Station Status Updates

January 19, 2025 – Caliente developed a power problem on Jan. 13. Following technician troubleshooting, needed replacement parts were identified and we are awaiting delivery. The replacement parts will be installed in the coming week and full-time operation will resume. While this problem is impacting the realtime collection of data, continuous collection of air samples is not being interrupted. Thus, there is no disruption of collection of air particulate samples.

December 3, 2024 An issue has been identified with the Mesquite station that is causing some erroneous data to be reported. The problem has been tracked to a system ground that is ‘floating’ when temperatures drop below 45F. The impacted data is being identified and corrected. The cause of the ‘floating’ ground is being addressed by a technician and should be corrected by the end of the week.

September 23, 2024 Communications with the Pioche station are down. A technician has been deployed to address the problem. All indications show that data is still being collected and updates will be posted once the connection is restored.

June 17, 2024 Amargosa Valley is currently offline while updates are being applied. Restoration planned for later today.

May 8, 2024 Recent network updates have disabled communications with the station. Data continues to be collected and will be posted once communications are restored. A technician is being dispatched to complete repairs.

March 7, 2023 The Caliente station is being relocated and will be unavailable. It will resume operation as soon as possible.

January 4, 2023 The Pioche station is currently experiencing a communications outage. A technician has been dispatched to diagnose the problem. Data continues to be collected and will be updated as soon as possible.

January 4, 2023 The Goldfield station is currently unavailable. A technician has been dispatched to repair the problem. The station is operating and collecting data, but current conditions are causing problems with the communications system. Expected repair is before the end of the week.

September 22, 2022 The data logger has experienced an internal failure. A technician is being to dispatched to replace the datalogger.

August 25, 2022 The Duckwater station will be offline beginning sometime in the AM on August 25, 2022. The station is being upgraded with new communications equipment and should be back online by the evening of August 26, 2022. The actual downtime will be very brief (<30 minutes) and most of the data will be recovered once the processing for the new equipment is completed.

July 12, 2022 While performing maintenance on the Delta station rain gage, the technician caused the gage to record several tips between 1 and 3 pm local time. This data has been corrected.

May 16, 2022 The communications provider for the Cedar City station has notified us that they have a tower down. It is currently unknown when the station will be back online. Data is being stored onsite and will be transmitted and posted when communications are restored.

May 16, 2022 Communications are currently down with the Amargosa Valley station. Technicians have been dispatched to address the problem.