Lightning

Radius

Endpointhttps://dataservice.accuweather.com

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius

GET

https://dataservice.accuweather.com

/lightning/v1/{timeInterval}min/geoposition/radius.geojson

Get lightning strike data within a circular area over a custom time interval. The response is in GeoJSON format.

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius › path Parameters

timeInterval

integer · int32 · pattern: ^(5|15|30|60|120)$

The total amount of time, in minutes, for which lightning strike data will be returned. Available timespans are 5, 15, 30, 60, and 120.

Default: 15

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius › query Parameters

q

string · required

A string that identifies the central location from which to search. Provide the coordinates as latitude,longitude in decimal format.

Example: 40.779,-73.969

distanceRadius

integer · int32

The distance, in miles, from the center of the search area to the circle's outer edge. The maximum radius is 60 miles.

Default: 5

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius › Headers

Authorization

string · required

The Authorization header is used to authenticate using your API key. Format is Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius › Responses

type

string | null

A string that describes the array following.

array | null

An array that contains all lightning strike data for the specified time and location.

GET/lightning/v1/{timeInterval}min/geoposition/radius.geojson

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://dataservice.accuweather.com/lightning/v1/:timeIntervalmin/geoposition/radius.geojson?q=%3Cstring%3E' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

shell

Example Responses

{
  "type": {},
  "features": {}
}

json

application/json

Bounding Box

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius

GET

https://dataservice.accuweather.com

/lightning/v1/{timeInterval}min/geoposition/radius.geojson

Get lightning strike data within a circular area over a custom time interval. The response is in GeoJSON format.

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius › path Parameters

timeInterval

integer · int32 · pattern: ^(5|15|30|60|120)$

The total amount of time, in minutes, for which lightning strike data will be returned. Available timespans are 5, 15, 30, 60, and 120.

Default: 15

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius › query Parameters

q

string · required

A string that identifies the central location from which to search. Provide the coordinates as latitude,longitude in decimal format.

Example: 40.779,-73.969

distanceRadius

integer · int32

The distance, in miles, from the center of the search area to the circle's outer edge. The maximum radius is 60 miles.

Default: 5

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius › Headers

Authorization

string · required

The Authorization header is used to authenticate using your API key. Format is Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.

🔒 Lightning strikes by time interval, point, and distance radius › Responses

type

string | null

A string that describes the array following.

array | null

An array that contains all lightning strike data for the specified time and location.