Available tools
5 tools| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
getDegreeDays | Heating/cooling degree-day climate normals (HDD/CDD) by station, annual, seasonal, or monthly. |
getDailySummaries | Daily climate summaries (TMAX/TMIN/PRCP) by station and date range, scaled to °C / mm. |
searchStations | Find GHCN climate stations by bounding box or id, with coordinates and period of record. |
listDatasets | Browse the NCEI dataset catalog (id, name, period of record, description). |
getServiceInfo | Connector metadata: endpoints, degree-day dataTypes, and unit conventions. |
Setup
A few steps to connect your AI agents to NOAA NCEI (Climate / Degree-Days).
- 1
Enable Environmental APIs
Set ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS=true for your deployment.
- 2
Toggle Connector On
Open /mcp and turn on NOAA NCEI (Climate / Degree-Days) with the environmental switch.
- 3
Start Querying
Call the noaa-ncei MCP tool with method=getDegreeDays.
Connect to your AI assistant
Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.
- 1
Open Claude settings
Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.
- 2
Access connectors
Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.
- 3
Name your connector
Enter any name you’d like for this connector.
- 4
Get the connector URL
Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.
- 5
Add the connector
Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.
- 6
Start using
Your NOAA NCEI (Climate / Degree-Days) connector is ready to use in Claude.