Morton Arboretum Receives 50 Year Honored Instituation COOP Award

A big THANK YOU goes out to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL! They received recognition from the Chicago National Weather Service for 50 years of service as an Honored Institution Cooperative Weather Observer. Rainfall records have been kept by the Morton Arboretum since June of 1966.

Pictured are Pete Linsner and Matt Laizure.

The National Weather Service's (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program is the nation's largest and oldest weather network. It was established in 1891 to formalize the collection of meteorological observations and establish climate conditions in the United States. Our nation has a long history of weather observations. Today, more than 11,000 Cooperative Weather Observers across the United States donate more than one million hours each year to collect daily hydrometeorological data.

For more information on the Cooperative Observer program, you can go to: www.nws.noaa.gov/om/coop/.