What you can ask
- “What does National Weather Service have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
- “Pull the most recent National Weather Service records and put them in a table.”
- “What does National Weather Service cover, and how fresh is the data?”
About this source
National Weather Service (NWS) API - weather forecasts, alerts, and station observations. US coverage only. Provides detailed forecasts, severe weather alerts, and real-time conditions. CRITICAL USAGE RULES: 1. No authentication required (User-Agent header added automatically) 2. US coverage only - will fail for non-US coordinates 3. Use getPointForecast() for 7-day forecasts at a location 4. Use getActiveAlerts() for severe weather warnings
Connector ID nws
Provenance
Freshness & coverage
› Methods (5)
Technical detail for developers: parameters, pagination, units, and freshness per method.
getPointForecast
readGet the NWS seven-day forecast for a US coordinate.
Required paramslatitudelongitudegetPointHourlyForecast
readGet the NWS hourly forecast for a US coordinate.
Required paramslatitudelongitudegetActiveAlerts
readGet active NWS alerts by two-letter state code or coordinate pair.
Required paramsstate or latitude and longitudegetStationObservations
readGet the latest observation for an NWS station.
Required paramsstationIdfindNearestStations
readFind NWS stations near a US coordinate.
Required paramslatitudelongitude