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Weather and next-hour rain
Today's forecast, current conditions, and whether rain is coming in the next hour, in 15-minute steps.
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Town Monitor, from Datafication
Your town, right now. On one page.
Weather and next-hour rain, river levels, alerts, roads, air quality and posts from local organizations. Gathered from public sources, credited, and kept current for every town in the United States.
Free to use on the web. An iPhone app is in progress.
Schnecksville, PAUpdated just now
CalmWeatherShowers this afternoon
51°High 56°
Jordan CreekWell below flood stage
2.6 ftNormal
Air qualityFine for everyone
28Good
NWS · USGS · EPA AirNowExample
Lehigh County, PA
Schnecksville
Rain starts in about 30 minutes.
51°Cloudy
Showers later
Showers later
Rain in the next hour
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River2.6 ftNormal
Air28Good
AlertsNoneFor this town
Posts1 newTownship
TownMapPlacesYou
Rain starting in about 30 minutesNext hour, from NOAA's HRRR model
Township office
Leaf pickup starts Monday
Bags at the curb by 7 a.m.
The need it fulfills
When the creek is rising, nobody should need a dozen tabs to find out.
The answers already exist. They're spread across weather offices, river gauges, air monitors, transportation departments and town offices, each with its own map and vocabulary. Town Monitor gathers them into one page, in plain words, for the place you care about.
Who it's for
- People at homeThe morning answer before heading out: rain, roads, anything to know.
- FamiliesKeeping an eye on a parent's town, or a child's college town, from anywhere.
- CommutersWhat's closed or slow on the way, where the state publishes it.
- Local organizationsA place to post what neighbors need to know, beside the readings they already check.
How it works
Public sources in, one clear page for your town.
Each source is read on its own schedule, checked, and put into plain words. Every reading on the page says where it came from.
National Weather ServiceForecasts, alerts, observations
NOAANext-hour rain, radar
USGSRiver and stream gauges
EPA AirNowAir quality
State transportation departmentsClosures and conditions
FEMA IPAWSEmergency alerts
Local organizationsPosts and updates
Read, checked, put in plain words
Your county
Your town
One page, every source credited.
54°NWS forecast
NOAA next hour
NOAA next hour
Rain in the next hour
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RiverUSGSGauges nearby
AirAirNowEPA
AlertsNWSand IPAWS
RoadsStateWhere published
TownMapPlacesYou
01
Read from the source
Each agency on its own schedule. River gauges are read hourly while calm and every 15 minutes when water is near flooding.
02
Put in plain words
"Well below flood stage" instead of a raw number. The number is still there for anyone who wants it.
03
Credited on the page
Every reading names its source and its time, so you always know who said it and when.
On every town's page
Everything you'd check, already checked.
Jordan Creek2.6 ft
Well below flood stageFlood stage
River levels
The gauges near town, how high the water is, and how far it is from flooding, in words.
USGS Water Data · NWSFlood Warning
Jordan Creek is rising. Avoid low roads near the creek.
National Weather Service
Alerts
Warnings, watches and advisories for the town, with the most serious one always first.
NWS · FEMA IPAWSRoad closed
Bridge work, both directions
Lane restriction
Paving, expect delays
Roads
Closures and conditions nearby, in the states whose transportation departments publish them.
State transportation departmentsAir quality28 Good
Fine for everyone today
Air quality
Today's air in plain terms, from the monitors nearest the town.
EPA AirNowTownship office
Leaf pickup starts Monday
Bags at the curb by 7 a.m.
Local posts
Updates from local organizations, marked with who posted them, beside the readings neighbors already check.
Local organizationsExample readings and posts, for illustration.
When it matters
When a warning reaches your town, the page changes with it.
- The card turns, so you can see it from across the room.
- The warning leads the page, with who issued it and until when.
- The readings that matter, like the creek's level, stay right beside it.
Schnecksville, PAUpdated 1 min ago
WarningFlood Warning until 8:00 PMJordan Creek is rising. Avoid low roads near the creek. National Weather Service.
Jordan CreekRising, near flood stage
8.9 ftRising
Next hourHeavy rain continuing
RainNOAA
RoadsWhere the state publishes
2Closed
Example readingsNWS · USGS · NOAA
Free, and Plus
Public information stays free to read.
The readings come from public agencies, so every town's page is free. Plus is for people who want more convenience on top.
Free
Every town's page
The live page for any US town, its alerts and its readings, with every source credited.
- Weather and next-hour rain
- Rivers, alerts, roads and air
- Local posts
Plus
More, your way
Optional, for people who follow several places closely.
- Alerts at the levels you choose
- More saved places
- Longer history
In progress
An iPhone app
A native app for the same town pages is being built now. Until then, monitor.town works in any phone's browser.
Find your town.
Every town in the United States has a page. Yours is already there.