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NOAA Points API

The Points API from NOAA — 3 operation(s) for points.

NOAA Points 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 Points. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 9 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v4.0.

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

3 operations 3 paths 19 schemas 3 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
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Points 3
GET
/points/{latitude},{longitude}
Returns metadata about a given latitude/longitude point
point 2 params → 200default
GET
/points/{latitude},{longitude}/radio
Returns NOAA Weather Radio broadcast script for a latitude/longitude point
point_radio 2 params → 200default
GET
/points/{latitude},{longitude}/stationsdeprecated
Returns a list of observation stations for a given point
point_stations 2 params → 301default

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Point (22 properties), AstronomicalData (9 properties), ProblemDetail (6 properties), GeoJsonFeature (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

JsonLdContext
RelativeLocationJsonLd
NWSForecastOfficeId
string
Three-letter identifier for a NWS office.
Point
object
22 properties
AstronomicalData
object
An object representing sunrise, sunset, and twilight information for a location.
9 properties
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…
RelativeLocation
object
4 properties
GeoJsonGeometry
A GeoJSON geometry object. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
PointGeoJson
GeoJsonPolygon
array
A GeoJSON polygon. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
RelativeLocationGeoJson
GeoJsonLineString
array
A GeoJSON line string. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
ProblemDetail
object
Detail about an error. This document conforms to RFC 7807 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs).
6 properties 6 required
PointJsonLd
GeoJsonBoundingBox
array
A GeoJSON bounding box. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
GeoJsonCoordinate
array
A GeoJSON coordinate. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
GeoJsonFeature
object
A GeoJSON feature. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
5 properties 3 required
GeometryString
string
A geometry represented in Well-Known Text (WKT) format.
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

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noaa-points-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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