How far back does the historical data go?

All the way to January 1, 1940. that's 84 years of continuous, hourly global weather data powered by ERA5 reanalysis from ECMWF.

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Use Open-Meteo with your AI.

Connect your account once and let the AI you already use work with it, without building another integration. Unlock 84 years of global weather history (1940–present): temperature, precipitation, wind, and snow data for any coordinate. the ultimate climate research com

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Works with modern AI clients that support MCP, including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and more.

Complete set · 3 capabilities

The complete Open-Meteo capability set.

These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with Open-Meteo.

Capability set01 / 01

01-03

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 3 available through Open-Meteo.

01
Get historical daily
Get historical daily weather aggregates
02
Get historical weather
Provide latitude, longitude, start_date and end_date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Covers 84 years of globalThis data. Get historical weather for any date range (1940–present)
03
Get historical temperature
Includes hourly temperature, apparent temperature, and dewpoint. Get historical temperature trends for climate analysis

Observed, not estimated

816ms average. Fast in production.

Open-Meteo is checked daily against the live service.

Daily averagePeak 943ms

Aug 20Today

Fastest day: 663ms
Slowest day: 943ms
14-day trend: Slowing+5%

Connect your client

One URL. Every client.

Activate the Connector, copy your link, and paste it into the client you already use. 3 capabilities arrive ready to run.

Preview access · not provider authentication

The vk_preview_* token belongs to Vinkius preview infrastructure. It lets Claude discover and display the capabilities of Open-Meteo, so you can see the experience inside your AI.

It does not authenticate your account with Open-Meteo. Actions requiring credentials or live account data may not run until you activate the Connector and authorize the service.

Open-Meteo Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_PNLQiWEYz3EJHY4nf6BCyFT3IzeCerZFM2gbQaQt/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
3Click Add and start a new chat — Open-Meteo capabilities are ready to use.

Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-meteo-historical-weather-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_PNLQiWEYz3EJHY4nf6BCyFT3IzeCerZFM2gbQaQt/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
VS Code
Windsurf
Claude Code
JetBrains
Cline

Step-by-step instructions for each client are in the guide. How to connect

FAQ

Questions Open-Meteo owners ask.

01
How far back does the historical data go?
All the way to January 1, 1940. that's 84 years of continuous, hourly global weather data powered by ERA5 reanalysis from ECMWF.

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