Question

I’m trying to retrieve weather data by latitude and longitude. I’ve reviewed the API on the NOAA website and I believe I’m creating my URL as indicated. However I get an error every time I try to look by lat/long. I can retrieve based on zip code, but I need to use lat/long as there are foreign locations I need data for as well.

Here is the URL I am trying to access:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-services/services/datasets/GHCND/locationsearch?latitude=35.59528&longitude=-82.55667token=XuynqsXFIGjQEXIshdoyFizBgrdZdwXO

Here is the API from their website, specific to the lat/long search:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/cdows_locationsearch

and I get this error:

<cdoError>
<name>Internal Error</name>
<message>CDO Web Services error</message>
</cdoError>

Does anyone have a suggestion? Am I creating the URL incorrectly?

Answer 1

You are missing an & before token:

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-services/services/datasets/GHCND/locationsearch?latitude=35.59528&longitude=-82.55667&token=XuynqsXFIGjQEXIshdoyFizBgrdZdwXO