METAR data availability impacted

Incident Report for Synoptic

Resolved

The initial fix has held from our upstream customer. We will post more updates to this event after it is resolved indicating our timeline to fill in the missed observations.
Posted Sep 21, 2026 - 16:33 UTC

Monitoring

Full flow of METAR data has recovered as of 9z. A gap in our provisional archive will be present due to the lack of backfilling from the real time feed.
Posted Sep 20, 2026 - 10:46 UTC

Identified

Synoptic is not receiving METAR from our NWS source at this time. Once the upstream source resolves, we will resolve without delay. We will monitor and update as we can. Refer to our availability application for the ASOS/AWOS network for more details.

High frequency and one minute/HFASOS data are *not* impacted. https://availability.synopticdata.com/networks/#1
Posted Sep 20, 2026 - 05:29 UTC
This incident affected: Data providers (Government and other major datasets).