anomalies
Weather Anomalies
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Returns precomputed anomalous observations for locations in a given time period and scope.
<br><b>When to use:</b> Survey anomalous weather at regional or global scale quickly without specifying individual cities.
<br><b>Date format:</b> YYYY[MM[DD]]: YYYY for annual anomalies (scope=year), YYYYMM for monthly (scope=month), YYYYMMDD for weekly or daily (scope=week/day).
<br><b>Performance:</b> Fast — retrieves precomputed data.
<br><b>Prerequisites:</b> None; global or country-filtered. Use /countries for country IDs.
<br><b>Investigate:</b> Good early call to identify which locations experienced anomalies before drilling into specifics with /anom or /dailycomp.
<br><b>Augment:</b> Use for a first-pass global scan to identify story-worthy anomalies before fetching per-location detail. Returns: anomalies, anomaly.locid, anomaly.lat, anomaly.long, anomaly.obs_start, anomaly.obs_end, anomaly.obs_dur, anomaly.base_start, anomaly.base_end, anomaly.base_dur, anomaly.obs_period, anomaly.base_period, anomaly.outliers, outlier.obs_metric, outlier.percentile, outlier.obs_N, outlier.obs_X, outlier.base_N, outlier.base_X, outlier.obs_val, outlier.base_val, outlier.base_mean, outlier.base_stddev, outlier.min, outlier.max, outlier.max_key, outlier.min_key, outlier.obs_min_key, outlier.obs_max_key.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| anomaly_type | string | no | Anomaly Type [HIGH | LOW] |
| category | string | no | Metrics Category[Not Available] as defined by /api/metrics |
| ctryid | string | no | Country IDs (comma sep) returned by /api/countries |
| latlon | string | no | Latitude,Longitude ex: 40.78,-73.97 |
| locid | string | no | Unique Location Identifier |
| metrics | string | no | One of metrics returned by /api/metrics. Overrides 'CAT' |
| name | string | no | Common name of metro or metro area. for ex: New York, Beijing, Mumbai Airport |
| period_type | string | no | Period Type [MONTH | WEEK | YEAR | DAY | FULL_DAY | FUTURE_DAY] (default: DAY) |
| scope | string | no | Scope Type [week | month | year] |
| ymd | string | yes | Time Period YYYY[MMDD] |
| z | string | no | Minimum avg std-devs departure from mean (default: 0) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"anomaly_type": {
"description": "Anomaly Type [HIGH | LOW]",
"type": "string"
},
"category": {
"description": "Metrics Category[Not Available] as defined by /api/metrics",
"type": "string"
},
"ctryid": {
"description": "Country IDs (comma sep) returned by /api/countries",
"type": "string"
},
"latlon": {
"description": "Latitude,Longitude ex: 40.78,-73.97",
"type": "string"
},
"locid": {
"description": "Unique Location Identifier",
"type": "string"
},
"metrics": {
"description": "One of metrics returned by /api/metrics. Overrides 'CAT'",
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"description": "Common name of metro or metro area. for ex: New York, Beijing, Mumbai Airport",
"type": "string"
},
"period_type": {
"description": "Period Type [MONTH | WEEK | YEAR | DAY | FULL_DAY | FUTURE_DAY] (default: DAY)",
"type": "string"
},
"scope": {
"description": "Scope Type [week | month | year]",
"type": "string"
},
"ymd": {
"description": "Time Period YYYY[MMDD]",
"type": "string"
},
"z": {
"description": "Minimum avg std-devs departure from mean (default: 0)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"ymd"
],
"type": "object"
}