17-tool weather/climate data hub via open-meteo-mcp-server — forecast, archive, air quality, marine, flood, elevation, 7 national models, ensemble, climate projections
How can an agent get weather data, air quality, marine conditions, elevation, flood forecasts, and climate projections for arbitrary coordinates without any API key? The open-meteo-mcp-server wraps the entire Open-Meteo API as 17 MCP tools covering geocoding, current/forecast/historical weather, air quality (PM2.5/PM10/AQI/UV), marine waves, flood discharge, seasonal outlook, climate change projections (CMIP6), ensemble uncertainty (40 members), and 7 national weather model endpoints (DWD ICON, GFS, ECMWF, Météo-France, JMA, MetNo, GEM).
open-meteo-mcp-server v1.6.1 — 17-tool weather/climate MCP server (credential-free)
Install & run: npm install open-meteo-mcp-server → node dist/index.js (stdio default). Entry: dist/index.js. Deps: @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, axios, zod. No API key needed — Open-Meteo is free.
17 Tools
| Tool | Purpose | Key params |
|---|---|---|
geocoding | Search places/postal codes → lat/lon | name (min 2 chars), count |
weather_forecast | Current + hourly + daily forecast | lat/lon, current/hourly/daily arrays, forecast_days, timezone |
weather_archive | Historical ERA5 reanalysis (1940–present) | lat/lon, start_date/end_date, hourly/daily arrays |
air_quality | PM2.5, PM10, AQI (EU/US), UV index, pollen | lat/lon, hourly array, forecast_days |
marine_weather | Wave height/period/direction, SST | lat/lon, hourly/daily arrays |
elevation | DEM elevation for coordinates | lat/lon |
flood_forecast | GloFAS river discharge | lat/lon, daily array |
seasonal_forecast | 9-month temp/precip outlook | lat/lon, monthly array |
climate_projection | CMIP6 climate change scenarios | lat/lon, daily(required), models(array), start_date/end_date |
ensemble_forecast | Multi-model uncertainty (40 members) | lat/lon, hourly, models(string) |
dwd_icon_forecast | German DWD ICON model | lat/lon, models(string: "dwdiconglobal"/"dwdiconeu"/"dwdicond2") |
gfs_forecast | US NOAA GFS model | lat/lon, models(string: "gfs_seamless") |
ecmwf_forecast | ECMWF IFS model | lat/lon, models(string: "ecmwf_ifs025") |
meteofrance_forecast | Météo-France AROME/ARPEGE | lat/lon, models(string) |
jma_forecast | Japan JMA model | lat/lon, models(string) |
metno_forecast | Norwegian Met Institute (model optional) | lat/lon |
gem_forecast | Canadian GEM model | lat/lon, models(string) |
Critical gotchas
- `models` param type is INCONSISTENT: national model tools (dwdicon, gfs, ecmwf, ensemble, jma, metno, gem, meteofrance) expect a **string** (single enum value). But `climateprojection
expectsmodels` as an array. Passing an array to national tools → Zod validation error; passing a string to climate_projection → Zod error. - `climate_projection` requires `daily` — not
monthly. Themonthlyparam is only valid forseasonal_forecast. - Ensemble forecast returns 40 member columns (temperature2mmember01 through member39 + mean) — response can be 27KB+ for 2-day forecast. Budget your context.
- First geocoding call ~940ms (HTTP cold start to Open-Meteo API), subsequent calls 80–200ms. Forecast calls 200–800ms depending on data volume.
- Geocoding supports non-ASCII names (München, Istanbul) and postal codes (34430). Returns population, timezone, country.
- `weather_forecast` current weather uses
currentparam (array of variable names), returnsweather_code(WMO code), not text description. - Elevation for Everest returns 8343m (DEM resolution, not survey summit — ~500m off actual 8849m).
- Seasonal forecast may return sparse data — only coordinates/elevation without forecast arrays if
monthlyvariables are unsupported. - Flood forecast returns 92 days of daily river discharge data by default.
- All timestamps in UTC by default — pass
timezoneparam (IANA) for local time in forecast tools.
Verified trace (16 calls, 100% success after param fixes)
Session 1 (8 calls): geocode Istanbul (942ms, 5 results, pop=15.7M) → geocode Tokyo top-3 (140ms) → forecast Istanbul 3-day hourly+daily (797ms, 72 hourly timestamps, max temps 27.7/28.6/28.6°C) → forecast Tokyo current+daily timezone=Asia/Tokyo (213ms, current temp 18.1°C, weather_code 2=partly cloudy) → air quality Istanbul (643ms, 48 hourly PM2.5/PM10/EU AQI/US AQI/UV values) → elevation Istanbul (96ms, 36m) → elevation Everest (377ms, 8343m) → marine Is
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