cwa-weather

cwa-weather

正體中文

CWA Open Data API CLI and Go library for Taiwan weather data.

Queries forecast and real-time observation data from Taiwan's Central Weather Administration (CWA) Open Data platform.

Installation

Homebrew

brew tap kerkerj/tap
brew install cwa-weather

Go

go install github.com/kerkerj/cwa-weather/cmd/cwa-weather@latest

Or download a binary from GitHub Releases.

Setup

Get an API key from https://opendata.cwa.gov.tw and export it:

export CWA_API_KEY=your-key

Usage

Forecast

# Township-level forecast
cwa-weather forecast --city 臺北市 --town 中正區

# City-level forecast (all towns)
cwa-weather forecast --city 台北市    # 台→臺 auto-converted

# Filter by weather elements
cwa-weather forecast --city 新北市 --town 板橋區 --element 溫度,天氣現象

# Show 3 days of forecast
cwa-weather forecast --city 臺北市 --town 中正區 --days 3

# Group by day
cwa-weather forecast --city 臺北市 --town 中正區 --days 3 --summary

# Filter by time range
cwa-weather forecast --city 臺北市 --time-from 2026-03-01T06:00:00

# Raw JSON output (pipe to jq for field extraction)
cwa-weather forecast --city 臺北市 --json

Tip: Element names are defined by CWA API — run a command with --json and inspect the JSON keys to see all available names.

Real-time Observation

# By city
cwa-weather observe --city 新北市

# By station name
cwa-weather observe --station 淡水

# Filter by weather elements
cwa-weather observe --city 新北市 --element AirTemperature,Weather

36-hour City-level Forecast (Overview)

# City-level 36-hour forecast
cwa-weather overview --city 臺北市

# Filter by weather elements
cwa-weather overview --city 臺北市 --element Wx,PoP

# Filter by time range
cwa-weather overview --city 臺北市 --time-from 2026-03-01T06:00:00 --time-to 2026-03-01T18:00:00

Weather Alerts

# All active alerts
cwa-weather alert

# Alerts for a specific city
cwa-weather alert --city 臺北市

Typhoon Tracking

# Current tropical cyclone info
cwa-weather typhoon

# Filter by tropical depression number and dataset
cwa-weather typhoon --td-no 03 --dataset ForecastData

Marine Observation (海象)

# All marine stations
cwa-weather sea

# Specific station
cwa-weather sea --station 富貴角

Generic Query

# Query any CWA endpoint by data ID
cwa-weather query F-D0047-069 -p LocationName=板橋區

List Cities and Towns

# List all 22 cities
cwa-weather cities

# List towns in a city
cwa-weather cities --city 臺北市

Library Usage

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/kerkerj/cwa-weather/cwa"
)

func main() {
	client := cwa.NewClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
	ctx := context.Background()

	// Forecast
	forecast, _ := client.Forecast(ctx, "臺北市", "中正區")
	fmt.Println(forecast)

	// Forecast with element and time filters
	filtered, _ := client.Forecast(ctx, "臺北市", "", cwa.ForecastOption{
		Element:  "溫度,天氣現象",
		TimeFrom: "2026-03-01T06:00:00",
	})
	fmt.Println(filtered)

	// Observation
	obs, _ := client.Observe(ctx, cwa.ObserveByCity("新北市"))
	fmt.Println(obs)

	// Observation with element filter
	obsFiltered, _ := client.Observe(ctx, cwa.ObserveByCity("新北市"), cwa.ObserveWithElement("AirTemperature"))
	fmt.Println(obsFiltered)
}

AI Agent Integration

This project includes skill files so AI agents can query Taiwan weather data via the CLI.

Requires cwa-weather CLI installed and CWA_API_KEY env var set.

Claude Code (Plugin)

/plugin marketplace add kerkerj/cwa-weather
/plugin install cwa-weather@kerkerj-cwa-weather

Once installed, ask Claude things like:

• "What's the weather in Taipei?"
• "Any typhoons right now?"
• "Show me weather alerts"

Other AI Agents

Point your agent to the skill files in plugins/cwa-weather/skills/ for command reference and usage instructions.

Notes

• Output: Human-readable text by default. Use --json for raw JSON (pipe to jq for field extraction).
• Supported cities: All 22 Taiwan cities/counties.
• 台→臺 auto-conversion: 台北市 is automatically converted to 臺北市 to match CWA's use of 正體字.

License

MIT