Chuk MCP Open-Meteo

The best weather MCP server ever - A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for accessing Open-Meteo weather data.

This is a demonstration project provided as-is for learning and testing purposes.

Features

This MCP server provides comprehensive access to Open-Meteo's weather APIs through 12 tools — 6 single-location tools and 6 batch tools for multi-location queries.

All tools return fully-typed Pydantic v2 models for type safety, validation, and excellent IDE support. Every model includes rich, LLM-friendly field descriptions with interpretation guides for better AI understanding.

Single-Location Tools

1. Weather Forecast (get_weather_forecast)

Get detailed weather forecasts with customizable parameters:

• Current weather conditions
• Hourly forecasts (up to 16 days)
• Daily forecasts
• 50+ weather variables including temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity, cloud cover, and more
• Multiple units (celsius/fahrenheit, km/h, mph, m/s, knots)
• Automatic timezone detection

2. Location Geocoding (geocode_location)

Convert location names to coordinates:

• Search for any location worldwide
• Get coordinates, elevation, timezone
• Country and administrative information
• Population data where available
• Multi-language support

3. Historical Weather (get_historical_weather)

Access historical weather data:

• Data from 1940 onwards (location-dependent)
• Same comprehensive variables as forecasts
• Perfect for climate analysis and trends
• Hourly and daily aggregations

4. Air Quality (get_air_quality)

Monitor air quality and pollutants:

• PM2.5, PM10 particulate matter
• CO, NO2, SO2, O3 gas concentrations
• European AQI and US AQI indices
• Pollen data (multiple species)
• UV index
• Aerosol optical depth

5. Marine Forecast (get_marine_forecast)

Get marine weather conditions:

• Wave height, direction, and period
• Wind waves and swell waves separately
• Ocean current velocity and direction
• Up to 16-day forecasts
• Essential for maritime activities
• Field descriptions include wave quality interpretations (0-0.5m calm, 1.5-2.5m moderate, etc.)

6. Weather Code Interpretation (interpret_weather_code)

Translate numeric weather codes to descriptions:

• Converts WMO weather codes (0-99) to human-readable text
• Includes severity categories (clear, rain, snow, thunderstorm, etc.)
• Helps LLMs explain weather conditions in natural language
• Built-in reference for all standard weather codes

Batch Tools

Batch tools dramatically reduce latency when querying multiple locations. Instead of N sequential tool calls (~3 minutes for 20 cities), batch tools complete in a single call (~0.3–0.5 seconds).

7. Batch Geocoding (batch_geocode_locations)

Geocode multiple location names concurrently:

• Comma-separated input: "London,Paris,Berlin,Madrid,Rome"
• Concurrent execution with connection pooling
• Partial failure handling — individual locations can fail without breaking the batch
• Results in same order as input

8. Batch Weather Forecasts (batch_get_weather_forecasts)

Fetch forecasts for up to 1000 locations in a single API call:

• Uses Open-Meteo's native multi-location support
• Single HTTP request for all locations
• Same parameters as get_weather_forecast

9. Batch Air Quality (batch_get_air_quality)

Air quality data for multiple locations in one API call:

• Compare pollution levels across cities
• Defaults to common pollutant metrics (PM2.5, PM10, AQI, etc.)

10. Batch Marine Forecasts (batch_get_marine_forecasts)

Marine conditions for multiple coastal points in one API call:

• Compare surf spots, monitor coastline conditions
• Waves, swell, currents, and tides across locations

11. Batch Historical Weather (batch_get_historical_weather)

Historical data for multiple locations in one API call:

• All locations share the same date range
• Useful for climate comparisons across cities

12. Batch Weather Code Interpretation (batch_interpret_weather_codes)

Interpret multiple WMO weather codes in a single call:

• Comma-separated input: "3,51,61,95"
• Eliminates multiple sequential interpret_weather_code calls
• Ideal after batch forecasts return different codes per location

Recommended Batch Workflow

1. batch_geocode_locations("London,Paris,Berlin")  → coordinates
2. batch_get_weather_forecasts(latitudes="51.51,48.86,52.52", longitudes="-0.13,2.35,13.41")  → weather
3. batch_interpret_weather_codes("3,51,61")  → descriptions

Installation

Using uvx (Recommended - No Installation Required!)

