Hourly Data

This endpoint provides historical hourly observations for any geographic location. Furthermore, gaps in the time series can be filled in with statistically optimized model data. The data provided through this endpoint is aggregated from multiple governmental interfaces.

Hourly observations are coming in with an offset of about two to three hours. However, some data might be added multiple days or even months later, depending on how the different weather services are updating their datasets.

Hourly data can be queried for a maximum of 30 days per request.

Endpoint

Hourly data is provided through this endpoint:

GET https://meteostat.p.rapidapi.com/point/hourly

Parameters

In order to query data for any location you’ll need to specify the lat and lon parameters. You will probably also want to add the alt parameter to your request to make the output more precise. If you do not set the alt parameter, Meteostat will detect the elevation using nearby weather stations.

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Default
lat	The latitude of the geographic location	Float	Yes	undefined
lon	The longitude of the geographic location	Float	Yes	undefined
alt	The elevation of the geographic location	Integer	No	null
start	The start date of the query (YYYY-MM-DD)	String	Yes	undefined
end	The end date of the query (YYYY-MM-DD)	String	Yes	undefined
tz	The time zone according to the tz database	String	No	UTC
model	Substitute missing records with statistically optimized model data	String	No	true
freq	The time frequency of the records. Can be used for custom aggregation	String	No	null
units	The unit system of the meteorological parameters	String	No	metric

For full specification of available frequencies, defined by the freq parameter, please see here (opens new window).

The units parameter takes one of the following values:

• metric (Celsius, Millimeters, Kilometers per hour)
• imperial (Fahrenheit, Inches, Miles per hour)
• scientific (Kelvin, Millimeters, Meters per second)

Response

The response body includes the following properties. Please note that all units mentioned below refer to the default units setting.

Parameter	Description	Type
time	Time (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) of observation	String
temp	The air temperature in °C	Float
dwpt	The dew point in °C	Float
rhum	The relative humidity in percent (%)	Integer
prcp	The one hour precipitation total in mm	Float
snow	The snow depth in mm	Integer
wdir	The wind direction in degrees (°)	Integer
wspd	The average wind speed in km/h	Float
wpgt	The peak wind gust in km/h	Float
pres	The sea-level air pressure in hPa	Float
tsun	The one hour sunshine total in minutes (m)	Integer
coco	The weather condition code	Integer

More information on the data formats and weather condition codes is available here.

Example

The following example requires the cURL command-line interface. Alternatively, you can use an API client like Postman.

curl --request GET \
	--url 'https://meteostat.p.rapidapi.com/point/hourly?lat=43.6667&lon=-79.4&start=2020-01-01&end=2020-01-01&alt=113&tz=America%2FToronto' \
	--header 'x-rapidapi-host: meteostat.p.rapidapi.com' \
	--header 'x-rapidapi-key: {key}'

Please replace {key} with your personal API key.

Data Response

The data output returns one object per hour. Have a look at this example:

{
	"time": "2019-12-31 23:00:00",
	"temp": 1.6,
	"dwpt": 0.1,
	"rhum": 90,
	"prcp": 0,
	"snow": 0,
	"wdir": 300,
	"wspd": 5,
	"wpgt": 10,
	"pres": 1036.4,
	"tsun": 0,
	"coco": 4
}