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Weather API

The Jones Center Weather API provides access to real-time and historical weather data from the Crafton Palmer Weather Station at Ichauway. Data is collected by a Campbell Scientific CR1000X datalogger and written to a cloud database every 15 minutes.

What's Available

Table Description Update Frequency
CraftonWS_FifteenMin 15-minute interval sensor readings Every 15 minutes
CraftonWS_Daily Daily aggregates — min, max, average Once per day

Measurements

The weather station collects the following measurements:

  • Air temperature (°C)
  • Relative humidity (%)
  • Vapour pressure deficit
  • Barometric pressure
  • Wind speed and direction
  • Solar radiation
  • Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
  • Rainfall (mm)
  • Soil temperature at 4 inches
  • Soil moisture at 4, 8, and 24 inches
  • Fine fuel moisture
  • Datalogger battery voltage

API Endpoint

https://api.jonesctr.org/weather

Authentication is required on all requests. See the Quickstart guide to get connected.

Data Format

The API returns JSON. All requests use OData-style query parameters for filtering, ordering, and pagination — the same pattern used by NEON, USGS, and other scientific data APIs.