get_observations
Get station observations
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METAR surface observations from weather stations: temperature, wind, visibility, ceiling, flight category, raw METAR. Nearest mode (default) returns the closest N stations to a location; station mode returns history for a specific ICAO identifier. Examples: {"location": "Denver", "n": 3} or {"station": "KJFK", "hours": 6}.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | string | no | Free-text place: city ("Denver"), city+state ("Portland, OR"), US ZIP ("50219"), or "lat,lon" ("39.74,-104.99"). Provide either this OR explicit lat+lon, not both. |
| lat | number | no | Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Most tools also accept a `location` place-name string instead of lat/lon. |
| lon | number | no | Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). For continental US use negative values (west of the prime meridian). |
| n | integer | no | Number of nearest stations (1-10). Default 1. Ignored in station mode. |
| station | string | no | ICAO station identifier (e.g. KJFK). Switches to station-history mode. |
| hours | integer | no | Hours of history in station mode (1-24). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"location": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Free-text place: city (\"Denver\"), city+state (\"Portland, OR\"), US ZIP (\"50219\"), or \"lat,lon\" (\"39.74,-104.99\"). Provide either this OR explicit lat+lon, not both."
},
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90,
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Most tools also accept a `location` place-name string instead of lat/lon."
},
"lon": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180,
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). For continental US use negative values (west of the prime meridian)."
},
"n": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10,
"default": 1,
"description": "Number of nearest stations (1-10). Default 1. Ignored in station mode."
},
"station": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 3,
"maxLength": 4,
"description": "ICAO station identifier (e.g. KJFK). Switches to station-history mode."
},
"hours": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 24,
"description": "Hours of history in station mode (1-24)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}