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

Title Description Format(s)  
NCDC CDO Web Services Search and access datasets, stations, locations, and data as xml or json. REST XML/JSON Link
Legacy RESTful Services Station time-series data REST XML/CSV Link
GIS Map Services Station and network locations, metadata search, climatological GIS products REST/OGC Link
Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) A catalogue service that conforms to the HTTP protocol binding of the OpenGIS Catalogue Service ISO Metadata Application Profile specification REST/OGC Link
Severe Weather Data Inventory NEXRAD Storm Cell Attributes, Storm Reports REST XML/CSV/ KMZ/Shapefile Link
NOMADS THREDDS Data Server Numerical Model Data REST OPeNDAP/NetCDF/ XML/CSV Link
General NCDC THREDDS Data Server Satellite/Radar/Model Data REST OPeNDAP/NetCDF/ XML/CSV Link

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