Summary
The UK Met Office Weather Observations Website (WOW‑UK) API is being retired (2025–2026). The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI) has relaunched the platform as WOW‑BE Reboot as the replacement and provides a new API for station ingestion.
Background
- WOW‑UK retirement announced Dec 2025, full shutdown by late 2026.
- WOW‑BE Reboot provides open data, open source, and a stable API (v2.0).
- Current pywws supports WOW‑UK but not WOW‑BE Reboot.
Impact
Request
- Implement support for WOW‑BE Reboot API (https://wow.meteo.be/api/v2).
- Add configuration options for WOW‑BE Reboot authentication.
- Update README with WOW‑BE Reboot setup instructions.
References
Summary
The UK Met Office Weather Observations Website (WOW‑UK) API is being retired (2025–2026). The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI) has relaunched the platform as WOW‑BE Reboot as the replacement and provides a new API for station ingestion.
Background
Impact
Request
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