NWS/NOAA api.weather.gov — free public REST/JSON API, no key, no registration, no rate-limit account
Created 2026-06-21
Summary
Claim: The NWS/NOAA weather API (api.weather.gov) is a free public REST/JSON API — no API key, no registration, no rate-limit account required.
Source: weather-gov.github.io; Adafruit.
Confidence: Verified.
Why this matters for Candid: The lowest-friction public data source in the brief — anyone can hit it from a browser. For weather features on an SMB site this is the free first input.
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