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NOAA Zones API

The Zones API from NOAA — 6 operation(s) for zones.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 39 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v4.0.

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

6 operations 6 paths 39 schemas 6 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 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Zones 6
GET
/zones
Returns a list of zones
zone_list 8 params → 200default
GET
/zones/{type}
Returns a list of zones of a given type
zone_list_type 9 params → 200default
GET
/zones/{type}/{zoneId}
Returns metadata about a given zone
zone 3 params → 200default
GET
/zones/{type}/{zoneId}/forecast
Returns the current zone forecast for a given zone
zone_forecast 2 params → 200default
GET
/zones/forecast/{zoneId}/observations
Returns a list of observations for a given zone
zone_obs 4 params → 200default
GET
/zones/forecast/{zoneId}/stations
Returns a list of observation stations for a given zone
zone_stations 3 params → 200default

Schemas 39

The contract defines 39 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Observation (30 properties), Zone (18 properties), ObservationStation (15 properties), ProblemDetail (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

JsonLdContext
ZoneCollectionJsonLd
object
2 properties
NWSForecastOfficeId
string
Three-letter identifier for a NWS office.
NWSZoneType
string
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…
ZoneGeoJson
GeoJsonGeometry
A GeoJSON geometry object. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
StateTerritoryCode
string
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.
RegionCode
NWSZoneID
string
UGC identifier for a NWS forecast zone or county. The first two letters will correspond to either a state code or marine area code (see /components/schemas/Sta…
GeoJsonLineString
array
A GeoJSON line string. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
ObservationStationCollectionJsonLd
object
4 properties
ObservationCollectionJsonLd
object
3 properties
AreaCode
State/territory codes and marine area codes
ZoneForecast
object
An object representing a zone area forecast.
5 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.
ZoneCollectionGeoJson
ObservationCollectionGeoJson
ZoneForecastJsonLd
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
Zone
object
18 properties
GeoJsonFeatureCollection
object
A GeoJSON feature collection. Please refer to IETF RFC 7946 for information on the GeoJSON format.
3 properties 2 required
MetarSkyCoverage
string
MarineRegionCode
string
Marine region code. These are groups of marine areas combined. AL: Alaska waters (PK) AT: Atlantic Ocean (AM, AN) GL: Great Lakes (LC, LE, LH, LM, LO, LS, SL)…
PointString
string
Observation
object
30 properties
ObservationStationCollectionGeoJson
MarineAreaCode
string
Marine area code as defined in NWS Directive 10-302: AM: Western North Atlantic Ocean and along U.S. East Coast south of Currituck Beach Light NC following the…
MetarPhenomenon
object
An object representing a decoded METAR phenomenon string.
5 properties 4 required
LandRegionCode
string
Land region code. These correspond to the six NWS regional headquarters: AR: Alaska Region CR: Central Region ER: Eastern Region PR: Pacific Region SR: Souther…
ZoneJsonLd
GeometryString
string
A geometry represented in Well-Known Text (WKT) format.
ZoneForecastGeoJson
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
ObservationStation
object
15 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noaa-zones-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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