`dwd_stations`

Pack: dwd-climate · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/dwd_stations for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Find German Weather Service (DWD) climate stations by name or nearest to a coordinate. Returns station id, name, federal state, elevation, coordinates and the first/last date of daily climate observations, with distance when searching by lat/lon. Use the station_id with dwd_daily or dwd_latest. Covers ~1,400 current and closed stations across Germany. Source: Deutscher Wetterdienst.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	no	Station or place name, substring match, umlauts optional (e.g. “Dresden”, “Muenchen”, “Zugspitze”)
`lat`	number	no	Latitude for a nearest-station search (use with lon)
`lon`	number	no	Longitude for a nearest-station search (use with lat)
`active_only`	boolean	no	Only stations still reporting (default true)
`limit`	number	no	Max stations to return (default 10, max 50)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Dresden",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dwd-climate/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"dwd_stations","arguments":{"name":"Dresden","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('dwd_stations', {
  "name": "Dresden",
  "limit": 5
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the dwd-climate pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dwd-climate": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dwd-climate/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

dwd_stations