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NEA provides API's for readings of temperature, humidity, precipitation and wind conditions at up to one-minute intervals. The data is provided at weather-station level.
The API descriptions can be found on https://data.gov.sg For rainfall: https://beta.data.gov.sg/datasets/d_72ef872af64a49bbf85c037e714267c0/view
Data can only be requested one day at at time, for example:
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https://api.data.gov.sg/v1/environment/rainfall?date=2018-07-26
Sample configuration file for importing Singapore rainfall data
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><timeSeriesImportRun xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/timeSeriesImportRun.xsd">
<import>
<general>
<importType>SingaporeNEA</importType>
<serverUrl>https://api.data.gov.sg/v1/environment/rainfall</serverUrl>
<relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-7" end="0"/>
<idMapId>IdImportNEA_Meteo</idMapId>
<unitConversionsId>ImportUnitConversions</unitConversionsId>
</general>
<timeSeriesSet>
<moduleInstanceId>ImportNEA_Meteo</moduleInstanceId>
<valueType>scalar</valueType>
<parameterId>P.obs</parameterId>
<locationSetId>NEA.Meteo.precip</locationSetId>
<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
<timeStep unit="nonequidistant"/>
<readWriteMode>add originals</readWriteMode>
</timeSeriesSet>
</import>
</timeSeriesImportRun> |
Note: The Singapore time zone is GMT+8 and currently does not use Daylight Saving Time (since 1936)
If the <relativeViewPeriod> element specifies a period covering more than one day in Singapore time, multiple days of data will be read and combined into a single time series.
The parser always uses standard singapore time so there is no need to use include a <importTimeZone> element to configure this specific timezone..