NOAA's Surface Weather Program

The impacts, annually, of adverse weather on the Nation's highways and roads are significant: 

• 7,400 deaths
• 700,000 injuries
• 1.5 million crashes
• $42 billion in economic loss

NOAA's Surface Weather Program applies the agency's weather and geospatial expertise to surface transportation safety, productivity, and mobility issues. Working with government and non-government partners in the weather and transportation fields, NOAA seeks to play a role in reducing the annual loss of life and productivity from surface transportation crashes and delays.