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Updated 8:00 AM EST, April 15, 2008
 Deployment Statistics        


Weather Using Environmental Sensor Stations (ESS) that are Components of a State DOT Road Weather Information System (RWIS)

2004 National Summary


Number of States Surveyed / Returned SurveyNumber of States Using ESSTotal Number of ESS
50 / 48361407

2004 Statewide Summary

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StateUses ESSNumber of ESSESS Owned ByESS Operated ByESS Maintained By
AlabamaNo0   
AlaskaYes24State DOTState DOTState DOT
ArizonaYes14State DOTState DOTState DOT
ArkansasNo0   
CaliforniaYes81State DOTState DOTState DOT
ColoradoYes80State DOT, and We own 80 at CDOT and the cities and counties account for approximately another 40 or so. All data comes into our servers and the counties view them through out ITS website WWW.cotrip.orgState DOT, and All RWIS equipment comes thru 6 regional servers which are provided by a proprietary vendor. We operate/maintain the servers and the RWIS we own. The cities and counties operate/maintian the RWIS they ownState DOT, and CDOT with the help of private contractors maintains both servers and RWIS in the field
ConnecticutYes6State DOTState DOTState DOT
DelawareYesN/R*N/R*N/R*N/R*
FloridaYes30State DOTState DOT and other public or private agenciesState DOT and other public or private agencies
GeorgiaYes47State DOTState DOTState DOT
HawaiiNo0   
IdahoYes30State DOT, and too numerous to list.State DOT, and dittoState DOT, and ditto
IllinoisN/R*N/R*N/R*N/R*N/R*
IndianaYes31State DOT, and City of IndianapolisState DOT, and City of IndianapolisState DOT, and City of Indianapolis
IowaYes53State DOTState DOTState DOT
KansasYes43State DOT, and 42 KDOT-owned, 1 county ownedState DOTState DOT, and County maintains its own, we maintain our own
KentuckyYes7State DOTState DOTState DOT
LouisianaYes3State DOTState DOTState DOT
MaineYes5State DOTState DOTState DOT
MarylandYes60State DOT, and Other state and county agenciesState DOTState DOT, and Local and Manufacture
MassachusettsYes11State DOTState DOTState DOT
MichiganNo0   
MinnesotaYes93State DOT and other public or private agenciesState DOT, and Mn/DOT operates all ESS located in Minnesota. Information recieved from surrounding states is from systems they own/maintain.State DOT, and Again, Mn/DOT maintains all of our state's ESS sites, but out of state info we access is owned and maintained by the state we recieve it from.
MississippiN/R*N/R*N/R*N/R*N/R*
MissouriYes15State DOT, and Boone CountyState DOTState DOT
MontanaYes60State DOTState DOTState DOT
NebraskaYes45State DOT, and Various public sources such as airports, NWS, etc. RWIS vendor owns some. DOR owns others.State DOTState DOT and other public or private agencies
NevadaYes54State DOTState DOTState DOT
New HampshireYes4State DOTState DOTState DOT, and Vaisala, Contractor for installation and service
New JerseyNo0   
New MexicoNo0   
New YorkNo0   
North CarolinaNo0   
North DakotaYes19State DOTState DOTState DOT
OhioYes158State DOTState DOTState DOT
OklahomaNo0   
OregonYes55State DOTState DOTState DOT
PennsylvaniaYes4State DOTState DOTState DOT
Rhode IslandYes8State DOTState DOTState DOT
South CarolinaYes19State DOTState DOTState DOT
South DakotaYes40State DOTState DOT, and City of Sioux Falls, SDState DOT, and City of Sioux Falls, SD
TennesseeYes37State DOTState DOTState DOT
TexasNo0   
UtahYes41State DOTState DOTState DOT
VermontNo0   
VirginiaYes66State DOT, and 2 separate Counties containing 3 stations of the 66.State DOTState DOT
Washington StateYes76State DOT, and WSDOT (66), City of Spokane(2), Spokane Internationl Airport (3), Yakima County (5)State DOT, and Each agency operates their own ESS. All operate through WSDOT's RWIS server system.State DOT, and Each agency maintains its own ESS.
West VirginiaNo0   
WisconsinYes60State DOTState DOTState DOT
WyomingYes28State DOTState DOTN/R*
 50 States      * N/R = No response