API Examples

⚠️ Service Transition Notice

This API is part of our service transition throughout 2025.

For complete details about changes and timeline, please see our main API documentation and API Transition FAQ.


Thank you for using Rain Viewer’s Weather Maps API. We appreciate your understanding as we focus our efforts on delivering the best precipitation prediction through our consumer applications.


Note: The GitHub example repository will need updates to reflect the service limitations above.

Radar Data (Past)

DescriptionLink
Single standard tile
Status: Available (max zoom 9 from Aug 1)
[RADAR_PATH]/512/2/2/1/1/1_1.png
Single latitude / longitude tile
Status: Available (max zoom 9 from Aug 1)
[RADAR_PATH]/256/2/35.71/-70.87/1/1_1.png
Composite image
Status: Available
[RADAR_PATH]/8000/2/0_1.png

Radar Data (Future)

DescriptionLink
Single standard tile
Status: ❌ Until Jan 01, 2026
[NOWCAST_PATH]/512/2/2/1/1/1_1.png
Single latitude / longitude tile
Status: ❌ Until Jan 01, 2026
[NOWCAST_PATH]/256/2/35.71/-70.87/1/1_1.png
Composite image
Status: ❌ Until Jan 01, 2026
[NOWCAST_PATH]/8000/2/0_1.png

Satellite (Infrared) Data

Pay attention that the color scheme and all options should be “0” at all requests. Everything else is the same as for weather radar data requests.

DescriptionLink
Single standard tile
Status: ❌ Until Dec 31, 2025
[SATELLITE_PATH]/512/2/2/1/0/0_0.png
Single latitude \ longitude tile
Status: ❌ Until Dec 31, 2025
[SATELLITE_PATH]/256/2/35.71/-70.87/0/0_0.png
Composite image
Status: ❌ Until Dec 31, 2025
[SATELLITE_PATH]/8000/0/0_0.png

Coverage Requests

Pay attention that the color scheme and all options should be “0” at all requests. Everything else is the same as for weather radar data requests. Due to the default browser background, the coverage may be hardly visible. Use Firefox Browsers to clearly see the “white” (transparent) areas for coverage images.

DescriptionLink
Single standard tile
Status: Available (max zoom 9 from Aug 1)
/v2/coverage/0/512/2/2/1/0/0_0.png
Single latitude \ longitude tile
Status: Available (max zoom 9 from Aug 1)
/v2/coverage/0/512/3/35.71/-70.87/0/0_0.png
Composite image
Status: Available
/v2/coverage/0/8000/0/0_0.png
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