Changelog

• 2024-08-14: Documentation Update

Example Requests

Get the most recent snow depth reports

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/geojson/recent_metar.py?q=snowdepth

Get the recent ice accretion 1 hour reports

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/geojson/recent_metar.py?q=i1

Get the recent ice accretion 3 hour reports

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/geojson/recent_metar.py?q=i3

Get the recent ice accretion 6 hour reports

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/geojson/recent_metar.py?q=i6

Get any recent funnel cloud / tornado reports

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/geojson/recent_metar.py?q=fc

Get any recent 50 knot wind reports

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/geojson/recent_metar.py?q=50

Get any recent reports with PNO in the METAR

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/geojson/recent_metar.py?q=pno

CGI Arguments

The following table lists the CGI arguments that are accepted by this service. A HTTP GET request is required. Fields of type Multi-Params or CSV value can accept either a comma separated list or multiple parameter and value combinations. For example, ?foo=1&foo=2 is equivalent to ?foo=1,2.

Field	Type	Description
callback	string	JSONP callback function name
q	string	The query to perform, one of snowdepth, i1, i3, i6, fc, gr, pno, 50, 50A