diff --git a/met/scripts/python/read_ascii_mpr.py b/met/scripts/python/read_ascii_mpr.py
index 9a4a84f890..781485c58c 100755
--- a/met/scripts/python/read_ascii_mpr.py
+++ b/met/scripts/python/read_ascii_mpr.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         # Read MPR lines, skipping the header row and first column.
         mpr_data = pd.read_csv(input_file, header=None,
                         delim_whitespace=True, keep_default_na=False,
-                        skiprows=1, usecols=range(1,36),
+                        skiprows=1, usecols=range(1,37),
                         dtype=str).values.tolist()
         print("Data Length:\t" + repr(len(mpr_data)))
         print("Data Type:\t" + repr(type(mpr_data)))