National Weather Service Miami, Florida
The National Weather Service Miami, Florida is the local forecast office serving six South Florida counties—Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach—as well as the mainland part of Monroe County. It provides weather forecasts, warnings, and related services for the region and operates six NOAA Weather Radio stations.
Its history goes back to 1879 when a Signal Corps weather station opened near the Jupiter Inlet Light. It became the Jupiter Weather Bureau Office in 1891, and moved to Miami in 1911 as the area grew. A Weather Bureau Airport Station began at the Miami Municipal Airport in 1930, moved to Miami International Airport in 1942, and closed in 1975. In 1943, the hurricane warning service moved from Jacksonville to Miami. The Weather Bureau became the National Weather Service in 1970, so the Jupiter office became NWS Miami. In the 1990s, NWS West Palm Beach merged with NWS Miami, and since 1995 the office has been on the Florida International University campus near the National Hurricane Center.
After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, a new NEXRAD radar was installed in 1993 and became operational in 1995. The NWS Miami forecast office also coordinates weather services for six NOAA Weather Radio stations across South Florida.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 06:15 (CET).