Recently discovered a very useful official weather data platform - China Meteorological Administration GIS Real-time Weather Data Service, which provides authoritative and real-time weather data API, supporting accurate queries for any latitude and longitude across the country.

Platform Overview

This is an official authoritative meteorological data service platform built and operated by the National Meteorological Information Center of the China Meteorological Administration. As the main official data channel for the public, research institutions, government departments, and enterprises, all data provided by this platform comes from the China Meteorological Administration’s observation network, meteorological satellites, weather radar, and numerical forecast models, with extremely high authority and accuracy.

Platform URL: https://data.cma.cn/dataGis/static/gridgis/

China Meteorological Administration GIS Platform Interface

Core Features

1. Real-time Weather Data

  • Temperature Data: Provides real-time temperature, feels-like temperature, maximum/minimum temperature, and other multi-dimensional temperature information
  • Wind Information: Includes wind speed, wind direction, gusts, and other detailed wind data
  • Humidity Indicators: Complete humidity parameters including relative humidity and absolute humidity
  • Pressure Data: Accurate pressure information including sea level pressure and station pressure

2. Air Quality Monitoring

  • Pollutant Concentrations: Real-time concentrations of major pollutants including PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, CO, O3
  • AQI Index: Provides standardized air quality index and health recommendations
  • Visibility: Real-time visibility data, valuable reference for transportation

3. Weather Radar System

  • Precipitation Monitoring: Real-time precipitation intensity and precipitation type identification
  • Lightning Warning: Lightning activity monitoring and warning information
  • Storm Tracking: Real-time tracking of severe convective weather systems

4. Meteorological Satellite Data

  • Cloud Image Analysis: Multi-spectral satellite cloud images, including visible light, infrared, and water vapor channels
  • Cloud Coverage: Accurate cloud coverage data
  • Radiation Information: Important parameters such as solar radiation and UV index

5. Severe Weather Forecasts

  • Warning Information: Warnings for severe weather including typhoons, heavy rain, strong winds, and hail
  • Risk Assessment: Weather risk assessment and impact analysis based on numerical models
  • Trend Prediction: Short-term and medium-term weather trend forecasts