Bureau of Meteorology

aid: bureau-of-meteorology
name: Bureau of Meteorology
description: The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is Australia's national weather, climate and water agency. It provides forecasts,
  severe weather warnings, observations, flood information, marine and high seas forecasts and climate information, and offers
  data products for weather, climate, atmosphere, oceans, water and space weather through free services and paid subscription
  services, including registered-user real-time data feeds (forecast grids, satellite, radar and a geospatial service), climate
  data services and water data.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-meteorology/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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x-tier: profiled
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-22'
modified: '2026-10-22'
tags:
- Company
- Government
- Weather
- Climate
- Meteorology
- Water
- Open Data
- Australia
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
image: https://www.bom.gov.au/themes/custom/bom_theme/images/icons/favicon-192.png
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bureau-of-meteorology-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bureau-of-meteorology-conventions.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bureau-of-meteorology-authentication.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/bureau-of-meteorology-lifecycle.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bureau-of-meteorology-lifecycle.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/bureau-of-meteorology-error-codes.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bureau-of-meteorology-conformance.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/bureau-of-meteorology-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/bureau-of-meteorology-vendors.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-meteorology-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/data-services
  name: Data services
- type: DataCatalog
  url: https://reg.bom.gov.au/catalogue/data-feeds.shtml
  name: Weather Data Services
- type: Pricing
  url: https://reg.bom.gov.au/climate/data-services/charges.shtml
  name: Data services charges
- type: SignUp
  url: https://reg.bom.gov.au/reguser/reguser.shtml
  name: Real-time Data Services registration
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/bureau-of-meteorology-data-licence-agreement-october-2026.pdf
  name: Data Licence Agreement
- type: Copyright
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/copyright
- type: Disclaimer
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/disclaimer
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/contact
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/website-help
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/news-and-media
  name: News and media
- type: About
  url: https://www.bom.gov.au/about-the-bureau
apis:
- name: Space Weather API
  description: The Space Weather API provides access to near real-time Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre data from
    the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (A index, K index, Dst index, magnetic alerts and warnings, aurora alerts, watches
    and outlooks). Requests are HTTP POSTs with a JSON body carrying an API key obtained by registration.
  humanURL: https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api-docs
  baseURL: https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api/v1
  tags:
  - Space Weather
  - Aurora
  - Geomagnetic
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sws-data.sws.bom.gov.au/api-docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sws.bom.gov.au/Products_and_Services/4/3
    name: Space Weather API (ASWFC)
  aid: bureau-of-meteorology:space-weather-api
- name: Water Data Online SOS2
  description: OGC Sensor Observation Service 2.0 (KISTERS KiWIS SOS2) behind the Bureau's Water Data Online, serving time
    series from water measurement stations across Australia (watercourse level and discharge, storage level and volume, rainfall,
    surface water quality). Operations advertised by GetCapabilities are GetCapabilities, DescribeSensor, GetObservation,
    GetFeatureOfInterest and GetDataAvailability.
  humanURL: https://www.bom.gov.au/waterdata/
  baseURL: https://www.bom.gov.au/waterdata/services
  tags:
  - Water
  - OGC
  - SOS
  properties:
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: openapi/bureau-of-meteorology-water-data-online-sos2-capabilities.xml
    name: SOS 2.0 GetCapabilities (captured 2026-10-22)
  - type: SOS
    url: https://www.bom.gov.au/waterdata/services?service=SOS&version=2.0&request=GetCapabilities
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bom.gov.au/waterdata/
  aid: bureau-of-meteorology:water-data-online-sos2
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  - url: https://www.bom.gov.au/privacy
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  - url: https://www.bom.gov.au/contact
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