Automatic Weather Stations

The Automatic Weather Stations API provides access to data from around 160 automatic measurement stations within the SwissMetNet network. It delivers vital meteorological data including temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and humidity every 10 minutes to support weather forecasting and environmental monitoring.

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API key

Unconfirmed

HTTPS

Supported

Browser calls

Yes, CORS enabled

Status

Live · 98/100

Overview & Architectural Role

Automatic Weather Stations provides programmatic access to the automatic weather stations api provides access to data from around 160 automatic measurement stations within the swissmetnet network. it delivers vital meteorological data including temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and humidity every 10 minutes to support weather forecasting and environmental monitoring. Delivered over secure HTTPS protocols, it exposes structured endpoints designed to integrate cleanly into modern frontend frameworks, backend microservices, and automated data pipelines without requiring local database provisioning.

Who it is built for

Engineers building web dashboards, mobile applications, CLI utilities, or background cron workers in need of reliable weather data feeds.

Architectural Advantage

Consuming Automatic Weather Stations removes the operational overhead of running custom scrapers, orchestrating headless browser fleets, or manually seeding and maintaining a local database. Instead of reverse-engineering volatile DOM layouts or dealing with anti-bot IP blocks, your application connects directly to a standardized JSON interface that supports client-side browser execution out of the box. Dedicated authentication ensures rate quotas and credential tracking per project environment.

What our checks found

Health score: 98/100
Reliability: 100%
Average latency: 1161ms

Last checked 2026-10-24. Measured independently, not self-reported by the provider.

Core Use Cases & Architecture Ideas

Practical real-world patterns for integrating Automatic Weather Stations into software systems.

Smart Environmental IoT Controller

Feed live atmospheric data from Automatic Weather Stations into microcontrollers to dynamically govern heating, cooling, or automated window actuators.

Architecture: Edge device or serverless cron polls Automatic Weather Stations every 15 minutes, compares ambient metrics with indoor telemetry, and triggers local relays.

Logistics & Delivery Route Optimization

Adjust dispatch schedules and estimated delivery times dynamically when adverse conditions impact transit zones.

Architecture: A Node.js/Go dispatch worker queries localized status codes along shipping waypoints, dispatching customer updates via webhooks.

Context-Aware Frontend Dashboard Widget

Render dynamic UI themes and localized weather cards tailored to the user's geolocated IP coordinates.

Architecture: React/Next.js frontend fetches telemetry client-side (or through a cached server route) to render live status indicators.

Code Implementation Examples

Production-ready starting templates with error handling for Automatic Weather Stations.

// Authentication requirement is unconfirmed. Check the documentation before relying on this.
// Modern native fetch with error handling
async function callApi() {
  try {
    const response = await fetch('https://opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch/api/v1/resource', {
      method: 'GET',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN',
      Accept: 'application/json',
    },
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
    }

    const data = await response.json();
    console.log('Response payload:', data);
    return data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('API request failed:', error);
    throw error;
  }
}

// callApi();

Response Payload & Live Testing

Inspect the expected JSON structure returned by Automatic Weather Stations.

Expected JSON Response Payload

Authentic sample payload structure to evaluate schema attributes before integration.

{
  "status": "success",
  "timestamp": 1792827541,
  "location": {
    "city": "London",
    "country": "GB",
    "coordinates": {
      "lat": 51.5074,
      "lon": -0.1278
    }
  },
  "current": {
    "temp_c": 15.4,
    "humidity_percent": 72,
    "wind_kph": 12.8,
    "condition": "Partly Cloudy",
    "pressure_hpa": 1016
  }
}

Format: application/json

Integration Considerations & Best Practices

Technical factors to keep in mind when integrating Automatic Weather Stations into production environments.

Implement In-Memory or Edge Caching

Avoid triggering rate limits on public feeds by caching response payloads in Redis, Vercel KV, or standard HTTP Cache-Control headers with a 5-to-15 minute TTL.

Zero-Credential Environment Protection

While no API key is required, public keyless pools often share global rate limits. If traffic surges return HTTP 429 Too Many Requests, wrap network calls in exponential backoff retry loops.

Direct Client-Side Browser Support

CORS headers are validated and present on responses. You can safely call this endpoint directly from frontend React, Vue, or static HTML pages without an intermediary proxy server.

Validate HTTP Status Before Parsing JSON

Always inspect response.ok before executing response.json(). Upstream services returning 4xx or 502 Bad Gateway often serve HTML error pages, which cause syntax errors when parsed as JSON.

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Automatic Weather Stations — common questions

Answered from what our own scheduled checks found, not from the provider's marketing.

Is Automatic Weather Stations free to use?

Automatic Weather Stations is listed in our free catalogue, but it requires some form of authentication, so you will need to register before your first call. Providers frequently reserve higher limits and commercial use for paid plans.

Does Automatic Weather Stations need an API key?

Automatic Weather Stations requires some form of authentication. Check the provider's documentation for which scheme it expects.

Can I call Automatic Weather Stations from browser JavaScript?

Yes. Automatic Weather Stations returned CORS headers when we checked it, so a browser will let your page read the response. You can fetch it directly from client-side JavaScript with no proxy and no backend.

Is Automatic Weather Stations still working?

Yes, as of 2026-10-24. Our automated check reached Automatic Weather Stations and recorded a 100% reliability score with a median response time of 1161 ms. We re-check on a schedule, and this page updates with the result.

Is Automatic Weather Stations available over HTTPS?

Yes. Automatic Weather Stations serves over HTTPS, so you can call it from a secure page without triggering a mixed-content block.