Observations delayed 1+ hours or more lately

[ghmpi]

FYI to the general public who may be using this API.

Over the last few months the delay from when a weather observation is made and when it gets updated on the API has been taking longer and longer, it used to be 5-10 minutes not too long ago, but now routinely takes an hour or sometimes as much as 3 hours to update. This is terrible in my opinion for data that is usually updated every hour.

We call these METAR reports in the aviation community. It stands for Meteorological Aerodrome Report, basically the weather at the airport. Sample here:

https://api.weather.gov/stations/KVNY/observations/latest

I've contacted [email protected] several weeks ago and so far they have just pointed out that data may be delayed 20 minutes, ignoring that it usually takes a lot longer. I've emailed them again several times with no response.

I hope they resolve whatever the delay is. Maybe posting here will help.

FYI, the API at aviationweather.gov is updated usually within minutes and I'm transitioning my equipment to be able to use both APIs.

Post your comments I would like to hear if this is bothering anyone else!

Regards,
-Moses

[dtraft]

I noticed this issue as well! Showing updates on their website within the last hour, but the API data is > 3 hours old.

[ghmpi]

I've still have no response from their support division. Their site still says.. "Observations may be delayed up to 20 minutes".. which is incorrect.

I have transferred most of my equipment to use aviationweather.gov api

I've seen other reports of folks complaining that the weather is "wrong"... but they don't notice that it's not wrong.. it's just OUTDATED!

Wonder when they will get around to fixing it, maybe when more people complain.

You would think the richest country in the word would have a better handle on some servers that disseminate national weather data. Disappointing.

Regards,
-Moses

[ghmpi]

A good portion of the time I check, the data is still hours old. Wish someone from NWS would even acknowledged the issue, they have been ignoring it for months.

:(

Regards,
-Moses