METAR watch · measured, not assumed

Trust the data, not the brand.

Many weather markets settle on METAR, the report an airport station sends, and treat it as the truth. It is a real measurement — and it is not continuous. Reports go missing, arrive late, or are already an hour old when a value is taken from them. That part is rarely published by the data suppliers behind weather markets.

This network publishes it. Weather Data Market records every airport METAR every five minutes and checks each hourly consensus run against the measurements — METAR and KWeather's official stations and GTS bulletins together, never one station alone. Every run is hashed and anchored on Flare, so none of it can be edited afterwards. Below is what those records show, city by city, refreshed every ten minutes. You do not have to take anyone's word for it, including ours.

The last 7 days, 167 airports

18,353 city-runs checked · from 09-24 03:01 to 09-28 16:01

20%

No usable or current METAR

Missing, unusable or over an hour old at the run

0.5%

METAR missing

0 absent · 99 unusable

19.4%

Over 60 min old

The latest report had not arrived in time; the previous hour's was used

0.9%

Over 90 min old

At least one hourly report never arrived

32 min

Typical age

Median time from observation to the run

63 min

1 in 20 runs

was older than this · worst 11 h

Hour by hour, last 72 hours

Share of the 167 airports whose METAR was missing (red) or over an hour old (amber) when the run was taken.

Missing or unusableOver 60 min old

How old the report was

Time from the METAR's observation to the run that used it. Up to an hour is the normal cycle.

≤15 min33.8% · 6,164

15–301.7% · 311

30–4544.3% · 8,087

45–600.7% · 123

60–9018.6% · 3,404

90–1800.5% · 92

> 3 h0.4% · 73

Right now · latest run, 167 airports

Airports whose report in the most recent run was missing, unusable or over an hour old.

City	Station	State	Observed	Report as received
Amman Jordan	OJAI	6 h old	10:00 UTC	METAR OJAI 281000Z 21010KT 5000 HZ NSC 29/11 Q1016 NOSIG
Cancun Mexico	MMUN	74 min old	14:48 UTC	METAR MMUN 281448Z 13008KT 7SM SCT015 BKN250 31/26 A2994 RMK SLP139 52014 953 8/102
Muscat Oman	OOMS	72 min old	14:50 UTC	METAR OOMS 281450Z 07006KT CAVOK 32/29 Q1005 NOSIG
Havana Cuba	MUHA	72 min old	14:50 UTC	METAR MUHA 281450Z 10004KT 030V150 8000 FEW030 30/24 Q1015
Busan South Korea	RKPK	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR RKPK 281500Z 08001KT CAVOK 21/20 Q1012
Jeju South Korea	RKPC	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR RKPC 281500Z 36003KT 9999 SCT030 OVC120 23/13 Q1013 NOSIG
Shenzhen China	ZGSZ	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR ZGSZ 281500Z 18006MPS 9999 FEW030 29/26 Q1012 NOSIG
Chengdu China	ZUUU	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR ZUUU 281500Z 25002MPS CAVOK 23/19 Q1014 NOSIG
Xian China	ZLXY	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR ZLXY 281500Z 00000MPS 4000 BR NSC 19/18 Q1017 NOSIG
Chongqing China	ZUCK	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR ZUCK 281500Z 29004MPS 9999 SCT010 OVC040 22/22 Q1012 NOSIG
Manila Philippines	RPLL	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR RPLL 281500Z 08005KT 9999 FEW025 28/25 Q1014 NOSIG RMK A2994
Cebu Philippines	RPVM	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR RPVM 281500Z 25005KT 220V280 9999 FEW014CB SCT017 BKN027 28/24 Q1014 RETS NOSIG RMK A2994 CB/OCNL LTG N, E
Riyadh Saudi Arabia	OERK	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR OERK 281500Z 05005KT CAVOK 39/M05 Q1011 NOSIG
Jeddah Saudi Arabia	OEJN	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR OEJN 281500Z 27006KT CAVOK 32/27 Q1008 NOSIG
Doha Qatar	OTHH	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR OTHH 281500Z 09004KT CAVOK 36/27 Q1005 NOSIG
Kuwait City Kuwait	OKKK	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR OKKK 281500Z 32008KT CAVOK 43/M01 Q1005 NOSIG
Baghdad Iraq	ORBI	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR ORBI 281500Z 31012KT CAVOK 34/13 Q1007 NOSIG
Toronto Canada	CYYZ	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR CYYZ 281500Z 01007KT 15SM BKN034 BKN073 18/12 A2999 RMK SC5AC2 SLP158 DENSITY ALT 1000FT
Vancouver Canada	CYVR	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR CYVR 281500Z 10009KT 30SM FEW110 SCT120 BKN190 BKN240 11/10 A3002 RMK AC2AC1AC3CI1 CI TR SLP169
Montreal Canada	CYUL	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR CYUL 281500Z 06014G21KT 15SM FEW025 BKN040 OVC070 15/10 A3000 RMK CF1SC6AC2 SLP162
Calgary Canada	CYYC	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR CYYC 281500Z 16002KT 30SM SCT250 04/M01 A2985 RMK CI3 SLP134
Panama City Panama	MPTO	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR MPTO 281500Z 09004KT 030V130 9999 SCT018 29/25 Q1014 NOSIG
Buenos Aires Argentina	SAEZ	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR SAEZ 281500Z 09010KT CAVOK 20/15 Q1012 NOSIG
Quito Ecuador	SEQM	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR SEQM 281500Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW026 SCT100 20/12 Q1029 NOSIG RMK A3041
Montevideo Uruguay	SUMU	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR SUMU 281500Z 06012KT 9999 OVC019 20/15 Q1014 NOSIG
La Paz Bolivia	SLLP	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR SLLP 281500Z 08006KT 9999 SCT017 14/01 Q1041 NOSIG
Lagos Nigeria	DNMM	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR DNMM 281500Z 20007KT 8000 -RA BKN010 FEW020CB 26/24 Q1012 NOSIG RMK CB NE-S
Accra Ghana	DGAA	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR DGAA 281500Z 22016KT 9999 BKN026 BKN023 26/21 Q1011 TEMPO 8000 -RA
Addis Ababa Ethiopia	HAAB	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR HAAB 281500Z 10008KT 9999 BKN024 22/09 Q1026 NOSIG
Dar es Salaam Tanzania	HTDA	62 min old	15:00 UTC	METAR HTDA 281500Z 11009KT 9999 FEW023 28/21 Q1014 NOSIG

