diff --git a/siphon/http_util.py b/siphon/http_util.py
index d0cef9c4b..46c38096e 100644
--- a/siphon/http_util.py
+++ b/siphon/http_util.py
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ def add_query_parameter(self, **kwargs):
         self.extra_params.update(kwargs)
         return self
 
-    def lonlat_box(self, north, south, east, west):
+    def lonlat_box(self, west, east, south, north):
         r'''Add a latitude/longitude bounding box to the query.
 
-        This adds a request for a spatial bounding box, bounded by (`south`, `north`)
-        for latitude and (`west`, `east`) for the longitude. This modifies the query
+        This adds a request for a spatial bounding box, bounded by ('north', 'south')
+        for latitude and ('east', 'west') for the longitude. This modifies the query
         in-place, but returns ``self`` so that multiple queries can be chained together
         on one line.
 
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ def lonlat_box(self, north, south, east, west):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        north : float
-            The bounding latitude to the north, in degrees north of the equator
-        south : float
-            The bounding latitude to the south, in degrees north of the equator
-        east : float
-            The bounding longitude to the east, in degrees east of the prime meridian
         west: float
             The bounding longitude to the west, in degrees east of the prime meridian
+        east : float
+            The bounding longitude to the east, in degrees east of the prime meridian
+        south : float
+            The bounding latitude to the south, in degrees north of the equator
+        north : float
+            The bounding latitude to the north, in degrees north of the equator
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ def lonlat_box(self, north, south, east, west):
             Returns self for chaining calls
         '''
 
-        self._set_query(self.spatial_query, north=north, south=south,
-                        east=east, west=west)
+        self._set_query(self.spatial_query, west=west, east=east, south=south,
+                        north=north)
         return self
 
     def lonlat_point(self, lon, lat):
diff --git a/siphon/tests/test_http_util.py b/siphon/tests/test_http_util.py
index 3008d650b..9da0d1135 100644
--- a/siphon/tests/test_http_util.py
+++ b/siphon/tests/test_http_util.py
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ def test_spatial_reset(self):
     def test_spatial_reset2(self):
         dr = DataQuery().lonlat_point(-1, -2).lonlat_box(1, 2, 3, 4)
         query = str(dr)
-        assert 'east=3' in query
-        assert 'west=4' in query
-        assert 'north=1' in query
-        assert 'south=2' in query
+        assert 'south=3' in query
+        assert 'north=4' in query
+        assert 'west=1' in query
+        assert 'east=2' in query
         eq_(query.count('='), 4)
 
     def test_iter(self):