Azure Maps Weather service coverage

This article provides coverage information for Azure Maps Weather service.

Weather information supported

Infrared satellite tiles

Infrared satellite imagery, showing clouds by their temperature, is returned when tilesetID is set to microsoft.weather.infrared.main when making calls to Get Map Tile and can then be overlaid on the map image.

Minute forecast

The Get Minute forecast service returns minute-by-minute forecasts for the specified location for the next 120 minutes.

Radar tiles

Radar tiles, showing areas of rain, snow, ice and mixed conditions, are returned when tilesetID is set to microsoft.weather.radar.main when making calls to Get Map Tile and can then be overlaid on the map image.

Severe weather alerts

Severe weather alerts service returns severe weather alerts from both official Government Meteorological Agencies and other leading severe weather alert providers. The service can return details such as alert type, category, level and detailed description. Severe weather includes conditions like hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, severe thunderstorms, and fires.

Other

• Air quality. The Air Quality service returns current, hourly or daily forecasts that include pollution levels, air quality index values, the dominant pollutant, and a brief statement summarizing risk level and suggested precautions.
• Current conditions. The Get Current Conditions service returns detailed current weather conditions such as precipitation, temperature and wind for a given coordinate location.
• Daily forecast. The Get Daily Forecast service returns detailed weather forecasts such as temperature and wind by day for the next 1, 5, 10, 15, 25, or 45 days for a given coordinate location.
• Daily indices. The Get Daily Indices service returns index values that provide information that can help in planning activities. For example, a health mobile application can notify users that today is good weather for running or playing golf.
• Historical weather. The Historical Weather service includes Daily Historical Records, Actuals and Normals that return climatology data such as past daily record temperatures, precipitation and snowfall at a given coordinate location.
• Hourly forecast. The Get Hourly Forecast service returns detailed weather forecast information by the hour for up to 10 days.
• Quarter-day forecast. The Get Quarter Day Forecast service returns detailed weather forecast by quarter-day for up to 15 days.
• Tropical storms. The Tropical Storm service provides information about active storms, tropical storm forecasts and locations and the ability to search for tropical storms by year, basin ID, or government ID.
• Weather along route. The Get Weather Along Route service returns hyper local (1 kilometer or less), up-to-the-minute weather nowcasts, weather hazard assessments, and notifications along a route described as a sequence of waypoints.

Azure Maps Weather coverage tables

Americas

Asia Pacific

Europe

1 Partial coverage includes Moscow and Saint Petersburg

Middle East & Africa

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