{"id":253345,"date":"2026-08-11T15:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?post_type=glossary-terms&#038;p=253345"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:41:51","slug":"automated-surface-observing-system","status":"publish","type":"glossary-terms","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/glossary-terms\/automated-surface-observing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Automated Surface Observing System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ndcdyn.interactivebrokers.com\/mkt\/?src=glossGenAcc&amp;url=%2FUniversal%2FApplication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Account<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Automated Surface Observing System, abbreviated ASOS, is the network of automated weather stations operated by the National Weather Service, the FAA and the Department of Defense, most of which are sited at airports. The temperature sensor samples roughly every ten seconds, those samples are averaged into one-minute values, and a five-minute moving average is then computed, so a reported daily extreme must persist rather than reflect a momentary spike. ASOS stations are the observational basis for settlement in daily temperature markets, which makes their exact siting relevant, since land cover, shade, and proximity to water or urban development can shift readings by several degrees within a single metropolitan area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/ibkr-climate-energy\/nuances-in-the-calculations-of-daily-temperature-market-values\/\">Nuances in the Calculations of Daily Temperature Market Values<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/ibkr-climate-energy\/daily-high-temperature-markets-at-forecastex\/\">Daily High Temperature Markets at ForecastEx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/prediction-market\/fair-value-weather-climate-monday-august-3-2026\/\">Fair Value Weather &amp; Climate \u2014 Monday, August 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Automated Surface Observing System, abbreviated ASOS, is the network of automated weather stations operated by the National Weather Service, the FAA and the Department of Defense, most of which are sited at airports. The temperature sensor samples roughly every ten seconds, those samples are averaged into one-minute values, and a five-minute moving average is then computed, so a reported daily extreme must persist rather than reflect a momentary spike. ASOS stations are the observational basis for settlement in daily temperature markets, which makes their exact siting relevant, since land cover, shade, and proximity to water or urban development can shift readings by several degrees within a single metropolitan area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"traders-glossary":[13252,13251],"class_list":["post-253345","glossary-terms","type-glossary-terms","status-publish","traders-glossary-trading-terms-a","traders-glossary-trading-alphabet"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Archives Term | IBKR Glossary | IBKR Campus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The network of automated weather stations 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