| ▲ | Catbert59 3 days ago |
| Raw logs, history access and APIs to weather data are usually $$$. Like at the ECMWF: you can have a look at all beautiful charts for free. But if you want to have the data behind them they want to see big cash. |
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| ▲ | sunshinesnacks 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but ECMWF provides a lot of data and forecasts for free [1]. And they are increasing the amount of data that is free [2]. [1] https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/open-data [2] https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2025/ecmwf-... |
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| ▲ | brunohaid 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Thanks a ton! Was afraid that that's the answer - and that there's no reasonably priced aggregator/abstraction layer, eg like https://open-meteo.com for ECMWF. |
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| ▲ | sunshinesnacks 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Open-meteo does have ECMWF data and forecasts. Free for non-commercial use. I think the person behind open-meteo is on HN. | | |
| ▲ | open-meteo 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | You rang ;-) I’m in the middle of adding more ECMWF data that will be released as open data starting October 1st. At the moment, only a limited set of lower-resolution (0.25°) ECMWF forecasts can be shared open-data. That’s going to change in a big way, though I can’t share more details just yet. | | | |
| ▲ | brunohaid 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Very happy Open Meteo campers for that, but meant something like Open Meteo for real-time lightning data. |
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| ▲ | Catbert59 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Maybe you can find something around the Copernicus project if the EU has some stuff. Or NOAA if it's from the US side. |
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