# RainViewer Weather Maps API

Category: [Weather forecasts](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/geo/weather/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/geo/weather/rainviewer-weather-maps-api.html  
Documentation: https://www.rainviewer.com/api/weather-maps-api.html

The RainViewer Weather Maps API gives weather radar images of the past two hours in 10-minute steps, as map tiles you can lay over a Leaflet, OpenLayers or Google map to show where it is raining. A JSON index file lists the available frames and the tile host. Tiles are PNG images in 256 or 512 pixels, up to zoom level 7, with a choice of colour schemes. Free for personal and educational use, no key needed; credit RainViewer with a link.

- API key: Not needed
- Pricing: Free for personal and educational use, no key needed; credit RainViewer with a link.
- From the browser: Yes (CORS)
- Formats: JSON
- Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider: rainviewer.com

Example request:

```sh
curl 'https://api.rainviewer.com/public/weather-maps.json'
```

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.