Minutely Precipitation

Minute-level precipitation API provides precipitation data for the next 2 hours in China. It can predict the rainfall every minute and every 1km grid.

This data is only supported for Chinese cities.

Request URL

  • Prohttps://api.qweather.com/v7/minutely/5m?[params]

Request Parameters

All parameters are separated by &. If no optional parameters are set, the default value will be used.

location

The comma-separated longitude and latitude (decimal, up to 2 decimal places) of the location to be queried.

For example: location=116.41,39.92

key

API authentication key, please refer to How To Get Your Key. Support Signature Authentication.

For example: key=12334567890ABC

lang

Multi-language settings, only support Chinese and English for this data.

  • zh Chinese, default
  • en English

Response 

// Minutely Precip 
// Pro https://api.qweather.com/v7/minutely/5m?location=116.38999,39.9099&lang=en&key=YOUR_KEY
// Dev https://devapi.qweather.com/v7/minutely/5m?location=116.38999,39.9099&lang=en&key=YOUR_KEY

{
  "code": "200",
  "updateTime": "2021-12-16T18:55+08:00",
  "fxLink": "http://hfx.link/1",
  "summary": "Rain ending in 95 min",
  "minutely": [
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T18:55+08:00",
      "precip": "0.15",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:00+08:00",
      "precip": "0.23",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:05+08:00",
      "precip": "0.21",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:10+08:00",
      "precip": "0.17",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:15+08:00",
      "precip": "0.18",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:20+08:00",
      "precip": "0.24",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:25+08:00",
      "precip": "0.31",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:30+08:00",
      "precip": "0.37",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:35+08:00",
      "precip": "0.41",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:40+08:00",
      "precip": "0.43",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:45+08:00",
      "precip": "0.41",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:50+08:00",
      "precip": "0.36",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T19:55+08:00",
      "precip": "0.32",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:00+08:00",
      "precip": "0.27",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:05+08:00",
      "precip": "0.22",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:10+08:00",
      "precip": "0.17",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:15+08:00",
      "precip": "0.11",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:20+08:00",
      "precip": "0.06",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:25+08:00",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:30+08:00",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:35+08:00",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:40+08:00",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:45+08:00",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "type": "rain"
    },
    {
      "fxTime": "2021-12-16T20:50+08:00",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "type": "rain"
    }
  ],
  "refer": {
    "sources": [
      "QWeather"
    ],
    "license": [
      "commercial license"
    ]
  }
}
Parameters Description
code

API status code, please refer to Status Code
updateTime

API last update time
fxLink

Responsive web page of this data, for embedded in website or APP
summary

Precipitation description
minutely.fxTime

Forecast time
minutely.precip

Accumulated precipitation in 10 minutes, unit is millimeter.
minutely.type

Type of precipitation
rain
snow
refer.sources

Data source and other statements, may be null
refer.license

Data license, may be null