Retrieve Weather Data from the Open-Meteo API

A client for the Open-Meteo API that retrieves Open-Meteo weather data in a tidy format. No API key is required. The API specification is located at < https://open-meteo.com/en/docs>.

openmeteo

An Open Meteo SDK for R

openmeteo provides functions for accessing the Open-Meteo weather API, enabling the desired weather data or forecasts to be retrieved in a tidy data format. An API key is not required to access the Open-Meteo API.

Install and load with: install.packages("openmeteo") library(openmeteo)
Getting current weather for a location is as easy as: weather_now('tokyo')
Explore the documentation with ?openmeteo

Open-Meteo provides several API endpoints through the following functions:

Core Weather APIs

• weather_forecast() - retrieve weather forecasts for a location
• weather_history() - retrieve historical weather observations for a location
• weather_now() - simple function to return current weather for a location
• weather_variables() - retrieve a shortlist of valid forecast or historical weather variables provided

Other APIs

• geocode() - return the co-ordinates and other data for a location name
• climate_forecast() - return long-range climate modelling for a location
• river_discharge() - return flow volumes for the nearest river
• marine_forecast() - return ocean conditions data for a location
• air_quality() - return air quality data for a location

Please review the API documentation at Open-Meteo.com for details regarding the data available, its types, units, and other caveats and considerations.

Please feel free to raise any issues / pull requests if your use case is not supported.