About Now in USA

Now in USA is an independent information service that automatically collects and structures open data published by official U.S. government sources — the National Weather Service, EPA AirNow, USGS, FAA, EIA, U.S. Census Bureau, HUD, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis — into a single, easy-to-read picture of what's currently happening across the country, state by state and city by city.

Why it exists

Official U.S. government data is public and free, but it's scattered across dozens of agency websites and APIs, each with its own format and update schedule. Now in USA pulls that data together automatically and keeps it current, so a weather alert, an earthquake, an air quality reading, or an unemployment rate is a click away instead of a search.

How it's built

The site runs on an automated pipeline: scheduled jobs fetch data directly from each agency's official API or bulk file at intervals matching how often that source actually publishes new data, store it, and serve pages from that store. See Methodology for update frequencies and Sources for the full list of data providers.

Now in USA is an independent project and is not affiliated with, operated by, or endorsed by the U.S. government or any government agency.