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United States Weather Radar Data Feed or API?

Is there a government or private API for accessing weather radar data in the United States?

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Brian Webster Avatar asked Jun 29 '10 16:06

Brian Webster


3 Answers

NOAA has a SOAP API: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/xml/

Several private APIs are listed here:

http://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory/1?apicat=Weather

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chrissr Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 09:10

chrissr


I was looking for radar data awhile back to overlay on a google map. This site offers it for free and they provide some sample code to get started for google maps and some other online maps:

IEM Open GIS Consortium

The map tiles they provide are not limited to radar and as far as I can tell they are all free to use.

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ssn771 Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 09:10

ssn771


Radarmatic has a JSON API at http://radarmatic.com/api.html

Update: link broken, project no longer active

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roland Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 10:10

roland