Tomorrow.io

Tomorrow.io Events API

Retrieve severe weather events, fires, floods, lightning swarms, and custom vector events affecting a point or geometry.

Tomorrow.io Events API is one of 8 APIs that Tomorrow.io publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 machine-runnable capability that can be deployed as REST, MCP, or Agent Skill surfaces via Naftiko and 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Weather, Events, Severe Weather, Lightning, and Floods. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference, API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, sample payloads, 1 Naftiko capability spec, and 1 JSON Schema.

GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

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APIReference
https://docs.tomorrow.io/reference/retrieve-events-basic
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Documentation
https://docs.tomorrow.io/reference/severe-weather-events

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tomorrow-io/refs/heads/main/openapi/tomorrow-io-events-api-openapi.yml

Examples

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Example
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tomorrow-io/refs/heads/main/examples/tomorrow-io-events-example.json

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tomorrow-io/refs/heads/main/json-schema/tomorrow-io-event-schema.json

Other Resources

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NaftikoCapability
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tomorrow-io/refs/heads/main/capabilities/events.yaml

OpenAPI Specification

tomorrow-io-events-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Tomorrow.io Events API
  version: '4.0'
  description: |
    Severe weather events, on-demand events, and custom vector events. Returns
    high-impact weather phenomena (tropical storms, lightning, severe thunderstorms,
    floods, wildfires) and customer-defined event geometries for the requested
    location.
  contact:
    name: Tomorrow.io Support
    url: https://support.tomorrow.io
servers:
  - url: https://api.tomorrow.io/v4
    description: Tomorrow.io Production
security:
  - apikeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Events
    description: Severe weather and custom event retrieval.
paths:
  /events:
    get:
      tags:
        - Events
      summary: Retrieve Events (Basic)
      operationId: getEvents
      description: |
        Retrieve weather events for a point or location, filtered by insight
        category (severe weather, fires, floods, lightning, custom).
      parameters:
        - name: location
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: insights
          in: query
          description: Comma separated event insight ids.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: buffer
          in: query
          description: Buffer radius around the location in km.
          schema:
            type: number
        - name: apikey
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Event list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventsResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
    post:
      tags:
        - Events
      summary: Retrieve Events (Advanced)
      operationId: postEvents
      description: Advanced event retrieval with polygon/polyline geometries and complex filters.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventsRequest'
      parameters:
        - name: apikey
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Event list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventsResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apikeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    EventsRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - location
      properties:
        location:
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
        insights:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        buffer:
          type: number
        startTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        endTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    EventsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            events:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
    Event:
      type: object
      properties:
        eventId:
          type: string
        eventValues:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        insight:
          type: string
        location:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
            coordinates:
              type: array
              items:
                type: number
        startTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        endTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        severity:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
        type:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string