162.500 MHz: one of the seven NOAA Weather Radio frequencies

162.500 MHz is one of the seven frequencies NOAA Weather Radio uses nationwide. 130 of the 1,035 transmitters in the NWS coverage data broadcast on it, all listed below. The frequency does not pick you - your county does: neighboring transmitters use different frequencies so they can overlap without interfering, and the finder returns the right one for any county in one step.

On marine radios this frequency usually appears as channel WX6, but the WX numbers are a receiver convention, not part of the NWS system - the Midland WR120, for one, numbers its channels 1-7 in ascending frequency order, which puts 162.500 MHz at channel 5. When in doubt, go by the frequency.

Every transmitter on 162.500 MHz

State	Station	Transmitter site	Power (W)
Alabama	WWF44	Henagar	1000
Alabama	WWF55	Jackson	1000
Alaska	KAD96	Manleyville	5
Alaska	WNG529	Cape Gull	5
Alaska	WNG530	East Point	5
Alaska	WNG681	Dillingham	5
Alaska	WNG716	Marmot Island	5
Arizona	WNG703	Nogales	104
Arizona	WWG42	Globe	70
Arkansas	WWG54	Yellville	850
California	KDX54	Big Rock Ridge	75
California	WXM66	Victorville	76
California	WZ2530	Susanville	100
Colorado	KJY81	Canon City	300
Colorado	WWG23	La Junta	100
Colorado	WWG43	Glenwood Springs	100
Colorado	WXJ45	Deer Trail	100
Colorado	WZ2544	North Cottonwood	300
Connecticut	WWH33	Cornwall	500
Florida	KPS505	Sumterville	1000
Florida	WWF86	East Point	250
Florida	WXK83A	Sebring	1000
Florida	WZ2531	Hialeah Spanish	300
Georgia	KPS506	Washington	319
Georgia	KXI22	Brasstown Bald	100
Georgia	WWH31	Valdosta	1000
Georgia	WXJ31	Thomaston	1040
Hawaii	WZ2540	North Kohala	300
Idaho	KPS509	Salmon	100
Idaho	WWG99	Bonners Ferry	100
Idaho	WZ2535	Orofino	100
Illinois	KXI41	Crystal Lake	300
Illinois	KXI46	Shelbyville	300
Illinois	KXI86	Crescent City	300
Illinois	WXJ92	Macomb	1000
Indiana	KHB52	Richmond	300
Indiana	KJY62	Michigan City	1000
Indiana	KZZ36	North Webster	300
Indiana	WWG72	Georgia	1000
Iowa	KJY63	Forest City	302
Iowa	KXI98	Marshalltown	300
Iowa	WNG730	Ottumwa	302
Kansas	KPS511	Great Bend	1060
Kansas	KWN59	Kirwin	1070
Kansas	WWH22	Beaumont	314
Kentucky	WNG570	Horse Cave	1000
Kentucky	WWG67	Beattyville	300
Kentucky	WWG78	Williamsburg	300
Kentucky	WWG81	Phelps	300
Kentucky	WZ2523	Frankfort	300
Louisiana	WXN87	Natchitoches	1030
Maine	WXN28	Springfield	1000
Maryland	WXK97	Sudlersville	1100
Michigan	KZZ35	Escanaba	1000
Michigan	WWF70	Gaylord	100
Michigan	WZ2513	Copper Harbor	300
Minnesota	KXI44	Ely	300
Minnesota	KXI50	Russell	1060
Minnesota	WNG676	Clearwater	1000
Minnesota	WNG680	Fergus Falls	1010
Mississippi	KJY83	Carthage	1230
Missouri	KXI35	Alton	300
Missouri	KZZ38	Trenton	1000
Missouri	KZZ39	Clinton	980
Missouri	WNG608	Cassville	1000
Missouri	WNG648	Crocker	1000
Missouri	WWG49	Fredericktown	1270
Montana	KGG97	Bozeman	100
Montana	KHB53	Jordan	300
Montana	KZZ54	Lewistown	100
Montana	WWG84	Belgian Hill	100
Montana	WZ2528	Wibaux	300
Nebraska	KWN41	Shubert	1000
Nebraska	KXI21	Yankton	1000
Nebraska	WNG524	Trenton	379
Nebraska	WNG645	Albion	297
Nebraska	WXN61	Sidney	1000
Nebraska	WXN72	Merna	1000
Nevada	KQC45	Bullhead City	200
Nevada	WNG700	Jackpot	100
New Hampshire	KZZ41	Mt. Washington	100
New Jersey	KZZ31	Hardyston	1000
New York	WXN59	Ithaca	1000
North Carolina	WNG586	Henderson	300
North Carolina	WNG588	Mount Jefferson	300
North Carolina	WWF60	Buck Mountain	1000
North Dakota	KWN43	Langdon	301
Ohio	KJY68	Chillicothe	300
Ohio	WNG698	Grafton	300
Ohio	WWG56	Youngstown	300
Ohio	WXL51	Toledo	300
Oklahoma	KJY96	Guymon	1070
Oklahoma	KWN49	Atoka	316
Oklahoma	WNG654	Stillwater	1070
Oklahoma	WWG46	Woodward	1030
Oregon	WNG560	John Day	300
Oregon	WNG674	Florence	116
Oregon	WWF80	Bend/Redmond	100
Pennsylvania	KZZ42	Reynoldsville	300
Pennsylvania	WNG591	Coudersport	500
South Carolina	KHC29	Barnwell	1000
South Carolina	WNG628	Georgetown	300
South Dakota	KZZ59	Porcupine	1000
South Dakota	WXM40	Lowry	1000
Tennessee	WWH30	Dyersburg	1230
Tennessee	WWH37	Clarksville	300
Tennessee	WXN74	Hickman	991
Tennessee	WZ2506	Clifton	1020
Texas	KWN31	Cumby	1060
Texas	KXI55	Onalaska	1000
Texas	WNG523	Dilley	294
Texas	WNG636	Cisco	1090
Texas	WNG657	Summerfield	1000
Texas	WWG55	La Grange	800
Texas	WXL44	Ozona	304
Texas	WZ2507	Dickens	309
Utah	WNG669	Castle Dale	100
Utah	WXL63	Bear Lake	50
Vermont	WNG671	Castleton	300
Virginia	KAE42	Providence Forge	1000
West Virginia	KWN36	Greggs Knob	329
West Virginia	WXM70	Garfield	1000
Wisconsin	KC2XBZ	Gresham	300
Wisconsin	WNG564	Black River Falls	300
Wisconsin	WWG86	Prairie Du Chien	1000
Wisconsin	WWG87	Fond Du Lac	1000
Wisconsin	WXM91	Park Falls	1000
Wyoming	WNG573	Thermopolis	300
Wyoming	WNG660	Gillette	1000
Wyoming	WNG679	Pinedale	300

Each station links to its own page with the counties it covers and their SAME codes.

The other six frequencies: 162.400, 162.425, 162.450, 162.475, 162.525, 162.550. Or start from what the NOAA Weather Radio frequencies are.

Sources:

“NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.