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title: Station observations, last 3 hours, with coordinates · IPMA
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# Station observations, last 3 hours, with coordinates

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

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IPMA's name for it: *Observação Meteorológica de Estações, últimas 3 horas*. Documented at [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/). Drawn at [stations](../stations.md).

| | |
|---|---|
| Address | `https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/obs-surface.geojson` |
| Format | GeoJSON |
| Shape | FeatureCollection of points, one per station and hour |
| IPMA says it updates | Taxa de atualização horária. |
| IPMA's file dated (its Last-Modified header) | 2026-11-11 11:31 UTC |
| We last read it | 2026-11-11 11:50 UTC, 1 file, 435978 bytes |
| IPMA's note | "valor "-99.0" = nodata" |

## Fields

| Field | Type | Unit | Meaning (our English) | IPMA's wording | Where the documentation differs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `geometry.coordinates` | [longitude, latitude] | ° | where the station is | · | · |
| `time` | date-time, no zone | · | the hour of the observation | · | · |
| `idEstacao` | integer | · | the station (a node: station) | · | · |
| `localEstacao` | string | · | the station's name | · | · |
| `descDirVento` | string | · | the wind direction as letters | · | · |
| `intensidadeVentoKM` | number | km/h | wind speed at 10 m | "intensidade do vento registada a 10 metros de altura (km/h)" | · |
| `intensidadeVento` | number | m/s | wind speed at 10 m | · | · |
| `idDireccVento` | integer | · | class of the prevailing wind direction at 10 m: 0 none, 1 or 9 N, 2 NE, 3 E, 4 SE, 5 S, 6 SW, 7 W, 8 NW | · | · |
| `temperatura` | number | °C | air temperature at 1.5 m, mean of the hour | · | · |
| `precAcumulada` | number | mm | precipitation at 1.5 m, accumulated in the hour | "precipitação registada a 1.5 metros de altura, valor acumulado da hora (mm)" | · |
| `humidade` | number | % | relative humidity at 1.5 m, mean of the hour | · | · |
| `pressao` | number | hPa | pressure reduced to mean sea level, mean of the hour | · | · |
| `radiacao` | number | kJ/m² | solar radiation | · | · |

## Not documented

- the hour label's convention, as for observations.json



## Files read

| File | Answer | Bytes | sha256 | IPMA's file dated (UTC) | We read it (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [observation/meteorology/stations/obs-surface.geojson](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/obs-surface.geojson) | 200 | 435978 | `a86e338745dc2449…` | 2026-11-11 11:31 | 2026-11-11 11:50 |

The links go to IPMA's live files. Full hashes: [latest.json](../latest.json). What changed between reads: [changes/obs-surface.json](../changes/obs-surface.json). Our small files made from it: [data/observations.json](../data.md#data/observations.json).