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Both the JSON API and the Bulk Data interface use the formats and units listed below.</p> <h2 id="time-format"><a href="#time-format" class="header-anchor">#</a> Time Format</h2> <p>Date and time statements follow the ISO 8601 standard (e.g. <em>2016-12-31</em> for <em>December 31st 2016</em> and <em>23:59:58</em> for <em>23 hours, 59 minutes, and 58 seconds</em>). The time zone used by Meteostat is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).</p> <h3 id="time-ranges"><a href="#time-ranges" class="header-anchor">#</a> Time Ranges</h3> <p>Many JSON API endpoints require the specification of a time range using the <code>start</code> and <code>end</code> parameters. For these parameters please always provide dates in this format: <em>YYYY-MM-DD</em>.</p> <h2 id="meteorological-parameters"><a href="#meteorological-parameters" class="header-anchor">#</a> Meteorological Parameters</h2> <p>The Meteostat API uses abbreviations to describe meteorological parameters:</p> <table><thead><tr><th style="text-align:left;"><strong>Code</strong></th> <th style="text-align:left;"><strong>Meaning</strong></th></tr></thead> <tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left;">TEMP</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Air Temperature</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">TAVG</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Average Temperature</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">TMIN</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Minimum Temperature</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">TMAX</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Maximum Temperature</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">DWPT</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Dew Point</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">PRCP</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Total Precipitation</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">WDIR</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Wind (From) Direction</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">WSPD</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Average Wind Speed</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">WPGT</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Wind Peak Gust</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">RHUM</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Relative Humidity</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">PRES</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Sea-Level Air Pressure</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">SNOW</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Snow Depth</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">TSUN</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Total Sunshine Duration</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">COCO</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Weather Condition Code</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="meteorological-data-units"><a href="#meteorological-data-units" class="header-anchor">#</a> Meteorological Data Units</h2> <table><thead><tr><th style="text-align:left;"><strong>Parameter(s)</strong></th> <th style="text-align:left;"><strong>Unit</strong></th></tr></thead> <tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left;">Temperature</td> <td style="text-align:left;">°C</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Precipitation</td> <td style="text-align:left;">mm</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Sunshine Duration</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Minutes</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Air Pressure</td> <td style="text-align:left;">hPa</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Wind Speed, Peak Wind Gust</td> <td style="text-align:left;">km/h</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Wind Direction</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Degrees</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Visibility, Cloud Height</td> <td style="text-align:left;">m</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Relative Humidity</td> <td style="text-align:left;">%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="weather-condition-codes"><a href="#weather-condition-codes" class="header-anchor">#</a> Weather Condition Codes</h2> <p>Hourly weather data may include information on the observed weather condition. Please note that the weather condition is not a key parameter for Meteostat. METAR reports, issued by weather stations located at airports, only report significant weather events. Also, some weather stations do not provide weather condition data at all.</p> <p>Weather conditions are indicated by an integer value between 1 and 27 according to this list:</p> <table><thead><tr><th style="text-align:left;"><strong>Code</strong></th> <th style="text-align:left;"><strong>Weather Condition</strong></th></tr></thead> <tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Clear</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Fair</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Cloudy</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Overcast</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Fog</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Freezing Fog</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Light Rain</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Rain</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Heavy Rain</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Freezing Rain</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">11</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Heavy Freezing Rain</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">12</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Sleet</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">13</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Heavy Sleet</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">14</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Light Snowfall</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">15</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Snowfall</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">16</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Heavy Snowfall</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">17</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Rain Shower</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">18</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Heavy Rain Shower</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">19</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Sleet Shower</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">20</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Heavy Sleet Shower</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">21</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Snow Shower</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">22</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Heavy Snow Shower</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">23</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Lightning</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">24</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Hail</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">25</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Thunderstorm</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">26</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Heavy Thunderstorm</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">27</td> <td style="text-align:left;">Storm</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <footer class="page-edit"><div class="edit-link"><a href="https://github.com/meteostat/dev/edit/main/src/formats.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Edit this page</a> <span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="15" height="15" class="icon outbound"><path fill="currentColor" d="M18.8,85.1h56l0,0c2.2,0,4-1.8,4-4v-32h-8v28h-48v-48h28v-8h-32l0,0c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v56C14.8,83.3,16.6,85.1,18.8,85.1z"></path> <polygon fill="currentColor" points="45.7,48.7 51.3,54.3 77.2,28.5 77.2,37.2 85.2,37.2 85.2,14.9 62.8,14.9 62.8,22.9 71.5,22.9"></polygon></svg> <span class="sr-only">(opens new window)</span></span></div> <div class="last-updated"><span class="prefix">Last Updated:</span> <span class="time">11/19/2021, 10:01:45 PM</span></div></footer> <div class="page-nav"><p class="inner"><span class="prev">
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