National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce that focuses on monitoring and predicting changes in the Earth's environment, including climate, weather, oceans, and coasts.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Observations API. Tagged areas include Atmosphere, Federal-Government, Oceans, and Weather.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s developer surface includes developer portal, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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21.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

AtmosphereFederal-Government Oceans Weather

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 21.2/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 11.1 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 2.0 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.0 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 4

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APIs 1

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Rate Limits 1

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National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

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GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 3

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LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration
name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of
  Commerce that focuses on monitoring and predicting changes in the Earth's environment, including climate, weather, oceans,
  and coasts.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Atmosphere
- Federal-Government
- Oceans
- Weather
tags_raw:
- Atmosphere
- Federal Government
- Oceans
- Weather
apis:
- aid: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration:national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-observations-api
  name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Observations API
  description: Retrieve observations and predictions from CO-OPS stations.
  humanURL: https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/
  baseURL: https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod
  tags:
  - Observations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-observations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/web_services_info.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/NOAAGov
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/noaa
- type: Website
  url: https://www.noaa.gov/
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/v2
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.noaa.gov/rss.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Observations API

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NOAA CO-OPS Data Observations API

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