NOAA API - Weather, Climate & Ocean Data

API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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Access NOAA weather, climate, and ocean data. Get historical weather records, climate normals, storm data, sea surface temperatures, and severe weather alerts.

Features

• Get Weather Data: Daily/monthly weather observations
• Get Climate Normals: 30-year climate averages
• Get Storm Events: Severe weather and storm records
• Get Sea Temps: Sea surface temperature data
• Get Severe Alerts: Active weather alerts
• Get Tide Data: Tidal predictions and observations
• Get Forecast: Weather forecasts by location
• Get Historical: Long-term historical data
• Demo Mode: Test with sample data

Quick Start

{
  "zipCode": "10001",
  "forecast": "7day"
}

Demo Mode (Enabled by Default)

This actor uses a free public API and defaults to demoMode: true.

Since this actor wraps a free, publicly available API, demo mode is enabled by default. This allows you to:

• Test the actor without any configuration
• See real sample data from the actual API
• Verify the output format before integrating

To get customized results, simply provide your own input parameters.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
See input schema

Output Format

{
  "data": [...]
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

• Weather Data: $0.01
• Climate Normals: $0.01
• Storm Events: $0.01
• Sea Temps: $0.01
• Severe Alerts: $0.01
• Tide Data: $0.01
• Forecast: $0.01
• Historical: $0.01

Use Cases

• Climate research
• Agricultural planning
• Energy demand forecasting
• Insurance risk modeling
• Supply chain planning
• Event planning
• Real estate analysis
• Environmental monitoring

API Reference

See official API documentation for details.

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Common Problems & Solutions

"Invalid API key" error

Cause: Your API key is wrong, expired, or doesn't have the right permissions. Fix: Double-check your API key. Make sure you copied it exactly without extra spaces.

"Rate limit exceeded" error

Cause: You've hit the API's rate limits. Fix: Wait a few minutes, then try again. Consider reducing the number of concurrent requests.

Empty or incomplete results

Cause: The target may have anti-scraping protection or the data doesn't exist. Fix:

• Check if the URL/search query is correct
• Try with different parameters
• Some sites may block automated access

Demo data showing instead of real results

Cause: demoMode is still set to true. Fix: Set demoMode: false and provide your API key(s).

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