Met Office Met Office Land Observations Public API

The Met Office Land Observations Public API API from Met Office — 1 operation(s) for met office land observations public api.

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GET /{geohash} Get weather observations by geohash #

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OpenAPI Specification

met-office-met-office-land-observations-public-api-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Met Office Land Observations Public API
  version: v1.0
  contact:
    name: Met Office
    url: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/contact
    email: dpt@metoffice.gov.uk
  description: 'Operations tagged Met Office Land Observations Public API across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: land_obs_subscriber.json, met-office-land-observations-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/observation-land/1
  description: Base URL stated on the Weather DataHub API documentation page
security:
- APIKey: []
tags:
- name: Met Office Land Observations Public API
paths:
  /{geohash}:
    get:
      summary: Get weather observations by geohash
      description: Returns a list of weather observations for a specified geohash.
      parameters:
      - name: geohash
        in: path
        description: “A geohash representing a location supported by the API.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: gcj8ds
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A JSON object representing location Observation data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  description: Array containing location observation data for requested geohash.
                  properties:
                    datetime:
                      type: string
                      description: Date of the observation.
                      example: '2022-12-14T11:00:00Z'
                    humidity:
                      type:
                      - integer
                      - 'null'
                      description: Probability as a percentage of 100.
                      example: 70
                    mslp:
                      type:
                      - integer
                      - 'null'
                      description: Mean surface level pressure in hPA.
                      example: 991
                    pressure_tendency:
                      type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                      description: Pressure tendency representing Rising, Falling or Steady.
                      example: R
                    temperature:
                      type:
                      - number
                      - 'null'
                      format: float
                      description: Air temperature in °C.
                      example: 10
                    visibility:
                      type:
                      - integer
                      - 'null'
                      description: Visibility in metres.
                      example: 2000
                    weather_code:
                      type:
                      - integer
                      - 'null'
                      description: Numerical code for the weather symbol.
                      example: 12
                    wind_direction:
                      type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                      description: Direction the wind is travelling from in 16 point compass notation.
                      example: SWW
                    wind_gust:
                      type:
                      - number
                      - 'null'
                      format: float
                      description: Wind gust speed in m/s.
                      example: 2
                    wind_speed:
                      type:
                      - number
                      - 'null'
                      format: float
                      description: Wind speed in m/s.
                      example: 13.05
        '404':
          description: Location not found or no data available
      tags:
      - Met Office Land Observations Public API
      operationId: getByGeohash
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  securitySchemes:
    APIKey:
      type: apiKey
      description: The API Key generated with your Subscription in Weather DataHub, this must be set as 'apikey' in your header.
      name: apikey
      in: header
x-refined-from:
- land_obs_subscriber.json
- met-office-land-observations-openapi.yml