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NOAA Weather Data API

Decoded weather information

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

This API exposes 14 operations across 14 paths, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v4.0.

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

14 operations 14 paths 23 schemas 14 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 14

Across 14 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 14 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Weather Data 14

Decoded weather information

GET
/api/data/metar
METARs
6 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/taf
TAFs
6 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/pirep
Pilot Reports
8 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/airsigmet
Domestic SIGMETs
4 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/isigmet
International SIGMETs
4 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/gairmet
US Graphical AIRMETs
5 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/airmet
AIRMETs
4 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/tcf
TFM Convective Forecast (TCF)
1 param → 200400
GET
/api/data/cwa
CWSU Center Advisories
3 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/windtemp
Wind/Temp Point Data
3 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/areafcst
US Area Forecasts
1 param → 200400
GET
/api/data/fcstdisc
US Forecast Discussions
2 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/mis
Meteorological Information Statement
2 params → 200400
GET
/api/data/dataserver
Data Server
10 params → 200400

Schemas 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are METARproperties (32 properties), TAFproperties (15 properties), PIREPXML (7 properties), METARXML (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

METARproperties
object
32 properties
METARGeoJSON
object
2 properties
GairmetJSON
array
METARtext
string
Raw text of observation
PIREPGeoJSON
object
2 properties
CwaGeoJSON
object
2 properties
GairmetGeoJSON
object
2 properties
ISigmetGeoJSON
object
2 properties
AirSigmetGeoJSON
object
2 properties
ISigmetJSON
array
TAFtext
string
CwaJSON
array
METARXML
object
7 properties
PIREPXML
object
7 properties
TcfGeoJSON
object
3 properties
METARJSON
array
TAFGeoJSON
object
2 properties
PIREPtext
string
AirSigmetJSON
array
CloudInfo
array
Clouds
PIREPJSON
array
TAFJSON
array
TAFproperties
object
TAFs
15 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noaa-weather-data-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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