Weather Maps API

https://api.rainviewer.com/public/weather-maps.json

Purpose and Description

Contains the past (2 hours) and forecast (30 minutes) weather radar data and the past infrared satellite data (2 hours). Suitable to display in the applications, on the websites, or in any other mapping software. It can also be used as a source for the weather API.

Database File Example

Here is an example of the weather maps API file with two frames for each data section. The data inside the example is out of date and cannot be used in real queries. To get actual data, please open the API file directly.

{
  "version": "2.0",
  "generated": 1609402525,
  "host": "https://tilecache.rainviewer.com",
  "radar": {
    "past": [
      {
        "time": 1609401600,
        "path": "/v2/radar/1609401600"
      },
      {
        "time": 1609402200,
        "path": "/v2/radar/1609402200"
      }
    ],
    "nowcast": [
      {
        "time": 1609402800,
        "path": "/v2/radar/nowcast_6b3c5a659cf4"
      },
      {
        "time": 1609403400,
        "path": "/v2/radar/nowcast_dd3474d83b20"
      }
    ]
  },
  "satellite": {
    "infrared": [
      {
        "time": 1609401600,
        "path": "/v2/satellite/0680143a9470"
      },
      {
        "time": 1609402200,
        "path": "/v2/satellite/ba88bf38ac55"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Root Object

Radar Object

Satellite Object

Frame Object

How to use host and path information

Like the legacy API, you should use the host and path data from the API as a part of the URL. All available URLs and their parameters are described below.

Each url starts with {host}, where:

• {host} is a host from the Root Object of this API.

• {ts} – one of the available Unix timestamps from the API.
• {x}, {y}, {z} – x, y, and zoom level of the tile that you want to download. Read more about tiles
• {latitude}, {longitude} - latitude and longitude of specific coordinates accordingly. Decimal format. Must contain a dot in the number. Example: -32.7892, 108.67821.
• {size} – image size, can be 256 or 512.
• {big_size} – can be 2000, 4000, 8000, 16000, or 24000 (24000x12000 px or ~2km per pixel). For square images use 4096, 8196, and 16384 accordingly.
• {color} - the number of the color scheme from the provided list.
• {options} – list of options separated by the _ symbol. For example: ‘1_0’ means smoothed (1) image without snow color scheme (0). Now two options are available: {smooth}_{snow}
  • {smooth} - blur (1) or not (0) radar data. Large composite images are always not smoothed due to performance issues.
  • {snow} - display (1) or not (0) snow in separate colors on the tiles.

Weather Radar Coverage

Additionally, one more product is available: the weather radar coverage mask. This mask shows where is weather radar coverage available (transparent areas) and where is not (black areas). We don’t update this mask often. The links are the same as for radar and satellite products, but without options and color scheme.

Examples

Please refer to the separate examples page.