Temperature API Parameters

Temperature (immediate) | Interval Values of Temperature | Mean Temperature over the Last 10 Years

Temperature (immediate)

Gives the instantaneous temperature at the indicated level above ground or pressure level in the corresponding unit. Standard height for surface air temperature is 2m.

t_<level>:<unit>

Available levels (global): -300cm, -160cm, -150cm, -100cm, -60cm, -50cm, -30cm, -15cm, -10cm, -5cm, -4cm, -1cm, 0cm, 0m, 5cm, 2m - 20000m (continuously), 1000hPa, 975hPa, 950hPa, 925hPa, 900hPa, 875hPa, 850hPa, 825hPa, 800hPa, 775hPa, 750hPa, 700hPa, 650hPa, 600hPa, 550hPa, 500hPa, 450hPa, 400hPa, 350hPa, 300hPa, 250hPa, 200hPa, 150hPa, 100hPa, 70hPa, 50hPa, 10hPa

Available flight levels: FL10 - FL900 (continuously)

Available units: C, K, F

Examples

Create a time series of temperature values in °C at different altitudes for Paris:
https://api.meteomatics.com/2025-02-21T00:00:00Z--2025-02-24T00:00:00Z:PT1H/t_2m:C,t_20m:C,t_100m:C,t_200m:C,t_500m:C,t_850hPa:C,t_700hPa:C/48.8566,2.3522/html
Show an HTML map:
https://api.meteomatics.com/now/t_2m:C/europe:0.05,0.05/html_map

Here is an example for the JSON format:
https://api.meteomatics.com/2025-02-21T00:00:00Z--2025-02-24T00:00:00Z:PT1H/t_2m:C/48.8566,2.3522/json

{"version":"3.0","user":"api-test","dateGenerated":"2017-08-25T08:19:07Z","status":"OK","data":
[{"parameter":"t_2m:C","coordinates":[{"lat":47.4122,"lon":9.34065,"dates":
[{"date":"2017-08-25T00:00:00Z","value":15.6},{"date":"2017-08-25T03:00:00Z","value":15.1},
{"date":"2017-08-25T06:00:00Z","value":18.8},{"date":"2017-08-25T09:00:00Z","value":23.8},
{"date":"2017-08-25T12:00:00Z","value":25.2},{"date":"2017-08-25T15:00:00Z","value":25.1},
{"date":"2017-08-25T18:00:00Z","value":21.8},{"date":"2017-08-25T21:00:00Z","value":19.6},
{"date":"2017-08-26T00:00:00Z","value":19.4}]}]}]}

Interval Values of Temperature

Gives the mean, maximum or minimum temperature at the indicated level over the indicated duration. Standard height for surface air temperature is 2m.

t_<measure>_<level>_<interval>:<unit>

Available flight levels: FL10 - FL900 (continuously)

Available measures: mean, min, max

Available intervals: 1h - 24h (spacing: 1 h)

Available units: C, K, F

Examples

Create a time series for the mean temperature in °C at different heights for Los Angeles using 3 hour intervals.
https://api.meteomatics.com/2025-02-21T00:00:00Z--2025-02-24T00:00:00Z:PT3H/t_mean_2m_3h:C,t_mean_100m_3h:C,t_mean_850hPa_3h:C/34.0522,118.2437/html

https://api.meteomatics.com/2025-02-21T00:00:00Z--2025-02-24T00:00:00Z:PT1H/t_mean_2m_3h:C/34.0522,118.2437/csv

validdate;t_mean_2m_3h:C
2018-02-05T00:00:00Z;-1.7
2018-02-05T03:00:00Z;-2.1
2018-02-05T06:00:00Z;-2.7
2018-02-05T09:00:00Z;-2.9
2018-02-05T12:00:00Z;-0.9
2018-02-05T15:00:00Z;0.5
2018-02-05T18:00:00Z;-0.8
2018-02-05T21:00:00Z;-2
2018-02-06T00:00:00Z;-3.1

Mean Temperature over the Last 10 Years

Gives the mean 2m-temperature over the last 10 years on a certain date at a specific location.

t_2m_10y_mean:<unit>

Available units: K, C, F

Examples:

Compare the mean temperature of the last ten years with the temperatures of 2017.

Current situation:
https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-06T12:00:00ZP100D:P2D/t_2m_10y_mean:C,t_2m:C/50,10/html

The temperature in winter compared to the 10-years mean:

validdate;t_2m_10y_mean:C;t_2m:C
2016-10-01T12:00:00Z;16.1;15.9
2016-11-01T12:00:00Z;10.7;6.9
2016-12-01T12:00:00Z;4;2.3
2017-01-01T12:00:00Z;2.9;-2.1
2017-02-01T12:00:00Z;2.2;3.2

Current situation:
https://api.meteomatics.com/2023-06-06T12:00:00ZP4M:P1M/t_2m_10y_mean:C,t_2m:C/50,10/csv