California Irrigation Management Information System

The California Irrigation Management Information Service (CIMIS) is a program unit in the Water Use and Efficiency Branch, Division of Statewide Integrated Water Management, California Department of Water Resources (DWR) that manages a network of over 145 automated weather stations in California. It was designed to assist irrigators in managing their water resources more efficiently. Efficient use of water resources benefits Californians by saving water, energy, and money.

Contra Costa RCD maintains a CIMIS Station in Brentwood, CA (Station #47). Elsewhere, the are CIMIS Stations in Concord (#170), Moraga (#178), El Cerrito (#213), and Jersey Island (#247).

For help or more information or to report problems with CIMIS data, please contact Ben Weise.