Data credits
Where every number comes from
Every forecast on WeatherQB is our own blend, built from the public weather data below. Sports schedules, results and lines come from the open-data projects listed here. Each source’s credit and licence terms are given as it asks.
NOAA / National Weather Service
Forecast guidance, radar, satellite imagery (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), station observations, NWS alerts, the Storm Prediction Center, Weather Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center and Climate Prediction Center outlooks, and NCEI climate normals.
Public domain (US government work). WeatherQB is independent: nothing here is endorsed by NOAA or the National Weather Service. Alerts we relay are NWS alerts.
ECMWF
Global forecast data, used in our forecast blend and for venues outside the US.
This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). © 2026 ECMWF, www.ecmwf.int, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
nflverse
nflverse’s schedule, results and market-line data and its play-by-play data.
Play-by-play under CC BY 4.0. Data belongs to its respective owners.
CollegeFootballData.com
College football market lines (DraftKings and Bovada as reported there).
Used under the CollegeFootballData terms of use.
SportsDataverse
College football schedules, results, venues and team data, and the college football history.
Data belongs to its respective owners.
Retrosheet
MLB schedules, results and game logs.
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.
OpenStreetMap
The Fairway Forecast course list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors. The course list is available under the Open Database License; our forecasts are not part of that database.
Iowa Environmental Mesonet
Historical station observations, daily climate reports and local storm reports.
Iowa State University. Data is public domain.
Wikipedia
The AP college football poll (ranks only); college football conference standings; MLB standings and the wild-card race; MLB postseason first-pitch times and bracket results; PGA Tour and DP World Tour schedules and winners; stadium and golf course locations. Past College Football Playoff committee rankings from Wikipedia calibrate our playoff odds and are not shown.
Facts drawn from Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA 4.0). The AP poll is the Associated Press’s.
US Census Bureau, OurAirports, Natural Earth
State and county boundaries, roads for game travel, airports, coastlines.
Public domain.