Air Quality & Historical Weather Scraper

Two things a forecast doesn't give you: air quality and weather history — for any location by city name (auto-geocoded) or coordinates. Built on Open-Meteo's free API. No API key.

What it does

• Air quality — PM2.5, PM10, US AQI & European AQI (with a plain-English category), ozone, NO2, SO2, CO, dust, UV. Current, plus optional hourly.
• Historical weather — daily max/min/mean temperature, precipitation, rain, snowfall, max wind & gusts for any date range (Open-Meteo archive).
• Multiple locations in one run.
• Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull via the Apify API.

Input

Field	Description
locations	City names, auto-geocoded.
coordinates	lat,lon pairs.
getAirQuality	Current air quality.
airQualityHourly	Also hourly air quality.
getHistorical	Historical daily weather.
startDate / endDate	YYYY-MM-DD (required for history).
timezone	IANA tz or auto.

Example

{ "locations": ["Delhi", "Los Angeles"], "getAirQuality": true,
  "getHistorical": true, "startDate": "2026-08-01", "endDate": "2026-08-31" }

Output

{ "resultType": "airQuality", "location": "Delhi", "usAqi": 168,
  "usAqiCategory": "Unhealthy", "pm2_5": 44.8, "pm10": 142, "ozone": 73 }

{ "resultType": "historical", "location": "Delhi", "date": "2026-08-01",
  "tempMax": 43.1, "tempMin": 29.6, "precipitationSum": 0 }

Use cases

• Health & environment apps — live AQI and pollutant levels by city.
• Research & climate — historical weather for any place and period.
• Insurance / agriculture / energy — long-run temperature & precipitation.
• AI/RAG — feed air-quality and climate data to an assistant.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No — it uses Open-Meteo's free API.

How far back does history go? Open-Meteo's archive covers many decades; set any startDate/endDate.

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🤖 Use with Claude or ChatGPT (MCP)

Run this actor from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client via the Apify MCP server. In Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://mcp.apify.com. Or expose just this tool:

{ "mcpServers": { "apify": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=get_anything/air-quality-scraper" } } }

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