aid: xweather name: Xweather description: >- Xweather, a Vaisala company, provides weather data APIs delivering science-backed, hyper-local weather intelligence for operational applications. The Xweather Weather API exposes current conditions, forecasts, severe weather alerts, lightning data, air quality, observations, wildfire information, tropical cyclone tracks, and maritime weather through a single REST API. Authentication uses a client_id and client_secret passed as query parameters or HTTP headers. type: Index image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg access: 3rd-Party position: Consumer url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/xweather/refs/heads/main/apis.yml tags: - Air Quality - Company - Data - Forecasts - Lightning - Maritime - Observations - Severe Weather - Weather created: '2024-11-08' modified: '2026-05-03' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: xweather:xweather name: Xweather Weather API description: >- The Xweather Weather API provides real-time and historical weather data including current conditions, forecasts, severe weather alerts, lightning data, air quality, maritime weather, wildfire data, and tropical cyclone information. Backed by Vaisala, Xweather delivers science-backed hyper-local weather intelligence through a RESTful interface authenticated with client ID and client secret. humanURL: https://www.xweather.com/docs/weather-api baseURL: https://data.api.xweather.com tags: - Air Quality - Alerts - Data - Forecasts - Lightning - Maritime - Observations - Severe Weather - Weather properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.xweather.com/docs/weather-api - type: GettingStarted url: https://www.xweather.com/docs/weather-api/getting-started/authentication - type: APIReference url: https://www.xweather.com/docs/weather-api/endpoints - type: OpenAPI url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/xweather/refs/heads/main/openapi/xweather-weather-api-openapi.yml common: - type: Website url: https://xweather.com - type: Documentation url: https://www.xweather.com/docs/weather-api - type: APIReference url: https://www.xweather.com/docs/weather-api/endpoints - type: Authentication url: https://www.xweather.com/docs/weather-api/getting-started/authentication - 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name: Severe Weather Alerts description: Government-issued alerts, watches, and warnings with severity, urgency, and certainty. - name: Global Lightning Network description: Cloud-to-ground and in-cloud lightning strike data from Vaisala's global detection network. - name: Lightning Threat Nowcast description: Probabilistic short-term lightning threat used to drive stop-work and all-clear automation. - name: Air Quality description: AQI values, primary pollutant, and detailed pollutant breakdowns for monitoring and reporting. - name: Maritime Weather description: Marine weather including waves, swell, sea-surface temperature, and sea state. - name: Wildfire Data description: Active wildfire incident records and perimeters for situational awareness. - name: Tropical Cyclones description: Active tropical cyclone tracks, intensity, and forecast cones. - type: UseCases data: - name: Construction Lightning Safety description: Automatically pause and resume outdoor construction work using lightning threat nowcasts. - name: Aviation Ground Operations description: Drive ramp closures and re-openings around lightning, severe weather, and visibility thresholds. - name: Outdoor Sports and Events description: Manage stadium and event evacuations and re-entries based on lightning and severe weather. - name: Energy and Utilities description: Plan grid operations, crew dispatch, and storm restoration around forecasts and alerts. - name: Logistics and Routing description: Optimize routing and dispatch decisions using maritime, road weather, and severe weather feeds. - name: Insurance and Risk description: Use historical and real-time storm and lightning data for claims and underwriting. - name: Environmental Reporting description: Aggregate AQI and pollutant feeds for ESG and regulatory reporting. - type: Integrations data: - name: AerisWeather Mapping description: Tile and overlay services for visualizing Xweather data on web and mobile maps. - name: Vaisala Lightning Network description: Underlying global lightning detection infrastructure feeding the Xweather lightning APIs. - name: Common Alerting Protocol description: Severe-weather alert payloads align with CAP severity, urgency, and certainty fields. - name: METAR description: Surface observations are derived from the international METAR observation standard. maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com