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Open-Meteo forecast API

Near-live air temperature and multi-depth soil temperature, globally. Updated roughly hourly, low-latency.

What this is

Open-Meteo aggregates national weather service models (NOAA GFS, DWD, ECMWF open-access, and others) into a clean weather API for air temperature and soil temperature at multiple depths. UFFDA uses the current-conditions data for the map pill: near-live air temperature and near-surface soil temperature at two depths, fetched directly without a key. Open-Meteo's free tier is for non-commercial use only — no subscriptions, no advertising.

Why we surface it

NASA POWER (already in the catalog) is the right tool for 14-day agroclimatology context — daily grain, 1981-to-present record. Open-Meteo is the right tool for the map pill — near-live current temperature and real multi-depth soil temp that tracks the day curve. Each does what the other cannot.

What you can do with it

Shown for commercial use. Personal, research, and nonprofit use is often more permissive — switch the verdict lens on the catalog.

Internal / individual use
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Redistribute the data
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Republish a derivative
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Good to know

Attribution required next to any displayed data: 'Weather data by Open-Meteo.com' linking to open-meteo.com. Rate limits: under 10,000 calls a day, 5,000 an hour, 600 a minute per IP — comfortably within normal UFFDA traffic. Commercial API access requires a paid plan; not something UFFDA needs today. Full terms: open-meteo.com/en/terms.

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