Data sources
Where our data comes from
Good forecasts need good data. meteo365.es combines public and institutional sources with our own processing and a map we render ourselves. Here is an open account of where everything comes from — and who deserves the credit.
Our sources in detail
Grouped by areaMap & base data
- MapLibre GL JS — the open-source engine we use to render our maps ourselves.
- OpenStreetMap — the basis of our map and of the runway geometry at airfields. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); licensed and processed by us.
- Natural Earth — country and coastline outlines (public domain).
- IGN España — detailed geodata for Spain.
- Copernicus GLO-30 — elevation data for terrain and hillshading.
- GEBCO — ocean depths (bathymetry).
Weather models
- DWD — ICON-Global, ICON-EU, ICON-D2 and the wave model EWAM.
- Météo-France — ARPEGE.
- NOAA / NCEP — GFS and the wave model gfswave.
- Copernicus Atmosphere (CAMS) — air quality, aerosols, smoke.
- Copernicus Marine (CMEMS) — marine data.
- Our own computation — we compute the nowcast and the fire danger (FWI) ourselves from these models.
Radar
- National weather services — the Europe radar mosaic comes from the national weather services: AEMET (Spain, incl. the Canaries), DWD (Germany), Météo-France (France), Met Office (United Kingdom), Protezione Civile (Italy), IPMA (Portugal, incl. the Azores and Madeira), IMGW (Poland), ČHMÚ (Czechia), HungaroMet (Hungary), ANM (Romania) and FMI (Finland).
- NOAA — US radar mosaic MRMS.
Satellite
- EUMETSAT — European weather satellites (Meteosat) and the derived NWCSAF cloud products.
- NOAA — GOES satellites for the Americas.
Observations & stations
- MeteoGate — the open data gateway of the European weather services (meteogate.eu). Most of our station observations come through this shared access point, currently around 7,700 stations.
- DWD (Germany, around 2,200 stations) and AEMET (Spain, around 900 stations) — directly from the open data portals of both weather services.
- Other national networks — ItaliaMeteo (Italy, around 3,800 stations), Météo-France (France, around 2,200), GeoSphere Austria (Austria, around 300), HungaroMet (Hungary, around 290), IPMA (Portugal, around 230), FMI (Finland, around 200), MeteoSwiss (Switzerland, around 160), KNMI (Netherlands, around 80) and IMGW (Poland, around 60).
- Meteocat — the XEMA station network of the Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya, around 189 automatic stations in Catalonia. Open data of the Generalitat de Catalunya (CC BY).
- METAR / TAF — aviation weather reports from airports worldwide, provided by NOAA’s Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov).
- Our own weather stations — 18 stations, mainly on the Costa del Sol (incl. Málaga, Fuengirola, Benalmádena, Marbella), plus others in Granada, Tarifa, Ceuta and Benidorm.
- The observation data of the weather services are mostly published under open licences (incl. CC BY 4.0). We credit the sources according to their respective terms; the original data of the services are authoritative.
Weather warnings
- MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) — official severe-weather warnings from Europe’s national weather services.
- AEMET — official warnings for Spain (direct).
- NWS — warnings for the USA.
- WMO Severe Weather Information Centre — official warnings worldwide.
Earthquakes & tsunami
- Global — USGS, EMSC, GEOFON.
- Regional — IGN (Spain), INGV (Italy), KOERI (Turkey), NOA (Greece), ETH (Switzerland), CSN (Chile), GeoNet (New Zealand), JMA (Japan).
- Tsunami & impact — NOAA and JMA (tsunami warnings), GDACS (impact estimate).
Tropical cyclones
- NHC — Atlantic and eastern Pacific.
- JMA — western Pacific (typhoons).
- GDACS — global aggregate warnings.
- ECMWF — forecast tracks.
Wildfire
- Our own computation — fire danger (Fire Weather Index).
- NASA FIRMS — active fires (VIIRS/MODIS satellites).
- Copernicus (CAMS) — smoke in the air.
- EFFIS — burnt areas (European Forest Fire Information System).
Icons & software
- Lucide — part of our interface icons (open source).
- Our own weather icons — we draw the weather icons ourselves.
Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), rendered with MapLibre GL JS. Weather data from, among others, DWD, NOAA, Copernicus, Météo-France and EUMETSAT. Trademarks and product names belong to their respective owners.