diff --git a/test/source/scwx/util/float.test.cpp b/test/source/scwx/util/float.test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f91fe4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/scwx/util/float.test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#include <scwx/util/float.hpp>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace util
+{
+
+TEST(FloatTest, Decode32Positive1)
+{
+   uint16_t msw = 0x3f80;
+   uint16_t lsw = 0x0000;
+
+   float x = DecodeFloat32(msw, lsw);
+
+   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(x, 1.0f);
+}
+
+TEST(FloatTest, Decode32Negative1)
+{
+   uint16_t msw = 0xbf80;
+   uint16_t lsw = 0x0000;
+
+   float x = DecodeFloat32(msw, lsw);
+
+   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(x, -1.0f);
+}
+
+TEST(FloatTest, Decode32Positive12345678)
+{
+   uint16_t msw = 0x4b3c;
+   uint16_t lsw = 0x614e;
+
+   float x = DecodeFloat32(msw, lsw);
+
+   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(x, 12345678.0f);
+}
+
+TEST(FloatTest, Decode16h0x5bb4)
+{
+   uint16_t hex = 0x5bb4;
+
+   float x = DecodeFloat16(hex);
+
+   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(x, 123.25f);
+}
+
+} // namespace util
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/test/test.cmake b/test/test.cmake
index d86dee48..2820dc09 100644
--- a/test/test.cmake
+++ b/test/test.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ set(SRC_AWIPS_TESTS source/scwx/awips/coded_location.test.cpp
 set(SRC_COMMON_TESTS source/scwx/common/color_table.test.cpp)
 set(SRC_QT_CONFIG_TESTS source/scwx/qt/config/radar_site.test.cpp)
 set(SRC_QT_MANAGER_TESTS source/scwx/qt/manager/settings_manager.test.cpp)
-set(SRC_UTIL_TESTS source/scwx/util/rangebuf.test.cpp
+set(SRC_UTIL_TESTS source/scwx/util/float.test.cpp
+                   source/scwx/util/rangebuf.test.cpp
                    source/scwx/util/streams.test.cpp
                    source/scwx/util/vectorbuf.test.cpp)
 set(SRC_WSR88D_TESTS source/scwx/wsr88d/ar2v_file.test.cpp
diff --git a/wxdata/include/scwx/util/float.hpp b/wxdata/include/scwx/util/float.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e04e5b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxdata/include/scwx/util/float.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace util
+{
+
+float DecodeFloat16(uint16_t hex);
+float DecodeFloat32(uint16_t msw, uint16_t lsw);
+
+} // namespace util
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/wxdata/source/scwx/util/float.cpp b/wxdata/source/scwx/util/float.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c837aeba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxdata/source/scwx/util/float.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#include <scwx/util/float.hpp>
+
+#include <cmath>
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#   include <WinSock2.h>
+#else
+#   include <arpa/inet.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace util
+{
+
+float DecodeFloat16(uint16_t hex)
+{
+   static constexpr uint16_t S_MASK  = 0x8000;
+   static constexpr uint16_t S_LSB   = 0;
+   static constexpr uint16_t S_SHIFT = 15 - S_LSB;
+   static constexpr uint16_t E_MASK  = 0x7a00;
+   static constexpr uint16_t E_LSB   = 5;
+   static constexpr uint16_t E_SHIFT = 15 - E_LSB;
+   static constexpr uint16_t F_MASK  = 0x03ff;
+   static constexpr uint16_t F_LSB   = 15;
+   static constexpr uint16_t F_SHIFT = 15 - F_LSB;
+
+   uint16_t sHex = (hex & S_MASK) >> S_SHIFT;
+   uint16_t eHex = (hex & E_MASK) >> E_SHIFT;
+   uint16_t fHex = (hex & F_MASK) >> F_SHIFT;
+
+   float value;
+
+   float s = std::pow(-1.0f, static_cast<float>(sHex));
+   float e;
+   float f;
+
+   if (eHex == 0)
+   {
+      e = 2.0f;
+      f = (fHex / std::pow(2.0f, 10.0f));
+   }
+   else
+   {
+      e = std::pow(2.0f, eHex - 16.0f);
+      f = (1 + fHex / std::pow(2.0f, 10.0f));
+   }
+
+   value = s * e * f;
+
+   return value;
+}
+
+float DecodeFloat32(uint16_t msw, uint16_t lsw)
+{
+   uint32_t value = msw << 16 | lsw;
+
+   return reinterpret_cast<float&>(value);
+}
+
+} // namespace util
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/wxdata/wxdata.cmake b/wxdata/wxdata.cmake
index 6bae5576..ad2f5c52 100644
--- a/wxdata/wxdata.cmake
+++ b/wxdata/wxdata.cmake
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ set(SRC_COMMON source/scwx/common/color_table.cpp
                source/scwx/common/products.cpp
                source/scwx/common/sites.cpp
                source/scwx/common/vcp.cpp)
-set(HDR_UTIL include/scwx/util/iterator.hpp
+set(HDR_UTIL include/scwx/util/float.hpp
+             include/scwx/util/iterator.hpp
              include/scwx/util/rangebuf.hpp
              include/scwx/util/streams.hpp
              include/scwx/util/threads.hpp
              include/scwx/util/time.hpp
              include/scwx/util/vectorbuf.hpp)
-set(SRC_UTIL source/scwx/util/rangebuf.cpp
+set(SRC_UTIL source/scwx/util/float.cpp
+             source/scwx/util/rangebuf.cpp
              source/scwx/util/streams.cpp
              source/scwx/util/time.cpp
              source/scwx/util/vectorbuf.cpp)