Weather Overview

About

With Leaf Weather, you can access unified weather data at a field level. Below you’ll find more about what forecasted and historical weather variables are available and which data sources are supported through Leaf’s API.

Forecast

Leaf’s weather forecast service provides access to forecasted weather data for the past 5 days - up to 10 days in the future. The data can be fetched daily or hourly.

Properties

• Cloud cover
• Dew-point
• Evapotranspiration
• Precipitation
• Rain
• Relative Humidity
• Short Wave Radiation
• Snowfall
• Sunrise
• Sunset
• Temperature
• Wind Direction
• Wind Gusts
• Wind Speed

Data sources

Weather Model	National Weather Provider	Origin Country	Resolution	Forecast Length	Update Frequency
ICON	Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)	Germany	2 - 11 km	7.5 days	Every 3 hours
GFS	NOAA	United States	3 - 25 km	16 days	Every hour
Arpege & Arome	MeteoFrance	France	1 - 40 km	4 days	Every 6 hours
IFS	ECMWF	European Union	44 km	7 days	Every 6 hours
MET Nordic	MET Norway	Norway	1 km	2.5 days	Every hour

Warning

The service uses an option to provide the best forecast for any given location worldwide, based on the models available.

Historical Data

Leaf’s historical weather service provides access to up to 5 years of historical data when available. The data can be fetched daily or hourly. Please note, historical weather data from less than 5 days ago is unavailable. If you’re wanting historical weather data within the last 5 days, you can use the forecast service to get this information.

Properties

• Cloud cover
• Dew-point
• Evapotranspiration
• Precipitation
• Rain
• Relative Humidity
• Short Wave Radiation
• Snowfall
• Sunrise
• Sunset
• Temperature
• Wind Direction
• Wind Gusts
• Wind Speed

Data sources

Reanalysis Model	Region	Spatial Resolution	Temporal Resolution	Data Availability	Update Frequency
ERA5	Global	0.25° (~25 km)	Hourly	2017 to present	Daily with 5 days delay