The easiest way to use the server is with uvx, which runs it without installing:

uvx chuk-mcp-open-meteo

This automatically downloads and runs the latest version. Perfect for Claude Desktop!

Using uv (Recommended for Development)

# Install from PyPI
uv pip install chuk-mcp-open-meteo

# Or clone and install from source
git clone <repository-url>
cd chuk-mcp-open-meteo
uv sync --dev

Using pip (Traditional)

pip install chuk-mcp-open-meteo

Usage

With Claude Desktop

Option 1: Use the Public Server (Easiest)

Connect to the hosted public server at weather.chukai.io:

MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "weather": {
      "url": "https://weather.chukai.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Option 2: Run Locally with uvx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-meteo": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["chuk-mcp-open-meteo"]
    }
  }
}

Option 3: Run Locally with pip

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-meteo": {
      "command": "chuk-mcp-open-meteo"
    }
  }
}

Standalone

Run the server directly:

# With uvx (recommended - always latest version)
uvx chuk-mcp-open-meteo

# With uvx in HTTP mode
uvx chuk-mcp-open-meteo http

# Or if installed locally
chuk-mcp-open-meteo
chuk-mcp-open-meteo http

Or with uv/Python:

# STDIO mode (default, for MCP clients)
uv run chuk-mcp-open-meteo
# or: python -m chuk_mcp_open_meteo.server

# HTTP mode (for web access)
uv run chuk-mcp-open-meteo http
# or: python -m chuk_mcp_open_meteo.server http

STDIO mode is for MCP clients like Claude Desktop and mcp-cli. HTTP mode runs a web server on http://localhost:8000 for HTTP-based MCP clients.

Example Usage

Once configured, you can ask Claude questions like:

• "What's the current weather in London?"
• "Give me a 7-day forecast for Tokyo with hourly temperature and precipitation"
• "What was the weather like in New York on July 4th, 2020?"
• "What's the air quality in Los Angeles right now?"
• "What are the wave conditions off the coast of Hawaii?"
• "Find the coordinates for Paris, France"

Python Examples

Check out the examples/ directory for runnable Python examples:

# With uv (recommended)
uv run python examples/example_basic.py
uv run python examples/example_trip_planner.py
uv run python examples/test_mcp_protocol.py

# Or with plain python (if installed)
python examples/example_basic.py
python examples/example_trip_planner.py
python examples/test_mcp_protocol.py

# Run all examples
./examples/test_all.sh

See examples/README.md for detailed documentation.

Tool Reference

All tools return Pydantic v2 models with full type safety. When calling from Python, you get clean object access:

from chuk_mcp_open_meteo.server import get_weather_forecast

# Get weather forecast
forecast = await get_weather_forecast(latitude=51.5072, longitude=-0.1276, current_weather=True)

# Access data via typed attributes (not dictionaries!)
if forecast.current_weather:
    temp = forecast.current_weather.temperature  # Type-safe access
    wind = forecast.current_weather.windspeed

get_weather_forecast

Parameters:

{
  "latitude": 51.5072,
  "longitude": -0.1276,
  "temperature_unit": "celsius",  # or "fahrenheit"
  "wind_speed_unit": "kmh",       # or "ms", "mph", "kn"
  "precipitation_unit": "mm",      # or "inch"
  "timezone": "auto",              # or specific timezone
  "forecast_days": 7,              # 1-16
  "current_weather": true,
  "hourly": "temperature_2m,precipitation,wind_speed_10m",
  "daily": "temperature_2m_max,temperature_2m_min,precipitation_sum"
}

Returns: WeatherForecast Pydantic model

Popular hourly variables: temperature_2m, relative_humidity_2m, precipitation, rain, snowfall, cloud_cover, wind_speed_10m, wind_direction_10m, pressure_msl, visibility

Popular daily variables: temperature_2m_max, temperature_2m_min, precipitation_sum, rain_sum, sunrise, sunset, wind_speed_10m_max

geocode_location

Parameters:

{
  "name": "London",
  "count": 10,        # number of results
  "language": "en"    # language code
}

Returns: GeocodingResponse Pydantic model

get_historical_weather

Parameters:

