Weather API

Data Feeds and API Solutions

Elevate your business decisions with unparalleled access to global weather insights.

In today's data-driven world, accurate and comprehensive weather information is not just a convenience, it's a competitive necessity. DTN Weather APIs offer a game-changing solution for businesses across various sectors, providing access to high-quality weather data that drives informed decision-making and operational excellence.

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Key Benefits

Optimize resources, reduce weather risks, and enable smarter decisions.

  • Seamless Integration – Our user-friendly API, supporting GeoJSON format, easily integrates with your existing systems, enhancing compatibility across various applications.
  • Extensive Global Coverage – Tap into over 70,000 weather stations worldwide for near real-time and historical data, ensuring you have the most comprehensive view of weather patterns.
  • Historical Depth – Access up to 30 years of historical weather observations, enabling robust trend analysis and long-term planning.
  • Quality-Controlled Data – Benefit from reliable, gap-filled weather data, providing continuous and accurate insights for critical decision-making.

Industry Applications

Provide real-time and historical data for seamless integration.

  • Utilities Sector – Boost grid resilience and reduce power outages with advanced weather insights.
  • Renewable Energy Markets – Optimize resource allocation and predict demand fluctuations.
  • Insurance – Enhance risk assessment and claims processing with accurate weather data.
  • Agriculture – Improve crop management and yield predictions.
  • Transportation – Ensure safer and more efficient route planning.
  • Climate Research – Leverage extensive historical data for in-depth climate studies.

By integrating DTN Weather APIs into your operations, you're not just accessing weather data—you're unlocking a powerful tool for strategic planning, risk management, and operational efficiency. Whether you're a climate scientist, energy analyst, or software developer, our APIs provide the precision and reliability you need to stay ahead in your field.

Harness the power of DTN Weather APIs today and transform weather data into your competitive advantage.

API’s and Integrations

API’s

  • Weather Conditions API – World-wide forecasts, current conditions, and historical weather data.
  • Observation API – World-wide near real-time and historical observations.
  • Map Tile API – Wide range of vector and raster map layers.
  • Lightning API – World-wide near real-time and historical lightning data.
  • Renewables API – Global, location-specific environmental data for renewable energy industry.
  • Tropical Cyclone API – Active tropical cyclone data for past, current, and forecast positions globally.
  • Agency Bulletin API – Current, accurate global weather bulletin data.

Integrations

  • RESTful Architecture – Facilitates easy integration with most programming languages and frameworks.
  • Flexible Queries – Supports geospatial queries, time-based filtering, and multi-station requests.
  • Scale – Handles high-volume requests with rate limiting safeguards.
  • Error Handling – Comprehensive HTTP status codes and error messages for troubleshooting.
  • Documentation – Detailed API reference, including Swagger/OpenAPI specifications.
  • SDK Support – Client libraries available for popular languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Java).
  • Webhooks – Real-time data push available during significant weather events.

Data Feed Specifications

Weather Solutions

  • DTN Weather Conditions –  Forecast data for multiple points worldwide. Learn more.
  • DTN Observations – Near real-time weather observations. Learn more.
  • DTN Historical Lightning – Global lightning strike data (September 2019-present).
  • DTN Historical Weather Conditions – Global gridded historical weather model (2013-present).
  • DTN Historical Observations – Decades of archived weather station data.
  • DTN Gridded Weather Conditions – Global forecast model data (NetCDF, up to 0.1° resolution, 15-day horizon).

Radar Solutions

  • DTN Radar – Near real-time masked base-reflectivity and future radar (NetCDF).
  • DTN Precipitation Rate Radar – Near real-time global precipitation rate (5-minute updates, NetCDF).
  • DTN Global Radar Mosaic – Masked mosaic of ground-based and satellite-estimated reflectivity.

Satellite Solutions

  • DTN Satellite – Near real-time data for Europe, North America, and global regions (NetCDF).
  • DTN Night Fog – Global night fog data (10-minute updates, 4-min latency, 4km resolution).

Additional Solutions

  • DTN EchoTops and EchoTops Max – Radar-estimated storm heights (CONUS, NetCDF).
  • DTN Hail Swaths – Estimated surface hail paths (CONUS, shapefile).
  • DTN MetStorm QPE – Global, hourly, radar-based precipitation estimates.
  • DTN Rotation Tracks – Storm rotation tracks (CONUS, shapefile).
  • DTN Storm Attributes – Radar-scanned storm information (CONUS, CSV).
  • DTN Storm Corridors – 30-minute storm forecast motion.
  • DTN Weather Fronts – Global fronts, pressure centers, and tropical cyclone locations (3-hour updates, GeoJSON).

By leveraging these technical capabilities, developers can efficiently incorporate high-quality weather data into their applications, ensuring robust and accurate meteorological insights for diverse use cases.