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NOAA Gridpoints API

The Gridpoints API from NOAA — 4 operation(s) for gridpoints.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

NOAA Gridpoints API is one of 17 APIs that NOAA publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 9 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Gridpoints. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 9 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 31 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v4.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.weather.gov.

4 operations 4 paths 31 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v4.0
Base URL
https://api.weather.gov
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Gridpoints 4
GET
/gridpoints/{wfo}/{x},{y}
Returns raw numerical forecast data for a 2.5km grid area
gridpoint 3 params → 200default
GET
/gridpoints/{wfo}/{x},{y}/forecast
Returns a textual forecast for a 2.5km grid area
gridpoint_forecast 5 params → 200default
GET
/gridpoints/{wfo}/{x},{y}/forecast/hourly
Returns a textual hourly forecast for a 2.5km grid area
gridpoint_forecast_hourly 5 params → 200default
GET
/gridpoints/{wfo}/{x},{y}/stations
Returns a list of observation stations usable for a given 2.5km grid area
gridpoint_stations 4 params → 200default

Schemas 31

The contract defines 31 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GridpointHourlyForecastPeriod (17 properties), Gridpoint12hForecastPeriod (15 properties), ObservationStation (15 properties), Gridpoint (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

JsonLdContext
Gridpoint12hForecastGeoJson
Gridpoint12hForecastPeriod
object
An object containing forecast information for a specific time period (generally 12-hour or 1-hour).
15 properties
NWSForecastOfficeId
string
Three-letter identifier for a NWS office.
UnitOfMeasure
string
A string denoting a unit of measure, expressed in the format "{unit}" or "{namespace}:{unit}". Units with the namespace "wmo" or "wmoUnit" are defined in the W…
GeoJsonGeometry
A GeoJSON geometry object. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
PaginationInfo
object
Links for retrieving more data from paged data sets
1 property 1 required
GeoJsonPolygon
array
A GeoJSON polygon. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
GridpointQuantitativeValueLayer
object
A gridpoint layer consisting of quantitative values (numeric values with associated units of measure).
2 properties 1 required
GridpointJsonLd
GridpointGeoJson
GeoJsonLineString
array
A GeoJSON line string. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
Gridpoint
object
Raw forecast data for a 2.5km grid square. This is a list of all potential data layers that may appear. Some layers may not be present in all areas. temperatur…
13 properties
ObservationStationCollectionJsonLd
object
4 properties
ProblemDetail
object
Detail about an error. This document conforms to RFC 7807 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs).
6 properties 6 required
GeoJsonBoundingBox
array
A GeoJSON bounding box. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
ISO8601Interval
A time interval in ISO 8601 format. This can be one of: 1. Start and end time 2. Start time and duration 3. Duration and end time The string "NOW" can also be…
GeoJsonCoordinate
array
A GeoJSON coordinate. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
GridpointHourlyForecastJsonLd
GeoJsonFeature
object
A GeoJSON feature. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
5 properties 3 required
GeoJsonFeatureCollection
object
A GeoJSON feature collection. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
3 properties 2 required
Gridpoint12hForecast
object
A multi-day forecast for a 2.5km grid square.
9 properties
ObservationStationCollectionGeoJson
GridpointHourlyForecast
object
An hourly forecast for a 2.5km grid square.
9 properties
GeometryString
string
A geometry represented in Well-Known Text (WKT) format.
ObservationStation
object
15 properties
QuantitativeValue
object
A structured value representing a measurement and its unit of measure. This object is a slightly modified version of the schema.org definition at https://schem…
5 properties
GridpointForecastUnits
string
Denotes the units used in the textual portions of the forecast.
GridpointHourlyForecastPeriod
object
An object containing forecast information for a specific time period (generally 12-hour or 1-hour).
17 properties
Gridpoint12hForecastJsonLd
GridpointHourlyForecastGeoJson

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noaa-gridpoints-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
noaa:noaa-gridpoints-api
Base URL
https://api.weather.gov
Docs
https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api
Provider
NOAA
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