Radars

For the United States, only NEXRAD radar sites are displayed, not Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) radar sites or radars from television stations. For other countries, we also mostly only include radar sites from government agencies. We eventually intend to add government owned radar sites for all countries with coastal regions that are impacted by tropical cyclones. This is not yet complete.

The ranges on the map indicate the maximum range of publicly available data, either currently available or in the past. Green circles indicate radars for which radar data is publicly available. Red circles indicate radars that do not currently have data available to the public in real-time, but either has in the past (and the radar could still be operating), could eventually be available in real-time or at times has had imagery occasionally released (such as through social media). Some radar sites have no range noted but may be included for other reasons. Click the radar site for more information. This page and map will never have a complete listing of all radar sites. It is intended to be mostly about radar sites that currently have radar data available publicly.

Most of the radar sites worldwide come from the WMO Weather Radar Database. (About) Some of the European radar data comes from the Operational Programme for the Exchange of Weather Radar Information (OPERA). You can view a map of European radars on their site here. Further verification was done by us for every radar site on the map to try to verify the correct placement on the map. This was done mainly based on Google Earth. Other sources were used when necessary. The coordinates are not official.

For links to most of the world's meteorological services, many of which are not listed on this page, view the list of National Services for World Meteorological Organization Members.

• Argentina
  Argentina's radars are on a variety of websites. Some radar sites appear on multiple websites.
  

  - National System of Meteorological Radars (SiNaRaMe) - 240km range loops for about a dozen radar sites, including the others below.
  - National Metereological Service (SMN) - 240km range loops of Pergamino, Paraná, Anguil, Córdoba and Ezeiza (Buenos Aires). A dynamic version of their display can be found here.
  - National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA - 240km range loops of Anguil, Pergamino and Paraná.
  
• Aruba (Netherlands)
  As of updating this page for this country, they link to a radar site in Venezuela. Radar is also available from Curaçao (Netherlands).
• Bahamas - Site unavailable as of updating this page for this country
  The Bahamas is currently upgrading its radar capability. In 2016 they signed a contract for four new doppler radars. Their weather service's site has not been available since 2016 and radar imagery from their old radar had not been available publicly for many years before that. In regard to the new radars, in a March 2017 press release from the Bahamas government they said "The first one has been established on New Providence and the other three will be in Grand Bahama, Abaco, and Long Island." "It is anticipated that the installation of the radar will be before the end of April with the entire operation being completed by November 2018." It doesn't appear that real-time data from any of the sites are publicly available yet. The first new radar is located about 50 meters southwest from the old radar on the island of New Providence at Lynden Pindling International Airport (Nassau International Airport). The old radar "will be refurbished and upgraded and then installed in Ragged Island, bringing the total to five Doppler radar, covering the entire country." On May 25th, 2018 a radar image from the new radar appeared on Facebook here. Based on news articles, the weather service starting getting data from the first new radar in 2017. The range on the map uses 250km, the range in that image that was posted. However, documentation on the type of radar that was installed indicate it can be used up to 500km, though it is unclear what range of imagery will be available, if any, publicly. The weather page on Bahamas' official government site also links to the site that is not available.
• Barbados
  150km, 250km and 400km range loops are available.
  
  Barbados also has an excellent Caribbean Radar Composites page. Be sure to check the imagery there if the Barbados radar has any issues:
  
  Entire Caribbean | Eastern Caribbean and part of South America | Eastern Caribbean | Northwest Caribbean
• Belize
  50km, 250km and 400km range loops are available.
• Bermuda (U.K.)
  100km and 250km range loops are available. Additional imagery, including an approximately 430km range loop, has also been available in the past here. (user name and password both "guest") When available, that additional imagery has required the use of Java.
• Brazil
  Brazil's radars are on a variety of websites. Some radar sites appear on multiple websites. To view radar data for Brazil it's best to use our map. Our map organizes the links below for each individual radar site, as well as present additional information.
  

  - Department of Airspace Control (DECEA) (mirror) - 400km range loops for about a dozen and a half radar sites.
  - National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (another version of display) - 250km range loops for a little over a dozen radar sites.
  - Amazon Protection System (SIPAM) - 400km range loops for around a dozen radar sites.
  - National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN) - 250km range imagery for a little over half a dozen radar sites.
  

