Aemet vs AviationWeather

AEMET OpenData is the official REST API of Spain's national meteorological agency, publishing forecasts, observations, climatology, and warnings ("avisos") restricted to Spanish territory. Requests return a metadata JSON envelope containing a signed URL that must be fetched separately to retrieve the actual payload (JSON, XML, or CSV depending on endpoint), and the service is documented via an interactive Swagger UI and machine-readable OpenAPI spec.

The legacy Text Data Server referenced by the original dataserver URL has been discontinued and replaced by the new Aviation Weather Center Data API, reachable at aviationweather.gov/data/api. It serves worldwide METAR/TAF, US/North-Atlantic PIREPs, global SIGMETs, and CONUS G-AIRMETs (which replaced text AIRMETs in January 2025) in raw text, JSON, GeoJSON, CSV, XML, or IWXXM, with no authentication but a 100-requests/minute rate limit.