National Climatic Data Center Web Services
These publicly accessible web services allow users to have programmatic access to NCDC data and use custom and standard implementations such as OGC GIS Web Services (WMS, WFS, WCS) and OPeNDAP. Some services allow users to download data in a variety of formats such as CSV, XML, Shapefile, KMZ, and NetCDF.
Currently Available Services
| Climate Data Online APIs |
Description |
Format(s) |
| API v2 |
Search and access datasets and station and/or location data. |
JSON |
| API v1* |
Search and access datasets and station and/or location data. |
JSON, XML |
| API Legacy* |
Station time-series data. |
XML, CSV |
| Geospatial Information Systems |
Description |
Format(s) |
| REST Services |
Station network locations and climatological GIS products |
JSON, XML |
| Catalog Services (CSW) |
A catalogue service that conforms to the HTTP protocol binding of the OpenGIS Catalogue Service ISO Metadata Application Profile specification |
XML |
| THREDDS Data Servers |
Description |
Format(s) |
| NCDC TDS |
Satellite/Radar/Model Data |
NetCDF, XML, CSV |
| NOMADS TDS |
Numerical Model Data |
NetCDF, XML, CSV |
| HOMR |
Description |
Format(s) |
| HOMR Web Services |
Integrated station history database providing in situ metadata |
JSON |