Meta Data

This endpoint provides information which describes a specific weather station. The output includes meta data like latitude, longitude and elevation.

Endpoint

GET https://api.meteostat.net/v2/stations/meta

Parameters

You’ll need to specify one of the following parameters.

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Default
id	The Meteostat ID of the weather station	String	No	undefined
wmo	The WMO ID of the weather station	Integer	No	undefined
icao	The ICAO ID of the weather station	String	No	undefined

Response

The response body includes the following properties.

Parameter	Description	Type
id	The Meteostat ID of the weather station	String
name	Object containing the name of the weather stations in different languages	Object
country	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the weather station	String
region	ISO 3166-2 state or region code of the weather station	String
national	The national ID of the weather station	String
wmo	The WMO ID of the weather station	Integer
icao	The ICAO ID of the weather station	String
iata	The IATA ID of the weather station	String
latitude	The latitude of the weather station	Float
longitude	The longitude of the weather station	Float
elevation	The elevation of the weather station in meters above sea level	Integer
timezone	The time zone of the weather station	String
inventory	Object containing the periods of available data for this weather station	Object

Example

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

curl --header "x-api-key: {key}" "https://api.meteostat.net/v2/stations/meta?id=71508"

Please replace {key} with your personal API key.

Data Response

That’s the expected response:

{
    "meta": {
        "exec_time": 0.001,
        "generated": "2020-06-02 15:54:27"
    },
    "data": {
        "id": "71508",
        "name": {
            "en": "Toronto City"
        },
        "country": "CA",
        "region": "ON",
        "national": null,
        "wmo": "71508",
        "icao": "CXTO",
        "iata": null,
        "latitude": 43.6667,
        "longitude": -79.4,
        "elevation": 113,
        "timezone": "America/Toronto",
        "inventory": {
            "hourly": {
                "start": "2004-08-03",
                "end": "2020-05-31"
            },
            "daily": {
                "start": "2002-06-04",
                "end": "2020-05-25"
            }
        }
    }
}