# BOM data services / anonymous FTP

**Publisher:** Bureau of Meteorology (Federal gov)  
**Jurisdiction:** AU  
**Status:** Down · checked 2026-08-23  
**Agent-ready:** no  
**Canonical:** https://ausdatacatalog.com/apis/bom-data-services-anonymous-ftp

## Connect recipe

| key | value |
| --- | --- |
| base | ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/ |
| docs | https://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/data-feeds.shtml |
| protocol | FTP |
| auth | Open read — anonymous FTP; registered user for SLA/cloud SFTP |
| licence | unknown · commercial use restricted |
| try | curl -sI 'ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/' |
| checked | 2026-08-23 |

## Curator notes

Free non-commercial forecasts, warnings, observations, radar, Himawari-9 JPG/GeoTIFF. Product list: https://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/anon-ftp.shtml. Commercial use -> registered user services.