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Ask HN: Does anyone know of a REST API for monthly precipitation in the US?
I'm looking to create a web app around precipitation in the US by state or zip code in at least a month, but bi weekly or even weekly would be fine too. Does anyone know of any public REST APIs that would have this data? I've been scouring data.gov and can't seem to find any usable REST API.
Also, does anyone know of a already existing service that does this well? If so feel free to let me know.
- dazmiller 11y agohttp://www.programmableweb.com/api/noaa-climate-data-online http://www.programmableweb.com/api/noaa-climate-data-online https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/u-s-hourly-precipitation-data https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/u-s-hourly-precipitation-da... http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/ncdcwebservices http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/ncdcwebservices https://data.noaa.gov/dataset/u-s-15-minute-precipitation-data https://data.noaa.gov/dataset/u-s-15-minute-precipitation-da... Note some maybe datasets, so you may have to import them into a db and then just use something like http://www.slashdb.com/ http://www.slashdb.com/ to quickly publish your own api.
- ob1gman 11y agoGood call! Didn't think about importing them into a lightweight database.
- agilevic 11y agoI recently did something similar with corporate accountability data. Here's how: http://www.slashdb.com/2015/11/14/slashdb-api-evangelist-twitter-challenge/ http://www.slashdb.com/2015/11/14/slashdb-api-evangelist-twi...
- agilevic 11y agoActually here is a more detailed writeup http://apievangelist.com/2015/11/04/slashdb-created-the-ranking-digital-rights-corporate-accountability-index-api-i-was-asking-for/ http://apievangelist.com/2015/11/04/slashdb-created-the-rank...