ncei_search_datasets

Pack: noaa-ncei · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/noaa-ncei/mcp

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

Browse the NOAA NCEI dataset catalogue — climate, marine, satellite, radar, paleoclimate and storm archives — with each dataset’s period of record, formats, keywords and description. Use it to find which archive answers a question before pulling values. Sourced from the NOAA NCEI search service.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
textstringnoFree-text search over dataset titles, descriptions and keywords, e.g. “precipitation”, “hurricane”, “sea ice”
limitnumbernoMax datasets to return (default 10, max 100)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "text": "precipitation",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('ncei_search_datasets', {
  "text": "precipitation",
  "limit": 5
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noaa-ncei": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/noaa-ncei/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build September 18, 2026