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THE AMERICAN CITY ATLAS

Every American city, drawn as an atlas plate.

The ground each city stands on, the water it drains to, what grows and lives there, the climate that shaped it, and the roads that tie it to everywhere else, with today’s forecast laid on top. Made by meteorologists.

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Map of the United States with the whole Interstate System drawn in red and the largest cities as dots; Atlanta is highlighted in yellow.
THE SYSTEM. 48,471 miles of Interstate tie the cities together. Every dot is a city plate; every red line carries today’s weather. Open The System

Today across the plates

Each icon is chosen from that city’s own sky, hazards and sun · sample data
Atlanta Mostly sunny 77° 53° Mostly sunny New York Sunny 68° 51° Sunny Chicago Mostly sunny 70° 48° Mostly sunny Denver Partly cloudy 71° 46° Partly cloudy Seattle Mostly sunny 63° 45° Mostly sunny Los Angeles Partly cloudy 77° 62° Partly cloudy Phoenix Mostly sunny; hot 94° 75° Mostly sunny; hot Miami Partly cloudy 85° 72° Partly cloudy

Seven miles down every city page

The same order in every city, so you can read any of them
MILE1
TODAY

Air Mail

The seven-day forecast against the normal, where today’s air came from, and what happened this week in years past.

MILE2
THE GROUND

Under Your Feet

Bedrock, faults and soil, a cross-section through the city, deep time, and the stone its landmarks are built from.

MILE3
THE WATER

Raindrop

Follow a raindrop from city hall to the sea: every creek, river, dam and river mile on the way.

MILE4
THE LIVING CITY

Field Guide Now

The trees, flowers, birds and animals of the city, with what is in season this week marked on each.

MILE5
THE ALMANAC

The Year Ring

Normals, records, seasons and the storms that shaped the city, on one ring you can read at a glance.

MILE6
ROADS & RAILS

Roads Out of Town

How the city was built, and the weather down every road out of it, mile by mile, from The System.

MILE7
ON THE NETWORK

Next Door

The parks, slopes, corridors, models and scorecards on the rest of the Forecast Network, chosen for this city.

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EVERY MORNING

The City Card

The plate, the forecast and one field note, sized for email and social, for any city you follow.

Plates on the press

All cities, A to Z →
Atlas plate of central Atlanta.
GEORGIA · PLATE NO. 1AtlantaA railroad town on the Eastern Continental Divide.
 Atlas plate of Denver
COLORADODenverWhere the Great Plains run into the Front Range.
 Atlas plate of Seattle
WASHINGTONSeattleOn a glacier-carved sound between two mountain ranges.
 Atlas plate of New Orleans
LOUISIANANew OrleansBelow sea level, between the river and the lake.
 Atlas plate of Chicago
ILLINOISChicagoOn the flat floor of an ancient glacial lake.
 Atlas plate of Phoenix
ARIZONAPhoenixIn the Salt River Valley of the Sonoran Desert.

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