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Playing around with NOAA API: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/v2
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noaa_weather_data.py
import requests
import pandas as pd
# API documentation is at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/v2
NOAA_API_TOKEN = '<from NOAA>'
headers = {'token':NOAA_API_TOKEN}
# get stations in Newport, RI
stations_response = requests.get('https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/api/v2/stations?locationid=FIPS:44&sortfield=maxdate&sortorder=desc&limit=500',headers=headers)
stations = pd.io.json.json_normalize(stations_response.json()['results'])
stations = stations[stations.name.str.find("NEWPORT")==0]
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