# Rain Viewer Weather Radar API

Free public weather radar API for personal, educational, and small-scale community use. Access tile pyramids from 1200+ radars worldwide across 150+ countries, refreshed every 5 minutes — the same data that powers our iOS, Android, and web apps.

**This API is available for personal and educational use only.**

## Terms of Use

* The API is free for personal or educational use.
* We do not guarantee the availability of radar data. We do not conclude contracts with owners of this data. The reason is that the owners can ask us to remove their data from Rain Viewer, change the format, or stop sharing the data. We are trying to keep radar data for as long as possible, but sometimes the owners just stop providing the images.
* You can change any image received by this API without any restrictions (for example, apply a custom color scheme to the images).
* We kindly ask you to mention the Rain Viewer API as a source of the data on your website with a link: [https://www.rainviewer.com/](https://www.rainviewer.com/)

## Available APIs

* [Weather Maps API](api/weather-maps-api.html) - Tiled past radar data maps

## Additional Information

* [Single Radar Data](api/single-radar-data.html): Source radar images
* [Color Schemes](api/color-schemes.html): Color scheme and color table
* [Rain Viewer API Status Page](https://status.rainviewer.com): API status, performance and uptime information
* [Data Sources](/sources.html): Links to original radar data providers