By name: weather-data description: Query Estonian Weather Service XML feeds for forecast and observation data usable in time-series and impact analysis.
Estonia Weather Data
Use when
- You need weather observations or forecast feeds from official service.
- You need weather covariates for demand, transport, or health models.
Avoid when
- You need climate normals that are not available in feed endpoints.
Inputs
- Feed type (forecast/observations), stations/locations, period.
Outputs
- Parsed weather dataset with timestamps and variable schema.
Primary endpoints
- Forecast XML: https://www.ilmateenistus.ee/ilma_andmed/xml/forecast.php
- Observations XML: https://www.ilmateenistus.ee/ilma_andmed/xml/observations.php
Workflow
- Pull required XML feed.
- Parse timestamps, station/location fields, and numeric variables.
- Convert units/timezones consistently.
- Return tidy tabular output.
Human setup (when needed)
- Usually none.
Quality checks
- Handle missing station readings safely.
- Document timezone assumptions explicitly.
Access reality
- Public access type: Public webpage/document extraction.
- Verification run: 2026-02-24.
- https://www.ilmateenistus.ee/ilma_andmed/xml/forecast.php (HTTP 200, text/xml;charset=UTF-8, file links detected: 0)
- https://www.ilmateenistus.ee/ilma_andmed/xml/observations.php (HTTP 200, text/xml;, file links detected: 0)
Request contract
- Use the listed primary endpoints as authoritative entry points.
- If API/query parameters are only visible in-browser, preserve exact request URL, params, and headers in output metadata.
- If endpoint is UI-only, document click path and extraction method used.
Output schema expectations
- Keep at least: source URL, retrieval timestamp, publication/update date (if available), title/record label, and extracted governance-relevant fields.
- Preserve original field names when present in downloadable/API output.
Limits and caveats
- Confirm whether data is open-download, UI-only, or authenticated before claiming full access.
- Separate narrative/guidance text from measurable records.
Verification hooks
- Validate endpoint reachability and content type before extraction.
- Validate that each extracted claim is linked to a concrete source URL.