Temperature API Parameters

Temperature (immediate) | Interval Values of Temperature | Mean Temperature over the Last 10 Years

Temperature (immediate)

Gives the instantaneous temperature at the indicated level above ground in the corresponding unit.

t_<level>:<unit>

Available levels (global): -150cm, -50cm, -15cm, -5cm, 0m, 2m - 20000m (continuously), 1000hPa, 950hPa, 925hPa, 900hPa, 850hPa, 800hPa, 700hPa, 500hPa, 300hPa, 250hPa, 200hPa, 150hPa, 100hPa, 70hPa, 50hPa, 10hPa

Available flight levels: FL10 - FL900 (continuously)

Available units: C, K, F

Examples

• Create a time series of temperature values in °C at different altitudes for Paris:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24T00:00:00Z--2024-04-27T00:00:00Z:PT1H/t_2m:C,t_20m:C,t_100m:C,t_200m:C,t_500m:C,t_850hPa:C,t_700hPa:C/48.8566,2.3522/html

  

• Show an HTML map:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/now/t_2m:C/europe:0.05,0.05/html_map

  

• Here is an example for the JSON format:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24T00:00:00Z--2024-04-27T00:00:00Z:PT1H/t_2m:C/48.8566,2.3522/json

  {"version":"3.0","user":"api-test","dateGenerated":"2017-08-25T08:19:07Z","status":"OK","data":
  [{"parameter":"t_2m:C","coordinates":[{"lat":47.4122,"lon":9.34065,"dates":
  [{"date":"2017-08-25T00:00:00Z","value":15.6},{"date":"2017-08-25T03:00:00Z","value":15.1},
  {"date":"2017-08-25T06:00:00Z","value":18.8},{"date":"2017-08-25T09:00:00Z","value":23.8},
  {"date":"2017-08-25T12:00:00Z","value":25.2},{"date":"2017-08-25T15:00:00Z","value":25.1},
  {"date":"2017-08-25T18:00:00Z","value":21.8},{"date":"2017-08-25T21:00:00Z","value":19.6},
  {"date":"2017-08-26T00:00:00Z","value":19.4}]}]}]}

Interval Values of Temperature

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

t_<measure>_<level>_<interval>:<unit>

Available levels (global): -150cm, -50cm, -15cm, -5cm, 0m, 2m - 20000m (continuously), 1000hPa, 950hPa, 925hPa, 900hPa, 850hPa, 800hPa, 700hPa, 500hPa, 300hPa, 250hPa, 200hPa, 150hPa, 100hPa, 70hPa, 50hPa, 10hPa

Available flight levels: FL10 - FL900 (continuously)

Available measures: mean, min, max

Available intervals: 1h - 24h (spacing: 1 h)

Available units: C, K, F

Examples

• Create a time series for the mean temperature in °C at different heights for Los Angeles using 3 hour intervals.
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24T00:00:00Z--2024-04-27T00:00:00Z:PT3H/t_mean_2m_3h:C,t_mean_100m_3h:C,t_mean_850hPa_3h:C/34.0522,118.2437/html

• https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24T00:00:00Z--2024-04-27T00:00:00Z:PT1H/t_mean_2m_3h:C/34.0522,118.2437/csv

  validdate;t_mean_2m_3h:C
  2018-02-05T00:00:00Z;-1.7
  2018-02-05T03:00:00Z;-2.1
  2018-02-05T06:00:00Z;-2.7
  2018-02-05T09:00:00Z;-2.9
  2018-02-05T12:00:00Z;-0.9
  2018-02-05T15:00:00Z;0.5
  2018-02-05T18:00:00Z;-0.8
  2018-02-05T21:00:00Z;-2
  2018-02-06T00:00:00Z;-3.1

Mean Temperature over the Last 10 Years

Gives the mean 2m-temperature over the last 10 years on a certain date at a specific location.

t_2m_10y_mean:<unit>

Available units: K, C, F

Examples:

• Compare the mean temperature of the last ten years with the temperatures of 2017.
  

  

  
  Current situation:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-06T12:00:00ZP100D:P2D/t_2m_10y_mean:C,t_2m:C/50,10/html
• The temperature in winter compared to the 10-years mean:
  

  validdate;t_2m_10y_mean:C;t_2m:C
  2016-10-01T12:00:00Z;16.1;15.9
  2016-11-01T12:00:00Z;10.7;6.9
  2016-12-01T12:00:00Z;4;2.3
  2017-01-01T12:00:00Z;2.9;-2.1
  2017-02-01T12:00:00Z;2.2;3.2

  
  Current situation:
  https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-06T12:00:00ZP4M:P1M/t_2m_10y_mean:C,t_2m:C/50,10/csv