# West Texas Mesonet

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1210071930](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1210071930)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1210071930`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Texas Tech University
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (137 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-18
- **First published:** 2017-03-22
- **Size:** 4.64 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/west-texas-mesonet/id1210071930)
- **Website:** [https://mesonet.ttu.edu/welcome](https://mesonet.ttu.edu/welcome)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.ttu.edu/policy/privacy.php](https://www.ttu.edu/policy/privacy.php)

## Description

West Texas Mesonet delivers real-time weather data from 150+ Mesonet stations across West Texas, eastern New Mexico, and southwest Colorado, updating every 5 minutes. Save your favorite stations to quickly view temperature, wind speed and direction, gusts, pressure, dew point, humidity, and precipitation.

Get daily and weekly forecasts from the National Weather Service, share current conditions via text, Facebook, or Twitter, and explore regional weather maps. Pull to refresh and new stations are automatically made available, keeping you up to date.

## Rankings

- #127,158 — Overall

## Review summary

The app provides highly localized West Texas weather data with frequent 5-minute updates from a credible public Mesonet network and is praised for ease of use and usefulness, especially for farmers. However, many reviews cite post-update reliability issues: data not loading across radar, forecasts, or charts; navigation and readability problems on the map; the inability to save favorite stations; and the need for longer historical data and access to missing data fields. Overall, strong local data and usability are offset by recurring reliability and feature gaps.

### Pros

- Localized West Texas Mesonet data with frequent 5-minute updates for stations near you.
- Public access to a world-class, credible weather data network.
- Easy to use and set up with the ability to compare data across nearby stations.
- Valuable for locals and farmers due to timely weather information and graphics.

### Cons

- Data and radar/forecast charts not loading or missing after updates (e.g., NWS forecast, radar, rainfall data, 24-hour charts).
- Map readability and navigation degraded after updates (unreadable color palette and zoom/pan issues).
- Inability to save favorite stations again after updates.
- Limited historical data (only 24-hour rainfall) and some missing data fields (pressure, humidity; wind direction).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1210071930)