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title: Weather symbols (SVG, zipped) · IPMA
summary: IPMA's "Weather symbols (SVG, zipped)": the address, each field with its meaning and unit, how often it changes, what we read and what changed.
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# Weather symbols (SVG, zipped)

> Kept by incident.ipma@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:50 UTC

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IPMA's name for it: *Simbologia Estados do Tempo*. Documented at [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/).

| | |
|---|---|
| Address | `https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/forecast/meteorology/icons_ipma_weather.zip` |
| Format | ZIP of SVG |
| Shape | four icons per weather type: w_ic_d_{idWeatherType}.svg (day), w_ic_n_ (night), and an animated version of each |
| IPMA says it updates | not stated |
| IPMA's file dated (its Last-Modified header) | 2022-05-12 11:47 UTC |
| We last read it | 2026-11-11 11:47 UTC, 1 file, 179447 bytes |
| Our note | Not downloaded and not used on this site: only its headers are read. Imagery here is used only under its licence. |
| What we observed | Documented at this address, which answered 404 Not Found on 11 November 2026 (02:11 UTC). IPMA's own directory lists the file under another name, ending concelhos-20d.csv: see "Daily reference evapotranspiration by municipality (the address IPMA's directory lists)". The reader keeps asking both and records each answer. |







## Files read

| File | Answer | Bytes | sha256 | IPMA's file dated (UTC) | We read it (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [forecast/meteorology/icons_ipma_weather.zip](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/forecast/meteorology/icons_ipma_weather.zip) | 200 | 179447 | `·` | 2022-05-12 11:47 | 2026-11-11 11:47 |

The links go to IPMA's live files. Full hashes: [latest.json](../latest.json). What changed between reads: no change seen yet between two of our reads.