{"id":215329,"date":"2025-05-07T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=215329"},"modified":"2025-05-07T06:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:56:16","slug":"hawaii-mesonet-dashboard-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/07\/hawaii-mesonet-dashboard-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-time weather dashboard launched by UH<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The launch of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Mesonet dashboard coincides with Wildfire Awareness Month and represents a pivotal moment in the effort to make climate data available to the public. (Photo credit: Mike McMillan\/USFS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new real-time dashboard launched by the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa offers public access to live weather data from nearly 70 monitoring stations across the state, marking a major milestone in the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Mesonet<\/a> project. The launch coincides with Wildfire Awareness Month and represents a pivotal moment in the effort to make climate data available to the public.<\/p>\n

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Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Mesonet dashboard homepage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s diverse geography and microclimates present unique challenges that require precise monitoring to accurately capture weather events. Annual rainfall in parts of Maui, for example, can vary by more than 140 inches within a single mile. The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Mesonet\u2019s data has the potential to inform planning and decision-making in emergency management, agriculture, water resource, conservation and many other sectors.<\/p>\n

Developed by an interdisciplinary team of scientists at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Land and Natural Resources, the project aims to deploy 100 high-tech weather stations to provide critical data for forecasting, disaster response and improving climate resilience. The dashboard is expected to play a critical role in supporting wildfire and flood early warning systems, particularly as climate-related disasters are expected to become more frequent and severe.<\/p>\n