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What data is expected?

5 days forecast of temperature, precipitation and wind as well as recorded data for temperature, wind and precipitation for the past year. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category, data submitted should meet the following criteria:

• 5 days forecast of temperature updated daily
• 5 days forecast of wind updated daily
• 5 days forecast of precipitation updated daily
• Historical temperature data for the past year

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? No
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Forecast published by South African Weather Service)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

The South African Weather Service does offer a machine-readable api, but only to paying customers, despite being a public entity under the Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs. These data are available for free through APIs from international weather sites, such as Weather Underground and yr.no.

Data is © 2015 South African Weather Service

Reviewer comments

Submission is valid. Thank you for your submission to the 2015 Global Open Data Census.