# NOAA

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/noaa/  
**Website:** https://www.noaa.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 17

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides a suite of publicly accessible REST APIs delivering weather observations, forecasts, alerts, climate data, ocean conditions, and historical environmental records from the US federal government. The National Weather Service API (api.weather.gov) offers real-time forecasts, active alerts, radar data, and observations across the continental United States and territories. NOAA also publishes the Climate Data Online (CDO) API for access to historical climate and weather datasets, the CO-OPS Tides and Currents API for water level and oceanographic data, and the Aviation Weather API for aeronautical weather products. All NOAA APIs are free to use as open government data with no licensing restrictions.

## Kin Score — 40.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 40.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 53.8 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 38.3 (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 | partial |
| 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

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

## APIs (17)

- **Climate Data Online (CDO) API** — The NOAA Climate Data Online Web Services API v2 provides RESTful access to the CDO database of historical weather and climate data maintained by the National Centers for Enviro...
- **CO-OPS Tides and Currents API** — The NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) Data Retrieval API provides access to water levels, tide predictions, currents, and meteorological o...
- **NOAA Alerts API** — The Alerts API from NOAA — 8 operation(s) for alerts.
- **NOAA Aviation API** — The Aviation API from NOAA — 7 operation(s) for aviation.
- **NOAA Glossary API** — The Glossary API from NOAA — 1 operation(s) for glossary.
- **NOAA Gridpoints API** — The Gridpoints API from NOAA — 4 operation(s) for gridpoints.
- **NOAA Icons API** — The Icons API from NOAA — 3 operation(s) for icons.
- **NOAA Navigational Data API** — Decoded navigational information
- **NOAA Offices API** — The Offices API from NOAA — 8 operation(s) for offices.
- **NOAA Points API** — The Points API from NOAA — 3 operation(s) for points.
- **NOAA Products API** — The Products API from NOAA — 9 operation(s) for products.
- **NOAA Radar API** — The Radar API from NOAA — 8 operation(s) for radar.
- **NOAA Radio API** — The Radio API from NOAA — 1 operation(s) for radio.
- **NOAA Stations API** — The Stations API from NOAA — 7 operation(s) for stations.
- **NOAA Thumbnails API** — The Thumbnails API from NOAA — 1 operation(s) for thumbnails.
- **NOAA Weather Data API** — Decoded weather information
- **NOAA Zones API** — The Zones API from NOAA — 6 operation(s) for zones.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Noaa Agentic Access** — 86 operations

## Security (2)

- **Noaa Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Noaa Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Noaa Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Weather, Climate, Forecast, Alerts, Ocean, Tides, Aviation Weather, Government, Open Data, Environmental

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