Instantaneous Relative Humidity | Interval Values of Relative Humidity | Mean Relative Humidity over the Last 10 Years | Absolute Humidity

Humidity API Parameters

Instantaneous Relative Humidity

Gives the instantaneous value of the relative humidity at the indicated level in percent.

relative_humidity_<level>:<unit>

Available levels (global): 2m - 20000m (continuously), 1000hPa, 950hPa, 925hPa, 900hPa, 850hPa, 800hPa, 700hPa, 500hPa, 300hPa, 250hPa, 200hPa, 150hPa, 100hPa, 70hPa

Available flight levels: FL10 - FL605 (continuously)

Available units: p

Examples

• Create a time series of relative humidity in % at different altitudes for Paris:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-08T00:00:00Z--2023-06-11T00:00:00Z:PT1H/relative_humidity_2m:p,relative_humidity_20m:p,relative_humidity_200m:p,relative_humidity_500m:p,relative_humidity_700hPa:p/48.8566,2.3522/html

• Create an HTML map for the relative humidity at 2 meters over Europe.
  https://api.meteomatics.com/now/relative_humidity_2m:p/europe:0.1,0.1/html_map

  

• Here is an example for the JSON format:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-08T00:00:00ZP1D:PT3H/relative_humidity_1000hPa:p/48.8566,2.3522/json

  {"version":"3.0","user":"api-test","dateGenerated":"2018-02-14T12:35:19Z","status":"OK","data":
  [{"parameter":"relative_humidity_1000hPa:p","coordinates":[{"lat":47.4122,"lon":9.34065,"dates":
  [{"date":"2018-02-05T00:00:00Z","value":67.5},{"date":"2018-02-05T03:00:00Z","value":79.4},
  {"date":"2018-02-05T06:00:00Z","value":81.8},{"date":"2018-02-05T09:00:00Z","value":89.3},
  {"date":"2018-02-05T12:00:00Z","value":85.8},{"date":"2018-02-05T15:00:00Z","value":78.9},
  {"date":"2018-02-05T18:00:00Z","value":96.1},{"date":"2018-02-05T21:00:00Z","value":94.9},
  {"date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00Z","value":98.2}]}]}]}

Interval Values of Relative Humidity

Gives the mean, maximum or minimum relative humidity at the indicated level over the indicated duration.

relative_humidity_<measure>_<level>_<interval>:p

Available levels (global): 2m - 20000m (continuously), 1000hPa, 950hPa, 925hPa, 900hPa, 850hPa, 800hPa, 700hPa, 500hPa, 300hPa, 250hPa, 200hPa, 150hPa, 100hPa, 70hPa

Available flight levels: FL10 - FL605 (continuously)

Available measures: mean, min, max

Available intervals: 1h, 2h, 3h, 6h, 12h, 24h

Available units: p

Examples

• Create a time series for the maximum relative humidity at different altitudes for Los Angeles using 3 hour intervals.
  

• Current situation:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-08T00:00:00Z--2023-06-11T00:00:00Z:PT3H/relative_humidity_max_2m_3h:p,relative_humidity_max_100m_3h:p,relative_humidity_max_850hPa_3h:p/34.0522,118.2437/html?source=mix

Mean Relative Humidity over the Last 10 Years

Gives the mean relative humidity 2 m above ground over the last 10 years on a certain date at a specific location.

relative_humidity_2m_10y_mean:p

Examples:

• Compare the mean relative humidity of the last ten years with the relative humidity of 2022.
  
  Current situation:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-08T12:00:00ZP100D:P2D/relative_humidity_2m_10y_mean:p,relative_humidity_2m:p/50,10/html
• The relative humidity in winter compared to the 10 years mean:
  

  validdate;relative_humidity_2m_10y_mean:p;relative_humidity_2m:p
  2021-10-01T12:00:00Z;58.7;57.3
  2021-11-01T12:00:00Z;77.1;87.6
  2021-12-01T12:00:00Z;83.0;87.8
  2022-01-01T12:00:00Z;86.3;88.9
  2022-02-01T12:00:00Z;78.4;82.2

  
  Current situation:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-08T12:00:00ZP4M:P1M/relative_humidity_2m_10y_mean:p,relative_humidity_2m:p/50,10/csv

Absolute Humidity

Gives the absolute humidity at 2m in . Note: the absolute humidity is only available at 2m.

absolute_humidity_2m:gm3

Examples

• Create a time series plot of absolute humidity for Paris.
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-08T00:00:00Z--2023-06-11T00:00:00Z:PT1H/absolute_humidity_2m:gm3/48.8566,2.3522/html