# Danish Meteorological Institutes

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/danish-meteorological-institutes/  
**Website:** https://www.dmi.dk/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

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.

## Kin Score — 34.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 64.3 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 42.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Danish Meteorological Institutes Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (3)

- **Danish Meteorological Institutes Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Danish Meteorological Institutes Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Danish Meteorological Institutes Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Danish Meteorological Institutes Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Climate, Environment, Lightning, Meteorological, Ocean, Open Data, Weather

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/danish-meteorological-institutes/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.