  There are a variety of other websites that have only one, or a few, different radar sites:
  

  - Agricultural Research and Rural Extension of the state of Santa Catarina (EPAGRI) - Loops available. Araranguá (120km mobile radar that can be re-positioned; "SUL", for south, in display), Chapecó (240km; "OESTE", for west, in display) and Lontras (240km; "VALE", for valley, in display)
  - Foundation for Meteorology and Water Resources in the state of Ceará (FUNCEME) - Loops available. Quixeramobim (400km) and Fortaleza (120km)
  - Paraná Meteorological System in the state of Paraná (SIMEPAR) - 480km range loops for Teixeira Soares and Cascavel on the same image.
  - State Environmental Institute in the state of Rio de Janeiro (INEA) - 480km range loops for Guaratiba and Macaé
  - Meteorological Research Institute in the state of São Paulo / São Paulo State University (IPMet/UNESP) - 480km range loops for Bauru and Presidente Prudente
  - Geotechnical Institute Foundation in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Geo-Rio) - 250km range loops for Rio de Janeiro.
  - São Paulo's Department of Water and Electricity in the State of São Paulo (DAEE) - 240km range imagery for Salesopolis. See this radar site on the map for information about how to view the imagery.
  
• Canada
  256km range loops are available.
• Cayman Islands (U.K.)
  50km, 250km and 400km range loops are available.
• Colombia
  A radar mosaic is available above. Approximately 300km range loops are available for the island of San Andrés east of Nicaragua, Corozal near the northwestern coast of Colombia and for near the capital Bogotá. As of updating this page for this country, individual links to radar sites from Pasto and Medellin were not available, though Medellin radar does seem to be included in the mosaic.
• Cuba (Mirror)
  Approximately 450km range loops are available.
• Curaçao (Netherlands)
  150km and 450km range loops are available.
  
  Curaçao also has an excellent Caribbean Radar Composite page.
• Dominican Republic (radar not yet available again publicly as of updating this page for this country)
  As of June 23rd, 2018, a 300km range loop has sometimes appeared on their meteorological service's Twitter feed. (link to tweet where it first appeared) The director of their meteorological service began posting images on her Twitter feed on June 20th, 2018. In a reply to that first tweet containing imagery, she said that "When the trial period ends, the next step will be to make it available to the general public." (translated by Google) In a June 11th, 2018 tweet she said "Technicians of @Onamet receiving training in the handling of the new software and hardware of the Punta Cana weather radar." (translated) In the tweet she posted pictures of the technicians receiving training.
• Ecuador
  Various 120km range loops are available from their meteorological service. The radar sites, all in Quito, Ecuador, have a range of 60 kilometers. The radar page is difficult to navigate to from their site. Their main site is here.
• El Salvador
  Various 120km range loops are available from their meteorological service.
• French Guiana
  400km range loop is available from France's meteorological service.
• Guadeloupe (France)
  A closeup image centered on Guadeloupe is also available on this page.
• Guantanamo Bay
  Only the 124nm short range loop is available. It is sometimes out of date.
• Guyana
  When available, 150km, 250km and 400km range loops are available. As of updating this page for this country, imagery was not available.
• Honduras
  250km and 500km range loops are available. Note: In early June of 2018, the radar page on their site had been compromised. The page tried to redirect you to a malicious site. It was back to normal by the middle of June.
• Jamaica
  240km and 480km range loops are available at times. Make sure the time is current if imagery is available as this site often has imagery that is outdated or unavailable. The link to the page also changes at times. A new radar will eventually be available. (About)
• Martinique (France)
  400km range loops are available from Martinique and Guadeloupe.
  
  Antilles - Radar view of most of the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
  
  Caribbean Radar Mosaic - Lesser Antilles as well as other radar sites, when available, including the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and French Guiana.
• Mexico
  300km range loops are available for most locations, with some locations with a lower range, such as 240km. The availability of some of their radar sites sometimes changes. Some of the sites below may be available even when they are sometimes not included on Mexico's main radar page.
  
  For near Mexico City, in the interior of Mexico, a 250km range single radar image is available here.
  
  For the state of Guanajuato, in the interior of Mexico, a radar loop is available here from the Secretaría de Seguridad Pública del Estado de Guanajuato, Protección Civil. (Secretary of Public Security of the State of Guanajuato, Civil Protection) The city of Guanajuato is about 280km northwest of Mexico City.
  
