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National Weather Service API

Weather

Free US government API for forecasts, alerts, and observations from the National Weather Service, no key required.

National Weather Service API is listed in Weather.

Key metrics

5 req/sec Rate limit Free, keyless (api.weather.gov, US only): no hard published limit but a fair-use policy - send a unique User-Agent, roughly 5 req/sec, and cache responses.
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Gotchas

No gotchas documented yet. Contribute one if you know a constraint we missed.

Labels

  • No auth

    No auth

    Callable with no API key or login — lowest-friction to integrate.

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