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How to connect BOM JSON weather observations (Australia)

Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology publishes state and territory observation feeds as JSON under the fwo path. Auth is open-read for these public files; copyright and robots rules still apply, and BOM is explicit about polite use.

This is the weather-related public surface we recommend starting with. Related records include Water Data Online, Climate Data Online, and OPeNDAP/THREDDS.

Steps

  1. Find the base URL. Use http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/ — docs at https://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/data-feeds.shtml#obs-state.
  2. Auth. Catalogued as Open read — none; respect robots/copyright.
  3. Try an example request. 
    curl -sI 'http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/'
  4. Licence. Check publisher terms — not stated on this record. Read the publisher terms before production use.
Connect recipe
base
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/
docs
https://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/data-feeds.shtml#obs-state
protocol
Web page
auth
Open read — none; respect robots/copyright
licence
Licence unclear
try
curl -sI 'http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/'
checked
2026-08-23 · 403 error · 50 ms

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