{
  "latitude": 40.7128,
  "longitude": -74.0060,
  "start_date": "2020-01-01",
  "end_date": "2020-01-31",
  "hourly": "temperature_2m,precipitation",
  "daily": "temperature_2m_max,temperature_2m_min"
}

Returns: HistoricalWeather Pydantic model

get_air_quality

Parameters:

{
  "latitude": 34.0522,
  "longitude": -118.2437,
  "hourly": "pm10,pm2_5,us_aqi,european_aqi"
}

Returns: AirQualityResponse Pydantic model

get_marine_forecast

Parameters:

{
  "latitude": 21.3099,
  "longitude": -157.8581,
  "hourly": "wave_height,wave_direction,wave_period"
}

Returns: MarineForecast Pydantic model

Development

Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd chuk-mcp-open-meteo

# Install with uv (recommended)
uv sync --dev

# Or with pip
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Running Tests

make test              # Run tests (excludes network tests)
make test-cov          # Run tests with coverage
make coverage-report   # Show coverage report

# Run all tests including network tests (requires internet)
pytest tests/          # Run all 40 tests
pytest tests/ -m network  # Run only network tests

Note: Network tests make real API calls to Open-Meteo and are excluded from CI to avoid flaky builds. They include automatic retry logic for local development.

Code Quality

make lint      # Run linters
make format    # Auto-format code
make typecheck # Run type checking
make security  # Run security checks
make check     # Run all checks

Building

make build         # Build package
make docker-build  # Build Docker image

Deployment

Fly.io

Deploy to Fly.io with a single command:

# First time setup
fly launch

# Deploy updates
fly deploy

The server will be available via HTTP at your Fly.io URL.

Docker

# Build the image
docker build -t chuk-mcp-open-meteo .

# Run the container
docker run -p 8000:8000 chuk-mcp-open-meteo

API Credits

This server uses the free Open-Meteo API. Open-Meteo provides:

• Free access for non-commercial use
• No API key required
• High-resolution weather models
• 25+ global weather models
• Historical data from 1940
• No rate limits for reasonable use

Please consider supporting Open-Meteo if you use this extensively.

Architecture

Built on top of chuk-mcp-server, this server uses a modular architecture:

src/chuk_mcp_open_meteo/
├── server.py          # Thin entry point — imports tools, runs server
├── models.py          # All Pydantic v2 response models (26 models)
├── _constants.py      # API URLs, default parameters, weather codes
├── _batch.py          # Generic batch fetch helper (DRY across 4 batch tools)
└── tools/             # Domain-focused tool modules
    ├── forecast.py    # get_weather_forecast + batch_get_weather_forecasts
    ├── geocoding.py   # geocode_location + batch_geocode_locations
    ├── historical.py  # get_historical_weather + batch_get_historical_weather
    ├── air_quality.py # get_air_quality + batch_get_air_quality
    ├── marine.py      # get_marine_forecast + batch_get_marine_forecasts
    └── weather_codes.py # interpret_weather_code

Design principles:

• Async Native: All tools are async/await, all HTTP via httpx.AsyncClient
• Pydantic Native: All responses use Pydantic v2 models for validation and type safety
• No Magic Strings: API URLs and default parameters are named constants
• Composable Modules: Each domain is a self-contained module with single and batch tools
• Type-Safe: Automatic JSON-RPC schema generation from Python type hints
• LLM-Optimized: Rich field descriptions with interpretation guides embedded in models
  • Wave heights include size categories (calm/small/moderate/large/dangerous)
  • Wave periods include quality ratings (choppy/good/excellent)
  • Weather codes include quick reference in field descriptions
  • Direction fields explain meteorological conventions
  • All measurements include context and safety thresholds
• High Performance: Sub-3ms latency, 36,000+ RPS capability

Public Server

A public instance is hosted at weather.chukai.io for easy access:

• URL: https://weather.chukai.io/mcp
• Protocol: MCP over HTTPS
• Free to use: No API key required
• Always up-to-date: Running the latest version

Simply add it to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "weather": {
      "url": "https://weather.chukai.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Open-Meteo for providing excellent free weather data
• Model Context Protocol for the MCP specification
• Anthropic for Claude and MCP support

License

Apache License 2.0 - See LICENSE for details.

Documentation

• Open-Meteo API Docs