Warning

If you are not a professional user and are looking for the weather warnings and potentially dangerous weather intended for the general public, please use this dataset which is aligned with the warnings and risk information communicated by KNMI through its website, app and other public channels.


Abstract

Dutch weather warnings and potentially dangerous weather from KNMI for professional users. This dataset is intended for professional partners and users, including national and regional governmental authorities, emergency services and crisis management organisations. It contains both warnings and potentially dangerous weather. This information is specifically designed to support early identification of potentially dangerous weather, timely preparedness, and more effective response.

Warnings and potentially dangerous weather are indicated for iciness and snow, rain, fog, thunderstorms, wind(gusts), heat and cold, wind/water spouts. The warnings are issued up to 48 hours in advance; potentially dangerous weather is indicated up to a week in advance.

The data is published in JSON format. All timestamps are in UTC.

Data quality notice

All records before 2026-11-02 contain test data.


Metadata

Dataset name KNMI-public-weather-warnings-extended
Dataset version 1.0
Status onGoing
Update frequency asNeeded
File formats JSON
Spatial representation type textTable
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
North bound latitude 53.7
East bound longitude 7.4
South bound latitude 50.6
West bound longitude 3.2
Dataset edition 1.0
Dataset manager Team WaVe (Waarschuwingen en Verwachtingen)
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Publication date 2026-09-07
Reference system identifier EPSG4326
Dataset start time 2026-11-02
Dataset end time 9999-12-31
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::KNMI-public-weather-warnings-extended/1.0/
Lineage statement KNMI Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Purpose This dataset provides meteorological warnings to professional partners and users, including national and regional governmental authorities, emergency services and crisis management organisations.
Use limitation No use limitations
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