Current Weather API

This API returns current conditions from our network of sub-hourly reporting weather stations, as well as relevant atmospheric meso-analyses (For example, the RTMA). Every API request will return the nearest, and most recent observation.

All parameters should be supplied to the Weather API as query string parameters.

Note: Archiving data from this API may lead to data inconsistencies, and is not recommended. For analytical usage we recommend using the Sub-hourly (15 minute interval) historical weather API, or the Hourly historical weather API.

Base URL

HTTP: http://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/current

HTTPS: https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/current

Supported Methods: GET

Request Parameters

key=[key] (REQUIRED)

key - Your API Key.

lang=[language](optional)

en - [DEFAULT] English
ar - Arabic
az - Azerbaijani
be - Belarusian
bg - Bulgarian
bs - Bosnian
ca - Catalan
cz - Czech
da - Danish
de - German
fi - Finnish
fr - French
el - Greek
es - Spanish
et - Estonian
ja - Japanese
hr - Croation
hu - Hungarian
id - Indonesian
it - Italian
is - Icelandic
iw - Hebrew
kw - Cornish
lt - Lithuanian
nb - Norwegian Bokmål
nl - Dutch
pl - Polish
pt - Portuguese
ro - Romanian
ru - Russian
sk - Slovak
sl - Slovenian
sr - Serbian
sv - Swedish
tr - Turkish
uk - Ukrainian
zh - Chinese (Simplified)
zh-tw - Chinese (Traditional)

units=[units](optional)

M - [DEFAULT] Metric (Celsius, m/s, mm)
S - Scientific (Kelvin, m/s, mm)
I - Fahrenheit (F, mph, in)

include=minutely,alerts (optional: Include a 1 hour / minutely forecast , and severe weather alert in the response)*

*Counts as an extra request against quota.

API Endpoints

Description	Required Parameters	Example(s)
Get observation by lat/lon (Recommended)	lat,lon	&lat=38.123&lon=-78.543
Get observation by city name	city, state(optional), country (optional)	&city=Raleigh&country=US &city=Raleigh,NC &city=Raleigh,North+Carolina
Get observation by postal code	postal_code, country (optional)	&postal_code=27601&country=US
Get observation by city id's	city_id	&city_id=8953360
Get observation by ICAO or station id [Use with Caution]	station	&station=KRDU
Get multiple observations from a list of city id's	cities	&cities=8953360,8953361,8953362
Get multiple observations by airport ICAO's, or station id's [Use with Caution]	stations	&stations=KRDU,KSEA,LEBB
Get multiple observations by lat/lon(s). Format: "(lat1, lon1),(lat2, lon2), ..."	points	&points=(35.88,-78.79),(47.45,-122.3),(43.3,-2.93)

= Advanced/Business subscription required, limit 200 per request. Max requests limit of 5 batch requests per second per account. Batch requests count as multiple against daily quotas.

Example Request:

https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/current?lat=35.7796&lon=-78.6382&key=API_KEY&include=minutely

Example Response (JSON):


            {  
               "data":[  
                  {  
                     "wind_cdir":"NE",
                     "rh":59,
                     "pod":"d",
                     "lon":-78.63861,
                     "pres":1006.6,
                     "timezone":"America\/New_York",
                     "ob_time":"2017-08-28 16:45",
                     "country_code":"US",
                     "clouds":75,
                     "vis":10,
                     "wind_spd":6.17,
                     "gust": 8,
                     "wind_cdir_full":"northeast",
                     "app_temp":24.25,
                     "state_code":"NC",
                     "ts":1503936000,
                     "h_angle":0,
                     "dewpt":15.65,
                     "weather":{  
                        "icon":"c03d",
                        "code": 803,
                        "description":"Broken clouds"
                     },
                     "uv":2,
                     "aqi":45,
                     "station":"CMVN7",
                     "sources": ["rtma", "CMVN7"],
                     "wind_dir":50,
                     "elev_angle":63,
                     "datetime":"2017-08-28:17",
                     "precip":0,
                     "ghi":444.4,
                     "dni":500,
                     "dhi":120,
                     "solar_rad":350,
                     "city_name":"Raleigh",
                     "sunrise":"10:44",
                     "sunset":"23:47",
                     "temp":24.19,
                     "lat":35.7721,
                     "slp":1022.2
                  }
               ],
               "minutely":[ ... ],
               "count":1
            }

Field Decriptions:

count: Count of returned observations.
data: [

lat: Latitude (Degrees).
lon: Longitude (Degrees).
sunrise: Sunrise time (HH:MM).
sunset: Sunset time (HH:MM).
timezone: Local IANA Timezone.
station: [DEPRECATED] Nearest reporting station ID.
sources: List of data sources used in response.
ob_time: Last observation time (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM).
datetime: [DEPRECATED] Current cycle hour (YYYY-MM-DD:HH).
ts: Last observation time (Unix timestamp).
city_name: City name.
country_code: Country abbreviation.
state_code: State abbreviation/code.
pres: Pressure (mb).
slp: Sea level pressure (mb).
wind_spd: Wind speed (Default m/s).
gust: Wind gust speed (Default m/s).
wind_dir: Wind direction (degrees).
wind_cdir: Abbreviated wind direction.
wind_cdir_full: Verbal wind direction.
temp: Temperature (default Celsius).
app_temp: Apparent/"Feels Like" temperature (default Celsius).
rh: Relative humidity (%).
dewpt: Dew point (default Celsius).
clouds: Cloud coverage (%).
pod: Part of the day (d = day / n = night).
weather: {
- icon:Weather icon code.
- code:Weather code.
- description: Text weather description.
}
vis: Visibility (default KM).
precip: Liquid equivalent precipitation rate (default mm/hr).
snow: Snowfall (default mm/hr).
uv: UV Index (0-11+).
aqi: Air Quality Index [US - EPA standard 0 - +500]
dhi: Diffuse horizontal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
dni: Direct normal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
ghi: Global horizontal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
solar_rad: Estimated Solar Radiation (W/m^2).
elev_angle: Solar elevation angle (degrees).
h_angle: [DEPRECATED] Solar hour angle (degrees).

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