This is version 3 of the MET Weather API. For additional information, please read our Getting Started tutorial, Usage guide, Terms of Service and F.A.Q.
Available products:
This list is also available in DCAT-AP-NO 2.0 (beta), APIs.json, JSON and XML machine readable formats.
| Product | Locations | Healthz |
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Airqualityforecast 0.1
⛅
Forecast of air-quality for locations in Norway |
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Aviationforecast 1.6
✈
Textual aviation weather forecasts |
✓ |
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FMIroutes 0.1
✈
Vertical cross sections for air ambulance flight routes - Finnish test product |
✓ |
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Frost 0.9
⛅🌡
REST API for meteorogical observation data |
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Geosatellite 1.4
🛰
Images from geostationary satellites |
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Gribfiles 1.1
⚓
Serve grib files on the coast from Oslo and Western Norway |
✓ | |
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Icemap 1.0
⚓
Maps as images showing current ice conditions in the arctic regions. |
✓ |
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IsobaricGRIB 1.0
✈
GRIB files for air traffic |
✓ |
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Locationforecast 2.0
⛅
Weather forecast for a specified place |
✓ |
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MetAlerts 2.0
(2.1) ⛅
Weather alerts from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute |
✓ |
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Metgc 1.0
(1.1) ⚔
Deliver meteorological forecast data in METGM/C format for defined areas |
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Metgm 1.0
(1.1) ⚔
Deliver meteorological forecast data in METGM/C format for defined areas |
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NLAroutes 1.0
✈
Vertical cross sections for air ambulance flight routes |
✓ |
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Nowcast 2.0
⛅
Immediate weather forecast for specified locations in the Nordic area |
✓ |
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Oceanforecast 2.0
⛅⚓
Ocean forecasts for points at sea in Northwestern Europe |
✓ |
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Offshoremaps 1.0
✈
Lightning and wave maps for offshore helicopter pilots |
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Oslofjord 0.1
⚓
Current maps for Oslofjorden and Drammensfjorden |
✓ |
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Polarsatellite 1.1
🛰
Images from satellites in polar orbit |
✓ |
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Radar 2.0
🛰
Radar images from various locations |
✓ |
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Routeforecast 2.0
✈
Vertical cross sections for flight routes offshore and over land |
✓ |
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Sigcharts 2.0
✈
Significant Weather Charts for aviation |
✓ |
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Sigmets 2.0
✈
Get sigmets and airmets for Norway |
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Soundprofile 1.0
⚓
Vertical profiles in the ocean off the Norwegian coast |
✓ |
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Spotwind 1.1
✈
Spotwind forecasts for airport landing systems |
✓ |
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Subjectiveforecast 1.0
⛅
Forecasts and analyses charts from the meteorologist |
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Subseasonal 1.0
⛅
Long term weather forecast for specified locations in the Nordic area |
✓ |
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Sunrise 3.0
⚙
Calculate sun or moon events, as seen from a specific location on Earth |
✓ |
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THREDDS 1.0
⛅⚓🌡🛰
Dataset archive including model runs and observation timeseries |
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Tafmetar 1.0
✈
Receive Taf/Metar from airports |
✓ |
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Textforecast 3.0
(2.0) ⛅⚓
Textual weather forecast for Norwegian land and sea areas |
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Tidalwater 1.1
⚓
Tidal water information |
✓ |
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Turbulence 2.0
✈
Turbulence prognosis charts |
✓ |
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Volcanicashforecast 0.1
✈
Norwegian national volcanic ash products including forecast |
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Weathericons
⛅
Collection of weather icons on GitHub |
| Legend | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Normal | This product is in regular production. Changes will be announced in the mailing list. |
| Beta | This product may change without further notice, and/or service may be interrupted. Production use is not recommended without further agreement. |
| Deprecated | This product will be discontined soon. Please check documentation and update your systems. |
| External | Separate service outside WeatherAPI. May have different TOS and license. Please do not use the WeatherAPI contact email for these, instead check the contact email on the product landing page or use servicedesk@met.no for any enquieries. |
Versions
See the documentation for product versioning. We also recommend reading the section about error handling.
Errors and return values
Sometimes things don't go as planned. The API will return a (hopefully)
explanatory message, formatted as HTML (if using a browser or sending an
Accept: text/html request header), otherwise as plain text.
For more information, see the HTTP status codes documentation. In addition you can also check the HTTP status code and the X-ErrorClass response header when using an automated client.
ErrorClass header
In addition to the HTTP Status Code the API also returns an X-ErrorClass response header which might explain further the cause of the error. The following codes are currently used:
| ErrorClass | Status Code | Description |
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| Accesscontrol | 401 Unauthorized | Access control error |
| Doesnotapply | 400 Bad Request | Requested operation does not apply |
| Encoding | 400 Bad Request | Character set encoding error |
| ErrorFromBackend | 502 Bad Gateway | Backend error |
| Format | 400 Bad Request | Invalid formatting |
| IllegalUserAgent | 403 Forbidden | Please use a unique, identifying User-Agent header |
| Internal | 500 Internal Server Error | Something inside me broke |
| Nodata | 404 Not Found | We have no data for this request |
| Outsidegeographicarea | 422 Unprocessable Entity | The location is outside the geographic area supported by the product. |
| Outsidetimerange | 404 Not Found | I have no data for the requested date/time |
| Parameter | 400 Bad Request | Invalid parameter |
| Permissiondenied | 401 Unauthorized | Permission denied |
| Ratelimitation | 429 Too Many Requests | Traffic rate limitation |
| ServiceUnavailable | 503 Service Unavailable | Server error |
| Unexpectedmissingdata | 502 Bad Gateway | I cannot find my data |
| Validation | 404 Not Found | Validation error |
This list is non-exhaustive, additional codes can be added over time (normally implemented in future versions).