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