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Package API

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  • Forecast Data
  • History & Climate Data

Image API

  • Introduction
  • Forecast Images
  • History & Climate Images

Dataset API

  • Dataset API
  • Dataset API Configurator

Maps API

  • Overview
  • Maps API Configurator
  • Maps Plugin
  • Tile API
  • Radar and Satellite Tile API
  • Inventory API
  • Time API
  • Weather Model Domains
  • Examples

Further APIs

  • Location Search API
  • Account API
  • PNG Maps API
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Introduction

note

For all product information and Image API purchases, please consult the Image API product page.
This page here and the following subpages contain all technical information about the Image API.

meteoblue offers special charts for agronomy or aviation. The API generates PNG images on request.

API Parameters

Mandatory Settings

ParameterDescriptionExample
latLatitude coordinate in WGS84&lat=47.5584
lonLongitude coordinate in WGS84&lon=7.57327
apikeyPersonal API key&apikey=DEMOKEY

Optional Settings

ParameterDescriptionExampleDefault
sigSignature for increased security&sig=83190bd....none
aslaltitude above sea level in meters&asl=279API elevation model
tztime zone&tz=Europe%2FZurichlocal time
citylocation name, label your forecast, has no effect on data&city=Baselnone
lookselectable units*&look= FAHRENHEIT_INCH_MILE_PER_HOUR°C, mm, m/s
langlanguage&lang=enen
history_daysthe number of past days to include&history_days=10
forecast_daysthe number of days to include&forecast_days=37.5

*all combinations from temperature, wind and precipitation units possible, separated by underscore.

Selectable Units

  • Temperature units: Celsius; FAHRENHEIT
  • Wind speed units: KNOT; METER_PER_SECOND; KILOMETER_PER_HOUR; MILE_PER_HOUR; BEAUFORT
  • Precipitation units: INCH; MILLIMETER
  • Available languages: en=English; de=German; fr=French; it=Italian; es=Spanish; pt=Portuguese; ro=Romanian; ru=Russian; nl=Dutch; tr=Turkish; hu=Hungarian; bg=Bulgarian; ar=Arabian; cs=Czech; el=Greece; ka = Georgian; pl=Polish; sk=Slovak; sr=Serbian
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Selectable units are not available for Sounding and Cross-sections currently.

Almost all of the images described below are also available in high-definition quality. Add _hd to the images urls to use the high definition version, ie:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_verify_hd

In the same way, many image sets can be downloaded without the meteoblue logo by adding _nologo to the images url.

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_verify_nologo

Exeptions: Meteogram Solar Season and all Picto* -Image-Sets at the End of this documentation.

Some images have even more variants, which all are mentioned below.

Last updated on 6/22/2022
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