Real Time Weather Observations V3
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Description:
The Earth Networks Observation Data Feed will provide you with a set of current condition data based on the location or station id requested. For Location the logic is in place to always return the best observation for the location requested based on age, distance and accuracy. For station id the logic is to always return observations for that station id.
Request URL:
v3 Parameters for Latitude/Longitude:
Request parameters:
| Parameter Name |
Description | Input options | Default |
| location | Latitude and Longitude Coordinates | Must be valid Latitude/Longitude in format: “<Latitude>,<Longitude>” | N/A |
Optional parameters:
| Parameter Name |
Description | Input options | Default |
| units | Metric or English units | “metric” or “english” | “metric” |
| cultureinfo | Language | “en-en” (English), “es-es” (Spanish) | “en-en” |
| verbose | Abbreviations (false) or long variable names (true) | “false” or “true” | “false” |
Request headers:
| Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key | string | Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile. |
v3 Parameters for StationId:
Request parameters:
| Parameter Name |
Description | Input options | Default |
| providerid | Provider the station is part of | Must be validID from Search Weather StationAPI for station | N/A |
| stationid | Identifier forstation | Must be validID from Search Weather StationAPI for station | N/A |
Optional parameters:
| Parameter Name |
Description | Input options | Default |
| units | Metric or English units | “metric” or “english” | “metric” |
| cultureinfo | Language | “en-en” (English), “es-es” (Spanish) | “en-en” |
| verbose | Abbreviations (false) or long variable names (true) | “false” or “true” | “false” |
Request headers:
| Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key | string | Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile. |
Observation Variables:
The table below outlines the Observation variables contained within the Observation data feed. It also defines the units, format, min/max values, and precision for each variable.
Please note that extensive quality control measures of the data will be implemented to ensure that data values are reasonable. While rare, it is possible that data may occasionally be missing in the Observation Data Feed. If the data is missing, it will be saved as “Null”. A null space is defined as being this: Null = ‘ ‘.