Weather Blog

Welcome to Meteomatics' Weather Blog, your ultimate guide to understanding the dynamic world of meteorology! Join us as we explore the fascinating science behind the ever-changing weather patterns that shape our daily lives.

Weather API News

Discover the power of weather data with our comprehensive collection of blog articles on how to use a weather API. From API integration to data visualisation, our articles cover a range of topics to help you build smarter weather applications for your business or personal projects.

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Update April 2023
05/10/2023 / Discover some of the most recent updates to the Weather API.
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URL Creator
04/13/2023 / In this article you will learn all there is to know about the URL Creator from Meteomatics.
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Historical Weather Data API
04/13/2023 / Meteomatics offers access to a range of station data, radar and satellite imagery, historical forecasts and reanalyses.
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Weather API Key
03/30/2023 / Use a username and a password as your Weather API key to gain access to Meteomatics weather data.
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The Weather on a Certain Date
03/20/2023 / What was the weather on a certain date? Here we explain what kinds of historical weather data exist, where to get them from, and how Meteomatics can help you on your journey.

Tech Blog

The Meteomatics Tech Blog explores and explains the developments, news and trends surrounding data science and weather by exploring new and useful open source applications for our weather API.

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Flood Modelling Part 2
08/24/2022 / How to use pysheds to predict flood extents
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Flood Modelling Part 1
07/15/2022 / How to delineate river catchment areas for flood modelling using pysheds
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Google's Dialogueflow
03/07/2022 / Using Google's Dialogueflow to Create an AI Chatbot
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Comparing Weather Data Sources
01/26/2022 / How to find the most reliable API data for your usage
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Intro to Julia
12/22/2021 / A discussion of the merits of a new programming language, and a new connector to the API
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Energy Market Predictions
11/26/2021 / How to Program a Python Script for Regular Energy Weather Forecasting with Meteomatics Weather API
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An Alexa Skill
11/09/2021 / How to develop a weather data voice assistant with Python

Learn About Weather and Climate

We provide all relevant weather and climate data to build up an early warning system for major weather impacts on nature, agriculture and the environment in general. This includes short-term data as well as long term climate data.

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Wildfires Explained
06/05/2023 / In this article, we explore why wildfires occur, how climate change is affecting their impact, and how to prepare for and manage wildfires.
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Cocoa Trading
03/16/2023 / How cocoa traders can use Meteomatics' weather and climate data to gain a better understanding of its effects on cocoa production.
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Causes and Effects of Climate Change
02/07/2023 / Barbara Scherrer and Thomas Eldridge, two of our meteorologists, provide further insight on climate change in this interview.
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Brazil Coffee Shortage
03/02/2022 / Varginha, Currency, Herb: How Changing Weather Patterns Created a Brazil Coffee Shortage Which Damages the Local Economy.
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The Great Grape Squeeze
11/18/2021 / The Great Grape Squeeze: Severe Weather and Rising Demand for Wine
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Wildfires in California
08/12/2021 / Climate Change May Double Area Annually Burned by Wildfires in California Within the Next 30 Years
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Climate Change & Coffee Production
08/05/2021 / Knowing about climate and weather impacts on agriculture land in advance leads to several benefits. How Will Climate Change Impact You? Get Data-Based Evidence Now!

Customer Success Stories

Our expert team of meteorologists and scientists is continuously working on the optimisation, accuracy and availability of our data to deliver reliable solutions for your business. Select a customer story and get insights from our various use cases.

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Spottitt
06/08/2023 / Meteomatics' weather data is now integrated into Spottitt’s Climate Conditions Monitoring module. This integration provides Spottitt's clients with high-resolution weather information, enabling them to monitor rapidly changing weather and climate conditions around their critical infrastructure.
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Anglian Water
06/01/2023 / In this use case, learn how our precipitation data is helping Anglian Water analyze its storm-water regulators data and investigate its compliance with the goal of preventing events such as pollutions, leakage and water quality incidents.
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Defence Applications
02/07/2023 / Meteomatics' technology improves the accuracy of weather forecasts with in-house developed weather drones and a high-resolution European weather model, helping ensure the success of operations in the air, on land, and at sea.
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Swiss Academic Space Initiative (ARIS)
12/19/2022 / Meteomatics Supports Future Swiss Aerospace Engineers With Weather Data
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Unisphere
11/30/2022 / Meteomatics provides high-resolution weather data for Unisphere's flight management software.
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ETH Zurich
10/11/2022 / ETH Zurich’s Researchers Are Flying Meteomatics’ Weather Drones Into the Clouds
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Navily
07/07/2022 / Weather Data Helps Navily’s Users Choose the Best Anchorages
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Toyota
07/04/2022 / Weather Data Helps Toyota Optimize Energy Consumption at Its Plants in Europe
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Stadtwerke Munich
04/07/2022 / Meteomatics' solar power forecasts improve Stadtwerke München's day-to-day electricity trading business and optimize the integration of solar power into the electricity market.
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BKW
04/05/2022 / More Flexible, Faster and More Efficient: How BKW Benefits From the Meteomatics Weather API.

Video Stories

Take a peek at our headquarters, meet our team, and hear from our customers on how we're improving their businesses.

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Meteomatics Vision

With our Weather Intelligence approach, we aim to take the accuracy of weather forecasts to a whole new level.

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Meteomatics Culture

Meet our team and learn more about our daily work to provide you with the best weather data in the market.

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Energy Transition: BKW

Learn how the Meteomatics Weather API makes the procurement of weather data at BKW easier, faster and more flexible, thus facilitating the integration of renewable energies into the electricity market.

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Atmospheric Research: ETH Zurich

Learn how ETH Zurich’s researchers are using Meteomatics’ Weather Drones – the so-called “Meteodrones” – to conduct cloud seeding experiments to study cloud-aerosol interactions and precipitation events.

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Operational Efficiency: Sunflower Labs

Learn how Sunflower Labs uses Meteomatics' Weather API to enable Sunflower Labs’ drones to reliably and autonomously determine whether a planned flight is safe under current and future weather conditions.

Weather Research Studies

Explore the validation reports and weather research studies studies conducted by us and our partners.

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White Paper: How Meteodrones Contribute to Weather Forecasting
This white paper describes the observational data challenges that impact modern numerical weather forecasts and how these can be overcome with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
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Remarkable Soundings
In our nightly flight operations we collect some remarkable data.
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Report: Meteodrone air quality measurements
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Flight Altitude Record
New flight altitude record of the Meteodrones
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High altitude tests at Jungfraujoch (3454m)
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Report: SOPHIA 1
Final report: SOPHIA – Study of Propeller Icing Hazard in Mini-UAV Aviation
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Report: High Altitude Tests 1
High altitude tests at Jungfraujoch (3454m)
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Report: SOPHIA 2
Final report: SOPHIA 2 – Study of Propeller Icing Hazard in Mini-UAV Aviation
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Weather Forecasting
Whitepaper: How Meteodrones Contribute to Weather Forecasting
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Thomas Eldridge
Technology Evangelist

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Weather API
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EURO1k
European weather model at 1 km resolution: get accurate weather forecasts across Europe and make better decisions.
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Visualise Weather
Visualise all weather events in a high-resolution map view - with our web-based weather map tool MetX based on the Weather API.
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Energy Forecasting
Energy forecasts for solar, wind and hydropower - based on the world's most accurate weather data.
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Meteodrones
Closing the meteorological data gap in the Earth's lower atmosphere with Meteodrones. Designed and assembled in Switzerland.
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Meteobase
Meteobase - the home of our Meteodrone. The Meteobase is the perfect partner and home for our weather drones to measure weather data at any location.