The Bureau of Meteorology makes a number of real-time forecast, warning and observation products and analysis charts available freely via the web and FTP. Each file has a date-time stamp indicating when the data file was created.
When users access these products anonymously, the Bureau cannot track the usage of any particular product. Thus it is unable to directly contact users affected by service changes. Users requiring support and service continuity should make use of the Bureau's Registered User Services.
Unless otherwise stated, products available via this service are subject to the default terms of use in the Bureau's Copyright Notice.
Anonymous FTP data is available via: ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/.
Please note:
View the full list of all products available via anonymous FTP.
Précis forecasts (a short summary, less than 30 characters) are available in XML format for all Australian forecast locations.
Town forecasts are available for major centres and include a longer text forecast out to seven days. For precipitation information, refer to the précis forecast for the same location.
City forecasts are available for major metropolitan centres and tourist locations. Note that the 'forecast' text in these products refers to the broader metropolitan area.
XML files include additional information about rainfall amounts, chance of rainfall, and an icon code. The icon code provides a convenient mechanism to match a weather graphic against the forecast for each day.
The XML files also use a unique identifier for each location. This is referred to as the AAC identifier. For a listing of the location metadata (name, position coordinates) to match against the AAC identifier, please refer to the spatial data guide.
Schema information is included at the top of all XML messages.
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XML forecasts are also available for broader land districts.
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Forecasts for coastal waters zones are also available in XML format.
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Users can have weather warnings emailed direct via the Bureau's RSS feeds.
Warnings available via FTP are listed in the anonymous FTP product listing. Most warning products are available in XML or CAP formats.
In addition to the above html summaries, State-based summaries are also available in xml format.
The Bureau provides its observational data in a number of formats for use as a data feed.
72 hour station based observational products are available in html, axf and json formats.
To get the URL of a data feed for a weather station:
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Antarctic area |
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Agricultural bulletins containing a summary of agricultural type observations on a daily time scale are available in xml for each State/Territory.
Radar images include a timestamp in the file name and are issued at either six- or ten-minute frequency. Refer to the product listing to find relevant radars.
Static radar transparencies and overlays are available in a separate directory.
Satellite images from the Himawari-8 satellite are available at ten minute update frequency in JPG and GeoTIFF formats. File names include timestamps for these images.
UV Index and sun protection times are provided in text and graphical products.
If you have any further queries please send an email to: webreg@bom.gov.au.
Last updated: 17 January 2024