API archive entry · source-reported

weather-api

A RESTful free API to check the weather

Provider / source website

Decision snapshot

weather-api is catalogued as a Weather API from weather-api. The directory reports no auth authentication, HTTPS support, and CORS as no.

Category
Weather
Authentication
No auth
HTTPS
Reported
CORS
No

Evaluation pathway

  1. Define endpoints, fields, freshness, and expected request volume.
  2. Read the live source and confirm access, terms, limits, and version.
  3. Test representative inputs, errors, latency, pagination, and data quality.
  4. Plan monitoring, retries, caching, version pinning, and a fallback.

What still needs verification

Pricing and quotas

Confirm current plans, free-tier limits, overages, and request ceilings.

Endpoint coverage

Check that the operations and response fields match the intended workload.

Reliability

Look for uptime history, a status page, support routes, and service commitments.

Data and privacy

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Versioning

Confirm the active version, change policy, deprecation window, and migration guidance.

Developer experience

Validate SDKs, examples, error formats, pagination, and test environments.

Nearby Weather options

Meltema

Multi-model weather: GFS, ECMWF AIFS/IFS and a 31-member GEFS ensemble, keyless point forecasts

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS No

AviationWeather

NOAA aviation weather forecasts and observations

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown

Hail History

Radar-detected hail history for any US address from NOAA NEXRAD Level-III hail detections, by year

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Yes

Source reference

public-apis directory entry

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