Probably the most comprehensive weather API currently available
This was posted before but I'm quite pleased to share a major update for https://oikolab.com. We now have available seven decades of hourly weather data starting from 1950 for any location in the world, thanks to the recent publication of ERA5 reanalysis data from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). ERA5 is gap-free, gridded dataset generated using data assimilation method (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_assimilation), similar to NWP models but with the benefit of hindsight. As far as we're aware of, we're the first weather data…
Probably the most comprehensive weather API currently available launched on December 12, 2020 with 22 votes, #918 of 3,242 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Oikolab provides a weather API offering seven decades of hourly weather data from 1950 to the present for any global location, plus forecasts up to 10 days ahead. Built on ERA5 reanalysis data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, it delivers comprehensive weather parameters via REST API, enabling developers and researchers to quickly retrieve historical and current weather information in seconds. The service targets applications requiring long-term weather data access and analysis capabilities.
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This was posted before but I'm quite pleased to share a major update for https://oikolab.com. We now have available seven decades of hourly weather data starting from 1950 for any location in the world, thanks to the recent publication of ERA5 reanalysis data from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather…
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