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NOAA Forecast MCP. Access Official 7-Day and Hourly U.S. Weather Data

The NOAA Forecast MCP provides access to official National Weather Service data covering all US locations. You can pull 7-day daily forecasts, detailed 156-hour hourly conditions, raw quantitative grid arrays (for temperature, wind, precipitation), and technical Area Forecast Discussions from over a dozen offices. It gives your agent comprehensive weather context for any task.

NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Retrieve 7-Day Forecast Details

Gets a daily summary including high/low temperatures, precipitation probability, and narrative descriptions for a specified US latitude and longitude.

Get Hourly Weather Conditions

Pulls hour-by-hour data across 5 days, detailing temperature, wind direction, humidity levels, and sky conditions.

Fetch Official Discussion Notes

Retrieves technical Area Forecast Discussions (AFD) from specific NWS Weather Forecast Offices using their three-letter code.

Download Raw Grid Data Arrays

Grabs quantitative weather data arrays, useful for deep programmatic analysis of temperature, wind, and precipitation.

Identify Location Metadata

Provides NWS metadata about a US location, including which Weather Forecast Office is responsible and the specific grid coordinates.

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What AI agents can do with NOAA Forecast — US Weather Predictions: 5 Tools

Use these tools to pull every type of official NWS data available, from simple daily forecasts to complex raw grid arrays and technical discussion reports.

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Get Forecast

Generates a standard 7-day weather summary for any U.S. location using latitude and longitude, including highs/lows and wind direction.

Get Hourly Forecast

Retrieves detailed hour-by-hour conditions covering five days, listing temperature...

Get Forecast Discussion

Fetches the technical Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) from specific NWS offices using...

Get Grid Data

Provides raw quantitative weather data arrays, allowing for deep programmatic...

Get Point Metadata

Retrieves specific NWS metadata about a US location, identifying its responsible...

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NOAA Forecast MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The NOAA Forecast integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

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Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
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The struggle of manual weather reporting

Right now, if you're building a multi-day report for field operations, you have to hop between different systems. You check one API for the 7-day summary, then switch to a second source just to get the hourly breakdown. Finally, if you need to know which office issued that warning, you run another search query just for metadata.

With this MCP connected via Vinkius, your agent handles all those hops automatically. You ask one question—'What are the conditions next week?'—and it pulls the 7-day summary, drills down into hourly changes, and confirms the source office, giving you a single, unified answer.

Getting structured data with get_grid_data

Previously, getting raw weather variables meant downloading massive CSV files and manually mapping temperature arrays to wind speed changes. It was a tedious process of cleaning up quantitative data that wasn't built for programmatic use.

Now, your agent calls get_grid_data, receiving structured, clean arrays ready for immediate mathematical processing or comparison in code. You skip the cleanup; you go straight to analysis.

What NOAA Forecast MCP does for your AI

This MCP connects your AI client directly to the official National Weather Service forecast engine. Instead of relying on general search results or limited third-party APIs, you get raw, authoritative data sourced from NWS meteorologists and technical grids.

When running an agent through Vinkius, it can interpret complex requests—like comparing 7-day averages with hourly probability changes across a specific region. You're not just fetching a single number; you're pulling structured arrays of temperature, wind speed, precipitation chance, and detailed narrative reports from the official offices.

Your agent uses this MCP to gather everything needed, whether it’s running a programmatic analysis on raw grid data or summarizing complex discussion notes. It means your AI client can handle multi-layered weather reporting for any US location without needing an API key or manual setup.

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Frequently asked questions about NOAA Forecast MCP

What locations does NOAA Forecast — US Weather Predictions MCP cover? +

This MCP covers all United States locations, including Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. It is restricted to NWS coverage areas.

Do I need an API key for get_hourly_forecast using NOAA Forecast — US Weather Predictions MCP? +

No, the connection is completely open, meaning you don't need any registration or special keys to use the weather data tools.

How do I check historical weather patterns with NOAA Forecast — US Weather Predictions MCP? +

This MCP provides current and forecast data. For accessing indexed historical records, you would need a different tool set designed for archival retrieval.

Can get_point_metadata help me confirm the responsible NWS office code? +

Yes, this tool gives you critical metadata about any US location, including which Weather Forecast Office (WFO) is assigned to that grid coordinate.

Is the data from get_forecast_discussion reliable for expert analysis? +

The discussion notes are technical Area Forecast Discussions (AFD) written by NWS meteorologists, providing highly authoritative context and explanation for current weather patterns.