office was established in September 1971. Another separate unit was established on the West Virginia State College campus to conduct upper-air observations, but was closed in 1974. A WSR-74C radar was commissioned 5/16/1977. The office was moved to new facilities in the mid 1990's.
Elkins	WBO WBAS WSO	1899-1994?	The Elkins office was opened 1/1/1899 at the Warfield & Dann Buyilding, then moved to the post office in 1918. A separate airport stationw as established in July 1939 at Harper Field, under joint operations with the CAA; the city office was merged at the airport September 1944. The office was closed as part of the NWS modernization.
Huntington	WBO WBAS RDO WSO	1940-1994?	A Weather Bureau office opened in March 1940, and began taking upper-air observations in 1941. These observations were discontinued when the CAA took over operations and moved them to the Huntington Airport. The office then moved back to downtown Huntington, in April 1949, operating from the Federal Building. Upper-air observations resumed in December 1961, when the office at the airport was re-established; the city office was then closed in January 1962. The office was closed during the NWS modernization of the 1990's.
Parkersburg	SigSvc WBO WSO	1888-1982	Federal observations in Parkersburg began at the U.S. Courthouse in July 1888 by the Signal Service, and were transferred to the Weather Bureau in the early 1890's. The office moved temporarily in 1961-62 while a new Federal Biulding was constructed on the same site. The office was closed 4/1/1982.
Petersburg	WBO	1945-1954	The Weather Bureau opened a facility at the county school office building in January 1945. Tghe office was closed at the end of April 1954.
WISCONSIN
Green Bay	SigSvc WBO WSO WFO	1896-present	The Signal Service began taking observations in downtown Green Bay in 1886. This was later assumed by the Weather Bureau, but remained downtown until 1949. At that time, the office and observations moved to Austin Straubel Airport. The office has relocated a couple times since then, most recently 1994, but remains at the airport. The WSR-88D Doppler radar was commissioned in 1995. The office also takes upper air observations twice a day.
LaCrosse	SigSvc WBO WSO WFO	1872-present	The Signal Service began observations 10/15/1872. Observations by the Weather Bureau began in 1890 at the post office, and moved to a new building in 1907. Operations moved to the LaCrosse Airport in 1952, then to the new post office in February 1969. New facilities were constructed in 1996, with expanded operations and staffing. A WSR-88D radar was also constructed for the area.
Neenah	WSMO	1971-1995	A WSR-57 radar was operated from this office, termed a Weather Service Meteorological Observatory, as part of the NWS radar network. The office closed in November 1995, after the commissioning of the NEXRAD radar at Green Bay.
Madison	SigSvc WBO WB/UA WBAS WSO	1878-1883, 1904-1996	The Signal Service established observing functions in downtown Madison in 1878, although observations had been taken at the University of Wisconsin campus dating back to 1869. When the Signal Service office closed in May 1883, UW resumed local observations. This continued until 1904, when the Weather Bureau opened an office on campus. This Weather Bureau office was the site of the first routine weather broadcasts on radio, using UW's experimental station WHA in 1920. A second office opened at the Madison Airport in 1939, although the UW office remained open until 1963. A WSR-74C radar was installed at the Madison Airport in 1972, and remained in use until replaced by the Sullivan WSR-88D in 1995. The NWS office in Madison closed April 1, 1996. Observations were automated, and augmentation of these observations was transferred by the FAA to contact observers.
Milwaukee	SigSvc WBO WSFO WSO	1870-1995	Observations for the Milwaukee area were begun by the Signal Service in November 1870, and were assumed by the new Weather Bureau in 1890. The observing site was in various locations downtown until March 1, 1941, when the site was moved to Mitchell Field. The office eventually assumed forecast responsibility, in addition to the observations. The forecast functions were moved to a new office in Sullivan in October 1989, leaving the observing function at the airport. The airport office closed in the summer of 1995; the FAA contracted out responsibility for monitoring observations sent out by the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS).
Sullivan	WFO	1989-present	Forecast functions of the Milwaukee Mitchell Airport office were moved to a new facility in Sullivan in October 1989. This was part of a plan to consolidate the Madison and Milwaukee facilities into a single location. The Milwaukee airport office closed the summer of 1995, and the Madison airport office closed April 1, 1996. The Sullivan facility also features a WSR-88D radar, replacing the old WSR-74C at Madison.
Wausau	WBO	1915-1933
WYOMING
Casper	WBAS WSO	1940-1996	This office was closed in 1996, after the new Doppler radar at Riverton was commissioned.
Cheyenne	SigSvc WBO WBAS WSFO WFO	1870-present	The Signal Service established its Cheyenne office in October 1870. Several downtown offices were utilized both before and after the Weather Bureau took over. An airport office was established in 1929, and became the official observation site in 1935. The downtown office was closed in 1943, and the airport office operated out of 4 different locations before moving into its current facilities in 1993.
Lander	WBO WB/UA WSO	1891-1996	The new Weather Bureau established an office in Lander in August 1891. In September 1945, upper air observations began at this site. The office moved from downtown to Hunt Field in 1946. The office was replaced by a new facility in Riverton, due to its better location for the new WSR-88D radar.
Riverton	WFO	1995-present	Riverton was selected in 1988 as a location for a new Weather Forecast Office and associated Doppler radar, to replace the Lander and Casper offices. The radar was installed in the summer of 1995. After a brief funding issue which threatened the office's completion, operations began in August 1995. The new AWIPS computer system was installed in 1999, along with a new upper-air tracking system in 2006.
Rock Springs	WB/UA WBAS	1942-1954	A Weather Bureau Airways Station operated at Berta Field from January 1942 to April 1954, at which time functions were transferred to the CAA.
Sheridan	WBO WBAS WSO	1907-1995	A Weather Bureau office was established at the Sheridan County Courthouse in March 1907, and a dedicated building for the office was constructed by the end of the year. In December 1939, operations moved to the airport. Responsibility for surface observations was shared with the FAA much of the time. The office was closed as part of the NWS modernization, with its functions transferred to Billings, MT.
Yellowstone Park	WBO	1904-1941

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