🌦️ NOAA Weather Scraper

🚀 Scrape weather data from NOAA including active weather alerts by state, 7-day forecasts by coordinates, and weather station locations with elevation and timezone. Covers all US states with severity levels, wind data, and precipitation probability.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you're building a weather alert system, planning outdoor events, or researching weather station coverage, this tool makes it easy to collect structured weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for any location in the United States.

The NOAA Weather Scraper collects active weather alerts, detailed forecasts, and weather station data across all U.S. states. Get severity levels, temperature forecasts, wind conditions, precipitation probabilities, and station locations with elevation and timezone data.

Target Audience	Emergency managers, construction companies, logistics firms, agriculture, event planners
Primary Use Cases	Weather monitoring, alert tracking, forecast collection, station mapping

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📋 What Does It Do

This tool collects weather data from NOAA, supporting multiple data modes across all U.S. states. It delivers:

• 🚨 Active weather alerts - current warnings, watches, and advisories with severity, urgency, and instructions
• 🌡️ Detailed forecasts - multi-day weather forecasts with temperature, wind, and precipitation data
• 📡 Weather stations - observation stations with coordinates, elevation, and zone information
• 🗺️ State-level coverage - query alerts and stations by U.S. state code
• 📍 Coordinate-based forecasts - precise forecasts for any latitude/longitude

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🎬 How to Use the NOAA Weather Scraper - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon

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⚙️ Input

To start collecting weather data, simply fill in the input form:

Field	Type	Description
Mode	Select	Choose: Active Weather Alerts, Weather Forecast, Weather Stations, or Current Observations.
Max Items	Integer	Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000.
State	String	US state code for alerts and stations modes (e.g. TX, CA, NY).
Latitude	Number	Latitude for forecast mode (e.g. 38.8894).
Longitude	Number	Longitude for forecast mode (e.g. -77.0352).

Example 1: Get weather alerts for Texas

{
    "mode": "alerts",
    "state": "TX",
    "maxItems": 50
}

Example 2: Get forecast for Washington DC

{
    "mode": "forecast",
    "latitude": 38.8894,
    "longitude": -77.0352
}

⚠️ Free users are limited to 10 items per run. Sign up for a paid plan to collect up to 1,000,000 items.

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📊 Output

After the Actor finishes its run, you'll get a dataset with the output. You can download results as Excel, HTML, XML, JSON, or CSV.

🧾 Output Schema

Weather Alerts:

Field	Type	Description
id	String	Unique alert identifier
areaDesc	String	Affected geographic area
severity	String	Severity level (Extreme, Severe, Moderate, Minor)
urgency	String	Urgency (Immediate, Expected, Future)
certainty	String	Certainty (Observed, Likely, Possible)
event	String	Type of weather event
headline	String	Alert headline summary
description	String	Full alert description
instruction	String	Safety instructions
onset	String	When the event begins
expires	String	When the alert expires
scrapedAt	String	Timestamp of data collection

📦 Sample Output

Sample 1 (Alert):

{
    "id": "urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.abc123",
    "areaDesc": "Harris County; Fort Bend County",
    "severity": "Severe",
    "certainty": "Likely",
    "urgency": "Expected",
    "event": "Severe Thunderstorm Warning",
    "headline": "Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Harris County",
    "description": "A severe thunderstorm was located near downtown Houston...",
    "instruction": "Move to an interior room on the lowest floor...",
    "onset": "2026-04-09T15:00:00-05:00",
    "expires": "2026-04-09T18:00:00-05:00",
    "senderName": "NWS Houston TX",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 2 (Forecast):

{
    "number": 1,
    "name": "Tonight",
    "startTime": "2026-04-09T18:00:00-05:00",
    "endTime": "2026-04-10T06:00:00-05:00",
    "temperature": 68,
    "temperatureUnit": "F",
    "probabilityOfPrecipitation": 20,
    "windSpeed": "10 mph",
    "windDirection": "S",
    "shortForecast": "Partly Cloudy",
    "detailedForecast": "Partly cloudy, with a low around 68...",
    "isDaytime": false,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 3 (Station):

{
    "stationId": "KHOU",
    "name": "Houston Hobby Airport",
    "state": "TX",
    "latitude": 29.6454,
    "longitude": -95.2789,
    "elevation": 14.3,
    "timezone": "America/Chicago",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose the NOAA Weather Scraper?

Benefit	Description
⚡ Batch collection	Get all alerts for a state at once
🌡️ Multiple data types	Alerts, forecasts, stations, and observations
🗺️ All US states	Coverage across the entire United States
📁 Structured output	Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel
🔄 Automated scheduling	Set up hourly or daily monitoring
📍 Station metadata	Coordinates, elevation, and timezone
🎯 No coding required	Point-and-click interface

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📈 How Does It Compare?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual Weather Lookup
Batch collection	✅ All alerts for a state	❌ Check one location at a time
Multiple data types	✅ Alerts, forecasts, stations	❌ Navigate each separately
All US states	✅ Any state code	⚠️ Limited search options
Structured output	✅ JSON, CSV, Excel	❌ Web pages only
Automated scheduling	✅ Hourly/daily monitoring	❌ Manual visits

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Scraper - Search for "NOAA Weather Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Select the mode and provide the location (state code or coordinates)
4. Run It - Click "Start" and let it collect your data
5. Download Data - Get your results in the "Dataset" tab as CSV, Excel, or JSON

No Technical Skills Required: Everything is point-and-click

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💼 Business Use Cases

Emergency Management and Construction:

• Monitor severe weather alerts across multiple states for disaster preparedness
• Check forecasts before scheduling outdoor work to avoid costly delays
• Track weather conditions along transportation routes

Agriculture and Event Planning:

• Monitor weather alerts and forecasts for farming regions
• Check detailed forecasts before scheduling outdoor events and festivals
• Collect historical weather alert data for risk assessment

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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🔌 Automating Your Workflows

For advanced users who want to automate this process, you can control the scraper programmatically with the Apify API.

• Node.js: Install the apify-client NPM package
• Python: Use the apify-client PyPI package
• See the Apify API reference for full details

🔌 Integrate NOAA Weather Scraper with any app

Last but not least, NOAA Weather Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform.

These include:

• Make - Automate weather monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts when severe weather is detected
• Slack - Get notified in your team channel
• Airbyte - Build data pipelines
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Google Drive - Export weather data to spreadsheets

Alternatively, you can use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, e.g. get a notification whenever NOAA Weather Scraper successfully finishes a run.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Weather Service, or any government agency. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.