Enhance Preparedness and Cost Reduction with Advanced Weather Data for Energy and Utilities

Don't get caught off guard when severe weather threatens power outages. Stay ahead of the storm with our precise weather data.
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Integrate Real-Time Hyperlocal Weather Observations into Apps and Dashboards
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Improve Restoration Time During Outages
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Plan Effectively for Severe Weather
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Protect Assets and Infrastructure
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Ensure Employee Safety

As severe weather becomes more frequent and more extreme, power companies are focusing more on what can be done to mitigate the effects of dangerous weather on people and electric infrastructure.

72%
of Power Outages are Due to Severe Weather
18
Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters in 2022

Introducing the Synoptic Weather API

Empower your enterprise in the energy and utilities industry with our robust and scalable Weather API. Designed for companies involved in the production and distribution of both renewable and non-renewable energy sources, including oil and gas, electric, wind, and solar providers. Gain access to our extensive collection of real-time and historical data, enabling you to optimize operations, ensure worker safety, and safeguard valuable assets.

 

Key Features: 

  • Request-based RESTful API 
  • Flexible outputs: JSON, geoJSON, CSV, and XML formats for various services 
  • Special services and parameters for quick access to critical data requests 
  • Integrated quality control to identify and eliminate erroneous values 
  • Control panel for monitoring usage and managing access tokens 
  • CORS and JSONP support for seamless integration into web applications 
  • Proprietary data access and unlimited concurrent requests available for enterprise customers 

 

Comprehensive Data

Our API offers access to over 160 weather and atmospheric parameters, empowering you to make well-informed decisions and gain a deeper understanding of imminent weather risks. Explore the full list of parameters available here.

What makes Synoptic different?

Data
The nation's most comprehensive set of real-time measured data.
Quality Control
Advanced quality checks on both new and historical data sets.
Coverage
A network of networks, including 120,000+ observation stations.

Use Cases

Data
Integration
Restoration
Preparation
Infrastructure &
Resource Planning

Have your own apps and customer dashboards? Maximize the potential of Synoptic’s data streams and APIs by seamlessly integrating real-time and historical data directly into your systems and tools used by your employees or customers.

Looking to enhance your preparedness for outage restoration? Monitor real-time weather conditions and stay informed about potential weather impacts’ locations and timing. Leverage historical data to identify vulnerable points in the grid that may require reinforcement due to frequent storms.

Need better visibility into staffing and resource planning during weather events? Obtain detailed insights into the direction of severe weather and allocate crews, contractors, and other resources to affected areas accordingly.

Data
Integration

Have your own apps and customer dashboards? Maximize the potential of Synoptic’s data streams and APIs by seamlessly integrating real-time and historical data directly into your systems and tools used by your employees or customers.

Restoration
Preparation

Looking to enhance your preparedness for outage restoration? Monitor real-time weather conditions and stay informed about potential weather impacts’ locations and timing. Leverage historical data to identify vulnerable points in the grid that may require reinforcement due to frequent storms.

Infrastructure &
Resource Planning

Need better visibility into staffing and resource planning during weather events? Obtain detailed insights into the direction of severe weather and allocate crews, contractors, and other resources to affected areas accordingly.

Ready to make smarter weather decisions?