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Minutely

Minutely rain (next hour)

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Rain rate every 5 minutes for the next hour with a one-line summary. Uses radar observation and nowcast in the United States incl. Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam (NOAA MRMS) and Germany (DWD), refreshed every 2 to 5 minutes, and most of Europe (EUMETNET OPERA, every 15 minutes), and the hourly forecast model interpolated to 5 minutes elsewhere; source says which. Starter plan and above; Free keys get 403 / error 2009.

get/minutely.json

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.weatherapi.com/v1
  • Auth
    API key in query parameter key

Query parameters

keystring required
Example:YOUR_API_KEY

Your WeatherAPI.com API key.

qstring required
Example:London

Location query. Accepts: city name, lat/lon, US zip, UK postcode, Canada postal code, METAR code (metar:EGLL), IATA (iata:DXB), auto:ip, IPv4/IPv6, or location ID (id:2801268).

Response

Next-hour rain

Example response

{
  "minutely": {
    "provider": "NOAA MRMS (United States) observation and nowcast",
    "interval_minutes": 5,
    "summary": "Light rain starting in about 15 minutes, stopping about 20 minutes later."
  }
}

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