Weather Warning

Platform: API iOS Android

Get officially issued real-time severe weather warning data around the world.

Hint: For the implementation of weather warnings, see Resource - Warning Info in advance.

Request URL

https://api.qweather.com/v7/warning/now?[params]

For Free subscription, change the API Host to devapi.qweather.com. See data available for Free subscription.

Request Parameters

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

key(required)API authentication key, please refer to How To Get Your Key. Support Signature Authentication. Example: key=12334567890ABC
location(required)The location to be queried, support LocationID or comma-separated longitude and latitude (decimal, up to 2 decimal places), LocationID can be obtained by GeoAPI. Example: location=101010100 or location=116.41,39.92

langMulti-language setting, see Language code and Supported language for warning.

Request Example

Weather warning message for Xiamen

curl -L -X GET --compressed 'https://api.qweather.com/v7/warning/now?location=101230201&lang=en&key=YOUR_KEY'

Response

The response is in JSON format and is Gzip compressed, all fields are Strings.

{
  "code": "200",
  "updateTime": "2023-04-03T14:20+08:00",
  "fxLink": "https://www.qweather.com/severe-weather/shanghai-101020100.html",
  "warning": [
    {
      "id": "10102010020230403103000500681616",
      "sender": "上海中心气象台",
      "pubTime": "2023-04-03T10:30+08:00",
      "title": "上海中心气象台发布大风蓝色预警[Ⅳ级/一般]",
      "startTime": "2023-04-03T10:30+08:00",
      "endTime": "2023-04-04T10:30+08:00",
      "status": "active",
      "level": "",
      "severity": "Minor",
      "severityColor": "Blue",
      "type": "1006",
      "typeName": "大风",
      "urgency": "",
      "certainty": "",
      "text": "上海中心气象台2023年04月03日10时30分发布大风蓝色预警[Ⅳ级/一般]：受江淮气旋影响，预计明天傍晚以前本市大部地区将出现6级阵风7-8级的东南大风，沿江沿海地区7级阵风8-9级，请注意防范大风对高空作业、交通出行、设施农业等的不利影响。",
      "related": ""
    }
  ],
  "refer": {
    "sources": [
      "12379"
    ],
    "license": [
      "QWeather Developers License"
    ]
  }
}

Note: If there is no warning information in the queried location, the warning field is empty.

code See Status Code
updateTime API last update time
fxLink Responsive web page of this data, for embedded in website or APP
warning.id The unique ID of this warning, which can be used to determine whether this warning already exists.
warning.sender Warning issuing unit, may be null
warning.pubTime Warning release time
warning.title Title of warning
warning.startTime Warning start time, may be null
warning.endTime End time of warning, may be null
warning.status Warning status
warning.level Warning level (deprecated), Do not use warning.level anymore, this field is deprecated and the value will be null or out of date. Please uses severity and severityColor instead
warning.severity Warning severity
warning.severityColor Preferred color for severity, may be null
warning.type Warning type ID
warning.typeName Warning type name
warning.urgency The urgency of the warning message, may be null
warning.certainty The certainty of the warning message, may be null
warning.text Description of the warning
warning.related The warning ID associated with this warning, returned when the warning status is cancel or update. May be null
refer.sources Data source and other statements, may be null
refer.license Data license, may be null