Every airport

Over the last 7 days. Sorted by how often the METAR baseline was not usable as a current reading.

167 airports

City	Station	Runs	Not usable	Missing	Over 60 min	Typical age	Worst
Accra Ghana	DGAA	110	100%	1.8%	98.2%	62 min	2 h
Amman Jordan	OJAI	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	11 h
Cape Town South Africa	FACT	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	64 min
Chengdu China	ZUUU	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	64 min
Chongqing China	ZUCK	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	64 min
Doha Qatar	OTHH	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	5 h
Durban South Africa	FALE	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	64 min
Kuwait City Kuwait	OKKK	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	5 h
Muscat Oman	OOMS	110	100%	0%	100%	72 min	5 h
Shenzhen China	ZGSZ	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	64 min
Xian China	ZLXY	110	100%	0%	100%	62 min	64 min
Lagos Nigeria	DNMM	109	100%	0%	100%	62 min	5 h
Manila Philippines	RPLL	110	99.1%	0%	99.1%	62 min	64 min
Toronto Canada	CYYZ	110	99.1%	0%	99.1%	62 min	64 min
Jeju South Korea	RKPC	110	96.4%	0%	96.4%	62 min	64 min
Montreal Canada	CYUL	110	95.5%	0%	95.5%	62 min	64 min
Jeddah Saudi Arabia	OEJN	110	94.5%	0%	94.5%	62 min	5 h
Baghdad Iraq	ORBI	110	93.6%	0%	93.6%	62 min	5 h
Buenos Aires Argentina	SAEZ	109	93.6%	0%	93.6%	62 min	64 min
Calgary Canada	CYYC	110	92.7%	0%	92.7%	62 min	64 min
Cebu Philippines	RPVM	110	90.9%	0%	90.9%	62 min	64 min
Quito Ecuador	SEQM	110	90%	0%	90%	62 min	64 min
Riyadh Saudi Arabia	OERK	110	83.6%	0%	83.6%	62 min	5 h
Vancouver Canada	CYVR	110	83.6%	0%	83.6%	62 min	64 min
Havana Cuba	MUHA	109	80.7%	0%	80.7%	72 min	74 min

Why one station is not enough

An airport sits kilometres from the city centre, reports about once an hour, and sometimes not at all. A market that settles on that single report inherits every gap and every delay — silently, unless someone measures them.

What this network does instead

The consensus combines eleven feeds, and each run is graded against the whole observation class, not one station. When the measurements do not back the value, the hour is marked not settlement-eligible and nothing settles on it here.

What it means for a ticket

You can still choose METAR on Pick the temperature — with this record in front of you. A METAR ticket is refunded when its run carries no report; a consensus ticket when the hour is not eligible.

How these figures are made: for every hourly consensus run the oracle publishes, this site records the airport METAR as the run received it — whether one was there, whether it was usable, and when it was observed — from the oracle's per-source record. A report counts as late when more than 60 minutes passed between its observation and the run. Most late reports are 60–90 minutes old: the station's on-the-hour report had not yet reached the network when the run was taken, so the previous hour's reading was used. Beyond 90 minutes at least one report was skipped altogether. Recording began Thu 24 Sept; the window grows to a full seven days from there. The METAR text is from NOAA Aviation Weather Center via Weather Data Market. See also the oracle's own service status.