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ECMWF Open Data (real-time forecasts)

Global real-time forecast products from the 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC cycles. The rolling archive keeps the most recent 12 runs, about 2–3 days; product resolution, forecast steps and release latency vary. Lower-resolution data follow the real-time dissemination schedule, higher-resolution IFS data follow two hours later, and AIFS data are released when produced.

Open ecmwf.int
Signal Scoredraft model
97
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
CC-BY-4.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
5 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-10-30
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
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// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
No key. Most recent 12 forecast runs, about 2–3 days, across four daily cycles. Products are GRIB2 unless stated otherwise.
Rate limits
Open Data portal: between 500 and 2,000 simultaneous connections. Request-rate limit: Not stated.
Licence
CC-BY-4.0terms
Licence note
ECMWF says the open subset is "governed by the Creative Commons CC-BY-4.0 licence and the ECMWF Terms of Use" and may be redistributed and used commercially with attribution.
Attribution
Required: reuse is "subject to appropriate attribution" to ECMWF under CC BY 4.0.

// Evidence · verified 2026-10-30

  1. 01www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/open-data
  2. 02www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/accessing-forecasts/licences-available
  3. 03data.ecmwf.int/forecasts/
  4. 04github.com/ecmwf/ecmwf-opendata
  5. 05raw.githubusercontent.com/ecmwf/ecmwf-opendata/master/README.md

// Good for

weatherreal-timetime-seriesgeospatial

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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Reply · selected fields
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  "lastVerified": "2026-10-30",
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    "https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/accessing-forecasts/licences-available",
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    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ecmwf/ecmwf-opendata/master/README.md"
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