recentextremes
Recent Extremes
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Returns recent weather records (all-time or period-of-record extremes) for the world or specified countries.
<br><b>When to use:</b> Find which locations have broken or nearly broken records in a recent date window. Set history_years ≥ 15 to ensure a meaningful period of record.
<br><b>Date format:</b> YYYYMMDD for ymd_start and ymd_end. Keep windows ≤ 3 months per call for reasonable performance.
<br><b>Performance:</b> Computed on demand; slower for large date ranges. Start with scope='monthly' or 'yearly'; fall back to 'weekly' for near-records.
<br><b>Prerequisites:</b> Use /countries for country IDs; use /location for locids.
<br><b>Investigate:</b> Use after /breaking identifies a record-breaking event to get precise extreme-value context. For US locations use period_type='DAY'; for non-US use 'FULL_DAY'. Hourly-derived metrics (wet bulb, wind gusts) for non-US require period_type='DAY'.
<br><b>Augment:</b> Provides the 'record' framing for a story — 'hottest day ever recorded at this station.' Note: FULL_DAY and DAY expose different metric sets. Returns: results, extreme.locid, extreme.name, extreme.country_code, extreme.lat, extreme.lon, extreme.elev, extreme.period_type, extreme.metric, extreme.ymd, extreme.anomaly_type, extreme.scope, extreme.value, extreme.history_years.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ctryid | string | no | Comma-separated country codes to filter (as returned by /api/countries). |
| history_years | string | no | Minimum years of history required to qualify as a record. Use >= 15 for meaningful records. (default: 5) |
| metrics | string | no | Applicable metrics. For period_type DAY: ('temp.max','temp.min', 'temp.mean', 'rain.mean', 'snow.mean', 'dewp.mean', 'wbulb.max', 'heatindex.max', 'wbgt.max', 'dpd.max','gust.max','wind.max','rainh.max')<br>For period_type FULL_DAY/FUTURE_DAY: ('max_t.mean','min_t.mean','temp.mean','rain.mean','snow.mean','dewp.mean','max_wind'.mean) (default: max_t.mean) |
| period_type | string | no | Period type. Values: DAY (US daily obs), FULL_DAY (non-US daily obs), FUTURE_DAY (forecast). (default: FULL_DAY) |
| scope | string | no | Record scope. Values: month (monthly records), week (weekly records), year (annual records). (default: month) |
| ymd_end | string | no | End date YYYYMMDD. Defaults to today. |
| ymd_start | string | no | Start date YYYYMMDD. Defaults to 15 days ago. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"ctryid": {
"description": "Comma-separated country codes to filter (as returned by /api/countries).",
"type": "string"
},
"history_years": {
"description": "Minimum years of history required to qualify as a record. Use >= 15 for meaningful records. (default: 5)",
"type": "string"
},
"metrics": {
"description": "Applicable metrics. For period_type DAY: ('temp.max','temp.min', 'temp.mean', 'rain.mean', 'snow.mean', 'dewp.mean', 'wbulb.max', 'heatindex.max', 'wbgt.max', 'dpd.max','gust.max','wind.max','rainh.max')<br>For period_type FULL_DAY/FUTURE_DAY: ('max_t.mean','min_t.mean','temp.mean','rain.mean','snow.mean','dewp.mean','max_wind'.mean) (default: max_t.mean)",
"type": "string"
},
"period_type": {
"description": "Period type. Values: DAY (US daily obs), FULL_DAY (non-US daily obs), FUTURE_DAY (forecast). (default: FULL_DAY)",
"type": "string"
},
"scope": {
"description": "Record scope. Values: month (monthly records), week (weekly records), year (annual records). (default: month)",
"type": "string"
},
"ymd_end": {
"description": "End date YYYYMMDD. Defaults to today.",
"type": "string"
},
"ymd_start": {
"description": "Start date YYYYMMDD. Defaults to 15 days ago.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [],
"type": "object"
}