Full list of reporting stations is here: https://www.aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt https://www.aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt The r

Full list of reporting stations is here: https://www.aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt https://www.aviationweather.gov/docs/metar/stations.txt The report is that 167 are missing. That would be roughly 5% of US stations or 0.2% of worldwide stations. I was able to look up meters for airports that I'm familiar with. https://www.aviationweather.gov/metar https://www.aviationweather.gov/metar So, it is real but far from a total collapse of the system.