Tempest API Services
The Tempest API empowers developers to build useful applications, data feeds and integrations by providing easy access to all the observation and forecast data the Tempest System offers.
While Tempest apps and official integrations offer ample functionality and a wealth of uses, our API enables you and your team to create custom integrations for the decision tools you use internally, the products & services you provide your customers, and whatever else you may dream up!
What’s available in the API? Everything you see in the Tempest apps and personal apps...and more. Here’s a summary:
Current conditions and observations
(all measured & derived values)
Includes stations in the Tempest network as well as over 100,000 other surface observing stations from public and private networks.
Forecasts
(at all Tempest Station locations and any point on Earth)
Includes the Tempest guaranteed better forecast as well as dozens of other forecast models from NOAA and other government sources.
Statistics
Daily, weekly, monthly, annual, and all-time high/low/averages.
Metadata
Name, location, elevation, sensor capabilities, etc.
Lightning strikes
Location, type, strength, and timestamp.
Radar and Satellite imagery
Including global Sea Surface Temperatures.
Sea Surface Currents and Tide Data
For select regions & locations.