  For the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro, in the interior of Mexico, a 240km range loop is available here from the Comisión Estatal de Aguas de Querétaro. (State Water Commission of Querétaro)
• Nicaragua
  An approximately 450km range loop is available.
• Panama
  Panama Canal - An approximately 120km range loop is available.
  
  Panama Meteorological Service - As of updating this page for this country, they display the Panama Canal radar site.
• Paraguay
  250km range loop is available. Radar unavailable as of updating this page for this country.
• Puerto Rico (U.S.)
  Weather Underground: Short Range | Long Range
  NOAA: Short Range | Long Range | Single Image Long Range Loop
  
  48nm and 225nm range loops are also available for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) site in San Juan:
  
  48nm Range (0.20° Elevation) | 225nm Range (0.60° Elevation)
• Trinidad and Tobago
  150km, 250km and 400km range loops are available. The first two ranges have other radar products available too.
• Venezuela
  400km range loops are available. Some radar sites cover Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Often some radar sites are unavailable. You can also try viewing imagery on this page from the same site.

• Belgium
  240km to 300km range loops are available.
• Denmark
  240km range loops are available.
• Estonia
  250km range loops are available.
  
  Composite images of Nordic countries: Norway | Sweden | Finland
• Finland
  250km range loops are available.
  
  Composite images of Nordic countries: Norway | Sweden | Finland
• France
  256km range loops are available.
• Germany
  180km range loops are available.
• Iceland
  240km range composite loop of the two radars is available.
• Ireland
  240km range loops are available. Radar data can also be viewed at the United Kingdom's Met Office.
• Latvia
  250km range loop is available. Click the image on the page to view a loop.
• Lithuania
  250km range loops are available.
• Malta
  100km range loop is available.
• Netherlands
  The full radar range of the radars is 320km, though a lesser range composite loop is available.
• Norway
  240km range loops are available.
  
  Composite images of Nordic countries: Norway | Sweden | Finland
• Poland
  250km range loops are available. You can view their dynamic radar mosaic here, on a Google Map.
• Portugal
  300km range loops are available. You can view their dynamic radar mosaic here, on a dynamic map. They also have a radar site for Madeira on the island of Porto Santo.
• Spain
  240km range loops are available.
• Sweden
  240km range loops are available.
  
  Composite images of Nordic countries: Norway | Sweden | Finland
• United Kingdom
  255km range loops are available.

• Canary Islands (Spain)
  240km range loop is available. Radar can be viewed at Spain's meteorological service.
• Madeira (Portugal)
  300km range loop is available. Radar can be viewed at Portugal's meteorological service. On that page, for "Selecione RADAR", select "Porto Santo". For "Selecione produto", select "Maximos Reflectividade (dBZ)".
• Rwanda
  A 200km range image is not yet available in real time, but it has been posted to Twitter previously. There is a place for radar imagery on their site's front page but it doesn't load as of updating this page for this country.
• South Africa
  South Africa is updating its radar network. As of updating this page for this country, there is only one image available for all of South Africa. Their site previously had imagery for each radar site, but that older site is no longer available. Some of the radar sites listed on the map may no longer be available, such as sites where there is a new radar nearby. Some of the ranges for some of the radar sites on the old site have varied from 200km to 300km. The ranges on this map reflect the largest available range on the old site. Because there is only a single rectangular image that is available as of updating this page for this country, the ranges shown on the map may not actually reflect the publicly available range in that one image.
  
  Radars from Botswana (Bokaa) and Mozambique (Beira and Xai-Xai) were last available on South Africa's site in 2007. Those countries do not appear to have the radar data on their own sites as of updating this page for this country. You can click the country name to view their meteorological service.

• Japan
  Japan's available radar data includes areas within the polygon shaped area defined on the map. The range of what is available varies. The composite image of all Japanese radars seems to include a larger area than what we include in the map. The map we have is the approximate area for which closeup imagery is available.
• Taiwan
  460km range loops are available.

• Australia
  256km range loops are available.
• Fiji
  300km range loops are available.
• Guam
  Weather Underground: Short Range | Long Range
  NOAA: Short Range | Long Range | Single Image Long Range Loop
• Marshall Islands (U.S.)
  300km range loop is available.
• New Zealand
  300km range loops are available.