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Storm Glass Global Weather
Weather forecasts & historical data from the world’s most trusted meteorological institutions in one single API. The Storm Glass API provides high-resolution forecasts for up to 10 days ahead as well as historical data. Marine data including tide is available for all oceans and seas world wide.
Publisher: Paul Culmsee, Seven Sigma Business Solutions
Prerequisites
- Usage of this API is subject to Storm Glass Terms and Conditions
Obtaining Credentials
- You will need to sign up to a Storm Glass plan to obtain an API key to access the API.
Supported Operations
Weather Point Request
The weather request is used to fetch weather data for a point. To get marine data you include a coordinate at sea in your request, and to get data for land and lakes - simply send in a coordinate located on land or on a lake.
Bio Point Request
The bio request is used to fetch bio related data for a point.
Tide Extremes Point Request
Retrieve information about high and low tide for a single coordinate. If nothing is specified, the returned values will be in relative to Mean Sea Level - MSL.
Tide Sea-level Point Request
Retrieve the sea level given in meters hour by hour for a single coordinate. If nothing is specified the returned values will be in relative to Mean Sea Level - MSL.
Get Tide Stations
The Tide Stations List Requests is used to list all available stations.
Get Tide Stations for Area
The Tide Stations Area Request will list all available tide stations within a defined geographic area.
Astronomy Point Request
Retrieve sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and moon phase for a single coordinate.
Solar Data Point Request
The solar request is used to fetch solar related data for a point
Elevation Point Request
The elevation request is used to fetch elevation data (bathymetry for oceans and topography for land) for a point. The Storm Glass API provides elevation data globally.
Known Issues and Limitations
- The free plan is not for commercial use and is limited to 10 requests per day
- The schema is dynamic in that a global network of weather and climate service providers cover different parts of the globe. This means your flows might need some post-processing work