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Danish Meteorological Institutes

The Danish Meteorological Institute is a government agency responsible for providing meteorological and climate services in Denmark. DMI publishes weather observations, climate data, ocean observations, and lightning data through its Open Data API and supplies forecast products via the AWS Open Data registry. The agency operates weather stations, radar systems, and satellites to monitor and forecast weather across Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.

Danish Meteorological Institutes publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including climateData API, lightningData API, metObs API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Climate, Environment, Lightning, Meteorological, and Ocean.

The Danish Meteorological Institutes catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Danish Meteorological Institutes’ developer surface includes authentication and 11 more developer resources.

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47.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
ClimateEnvironmentLightningMeteorologicalOceanOpen DataWeather

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 47.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Danish Meteorological Institutes climateData API

Quality-checked climate data at multiple aggregation levels.

Danish Meteorological Institutes lightningData API

Lightning strike observations.

Danish Meteorological Institutes metObs API

Raw weather observations from Danish and Greenlandic stations.

Danish Meteorological Institutes oceanObs API

Sea-level and water-temperature observations.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

DMI Open Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Danish Meteorological Institutes Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Danish Meteorological Institutes Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Danish Meteorological Institutes Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Dmi Context

2 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Danish Meteorological Institutes API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Danish Meteorological Institutes API Rules

5 rules · 1 errors 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Observation

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Station

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Danish Meteorological Institutes Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Danish Meteorological Institutes Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Danish Meteorological Institutes Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Danish Meteorological Institutes Agentic Access

5 operations

5 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Open Data Portal
Open Data Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Open Data FAQ
Open Data FAQ

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

AWS Open Data
AWS Open Data

Source (apis.yml)

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- aid: danish-meteorological-institutes:danish-meteorological-institutes-climatedata-api
  name: Danish Meteorological Institutes climateData API
  description: Quality-checked climate data at multiple aggregation levels.
  humanURL: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  baseURL: https://opendataapi.dmi.dk/v2
  tags:
  - climateData
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/danish-meteorological-institutes-climatedata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/Authentication
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/observation.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/station.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/dmi-open-data-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/dmi-open-data-api-capabilities.yml
- aid: danish-meteorological-institutes:danish-meteorological-institutes-lightningdata-api
  name: Danish Meteorological Institutes lightningData API
  description: Lightning strike observations.
  humanURL: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  baseURL: https://opendataapi.dmi.dk/v2
  tags:
  - lightningData
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/danish-meteorological-institutes-lightningdata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/Authentication
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/observation.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/station.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/dmi-open-data-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/dmi-open-data-api-capabilities.yml
- aid: danish-meteorological-institutes:danish-meteorological-institutes-metobs-api
  name: Danish Meteorological Institutes metObs API
  description: Raw weather observations from Danish and Greenlandic stations.
  humanURL: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  baseURL: https://opendataapi.dmi.dk/v2
  tags:
  - metObs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/danish-meteorological-institutes-metobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/Authentication
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/observation.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/station.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/dmi-open-data-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/dmi-open-data-api-capabilities.yml
- aid: danish-meteorological-institutes:danish-meteorological-institutes-oceanobs-api
  name: Danish Meteorological Institutes oceanObs API
  description: Sea-level and water-temperature observations.
  humanURL: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  baseURL: https://opendataapi.dmi.dk/v2
  tags:
  - oceanObs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/danish-meteorological-institutes-oceanobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/Authentication
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/observation.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/station.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/dmi-open-data-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/dmi-open-data-api-capabilities.yml
name: Danish Meteorological Institutes
tags:
- Climate
- Environment
- Lightning
- Meteorological
- Ocean
- Open Data
- Weather
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/danish-meteorological-institutes.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-02-06'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
description: The Danish Meteorological Institute is a government agency responsible for providing meteorological and climate
  services in Denmark. DMI publishes weather observations, climate data, ocean observations, and lightning data through its
  Open Data API and supplies forecast products via the AWS Open Data registry. The agency operates weather stations, radar
  systems, and satellites to monitor and forecast weather across Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/danish-meteorological-institutes-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/danish-meteorological-institutes-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/danish-meteorological-institutes-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/danish-meteorological-institutes-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dmi-danmarks-meteorologiske-institut
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dmi.dk/
- type: Open Data Portal
  url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
- type: Open Data FAQ
  url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/en/FAQ
- type: AWS Open Data
  url: https://registry.opendata.aws/dmi-opendata/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dmidk
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/dmi-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/dmi-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: company