DMI Open Data API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: DMI Open Data API
  description: >-
    The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) Open Data API provides public
    access to weather observations, climate data, ocean observations, and
    lightning data through OGC API - Features compatible collections.
    Subscriptions and API keys are managed per data service.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Danish Meteorological Institute
    url: https://opendatadocs.dmi.govcloud.dk/
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
servers:
  - url: https://opendataapi.dmi.dk/v2
    description: DMI Open Data API v2 (current)
  - url: https://dmigw.govcloud.dk/v2
    description: DMI Open Data API v2 (legacy, retiring 2026-06-30)
tags:
  - name: metObs
    description: Raw weather observations from Danish and Greenlandic stations.
  - name: climateData
    description: Quality-checked climate data at multiple aggregation levels.
  - name: oceanObs
    description: Sea-level and water-temperature observations.
  - name: lightningData
    description: Lightning strike observations.
paths:
  /metObs/collections/observation/items:
    get:
      operationId: listMetObservations
      summary: List meteorological observations
      description: >-
        Returns raw weather observations such as temperature, wind speed,
        humidity, pressure, and precipitation from DMI weather stations.
      tags:
        - metObs
      parameters:
        - name: stationId
          in: query
          description: DMI station identifier.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: parameterId
          in: query
          description: Observation parameter (e.g., temp_dry, wind_speed).
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: datetime
          in: query
          description: ISO-8601 datetime range, e.g. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z/..
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: bbox
          in: query
          description: Bounding box minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 1000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Feature collection of observations
          content:
            application/geo+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeatureCollection'
      security:
        - apiKey: []
  /metObs/collections/station/items:
    get:
      operationId: listMetStations
      summary: List meteorological stations
      description: Lists DMI weather stations and their metadata.
      tags:
        - metObs
      parameters:
        - name: bbox
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 1000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Feature collection of stations
          content:
            application/geo+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeatureCollection'
      security:
        - apiKey: []
  /climateData/collections/stationValue/items:
    get:
      operationId: listClimateStationValues
      summary: List climate station values
      description: >-
        Returns quality-checked climate data values measured at DMI stations,
        including hourly, daily, monthly and yearly aggregations.
      tags:
        - climateData
      parameters:
        - name: stationId
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: parameterId
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: datetime
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: timeResolution
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - hour
              - day
              - month
              - year
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Feature collection of climate values
          content:
            application/geo+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeatureCollection'
      security:
        - apiKey: []
  /oceanObs/collections/observation/items:
    get:
      operationId: listOceanObservations
      summary: List ocean observations
      description: Returns sea-level and water-temperature observations.
      tags:
        - oceanObs
      parameters:
        - name: stationId
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: parameterId
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: datetime
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Feature collection of ocean observations
          content:
            application/geo+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeatureCollection'
      security:
        - apiKey: []
  /lightningdata/collections/observation/items:
    get:
      operationId: listLightningObservations
      summary: List lightning observations
      description: Returns lightning-strike events detected in the DMI area of responsibility.
      tags:
        - lightningData
      parameters:
        - name: datetime
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: bbox
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Feature collection of lightning events
          content:
            application/geo+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeatureCollection'
      security:
        - apiKey: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api-key
      description: Per-service API key issued by the DMI Open Data portal.
  schemas:
    FeatureCollection:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - features
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - FeatureCollection
        features:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Feature'
        numberReturned:
          type: integer
        numberMatched:
          type: integer
    Feature:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - geometry
        - properties
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - Feature
        id:
          type: string
        geometry:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
            coordinates:
              type: array
              items: {}
        properties:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true