Kanari wildfires vs Weather MCP
A side-by-side look at the Kanari wildfires and Weather MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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Weather MCPEnvironment & Nature · Local subprocess (stdio)Free, open-source MCP server giving AI assistants 17 weather tools — a one-call weather summary plus forecasts, alerts, air quality, marine, radar, lightning, rivers, wildfires, and historical data back to 1940. Ask by city name or coordinates. Built on free public APIs (NOAA, Open-Meteo). No API keys, no signup.67GreatAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose Kanari wildfires for environment & nature work over a hosted endpoint; choose Weather MCP for environment & nature as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Kanari wildfires when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Environment & Nature domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
active_fires, fire_archive_search, fire_details.
WChoose Weather MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Environment & Nature domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
get_forecast, get_current_conditions, get_alerts.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | W Weather MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Environment & Nature | Environment & Nature |
| Quality signal | 52/100 · Good | 67/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 49 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | 17 |
| Full listing | View Kanari wildfires | View Weather MCP |
Tools & capabilities
Kanari wildfires tools 6
active_firesFire clusters detected by satellite over the last N hours (default 24), worldwide or filtered by ISO-2 country, bounding box, or a point with a radius. Returns up to `limit` clusters ranked by relevance (corroborated and recent first). Use for 'is there a fire near X right now' or 'wildfires in <country> today'. Each cluster: position, first/last satellite pass (UTC), detections per sensor, peak fire radiative power (MW), confidence (possible | probable | corrobore = cross-checked with witnesses).fire_archive_searchSearch kanari's archive of significant wildfires (since 2026-08-03): by ISO-2 country, date range or month, minimum detections or power, status. Each result has a permanent page URL (kanari.io/fr/feu/<slug>). Use for 'what fires happened in <country> in <month>', 'biggest fires this week', 'is the fire near X still active'.fire_detailsFull record of an archived fire by its slug (from fire_archive_search or a kanari.io/fr/feu/<slug> URL): timeline, detections per sensor, peak power, status, witness posts, first press article, aircraft observed on zone.wildfire_statsAggregated figures from kanari's archive for a period (today, 7d, 30d, a calendar month, or all since 2026-08-03), worldwide or for one ISO-2 country: number of significant fires, active ones, fires with witnesses or aircraft, peak power, daily series, most affected countries and French departments, biggest fires with URLs. Includes a ready-to-cite sentence with the source.firefighting_aircraftNear real-time ADS-B positions of water bombers and firefighting helicopters worldwide (Canadair CL-415/CL-215, Air Tractor Fire Boss, DC-10 / BAe 146 tankers, S-64 Air Crane, Firehawk…). Optional ISO-2 filter on the aircraft's country of registration. Coverage and aircraft identification are incomplete; some equipped helicopters also operate at night.earliness_casesAutomatic geographic matches between satellite and press timestamps over 72 h. Includes positive and negative gaps; median over all valid matches. Not kanari alert publication time, not proof of distinct fires or a lead over emergency services. Source article links when available.
Weather MCP tools 17
get_forecastDaily/hourly forecasts up to 16 days by coordinates, saved location, or city name, plus a 2-hour, 15-minute precipitation nowcast in North America and Central Europe (`granularity="minutely"`) (NOAA publishes 7 days daily and ~6.5 days hourly in the US, and says so when you ask for more; `source="o…get_current_conditionsCurrent weather: temperature, wind, humidity, pressure; NOAA station observations in the US (plus heat index/wind chill, snow depth, optional NOAA fire-weather indices), Open-Meteo model data elsewhere (with an optional computed Fosberg fire-weather index), or real airport station observations worl…get_alertsActive watches, warnings, and advisories sorted by severity; official national warnings for the US (NOAA), Canada (ECCC), 38 European countries (MeteoAlarm), India (NDMA SACHET), the Philippines (PAGASA), Indonesia (BMKG), and Japan (JMA)get_historical_weatherHourly/daily observations from 1940 to presentget_weather_summaryOne-call overview combining current conditions, forecast, and alerts (optionally air quality and lightning); a life-threatening NWS alert is surfaced once above the whole summary, not once per sectionsearch_locationGeocode place names to coordinates ("Paris" → 48.85, 2.35)get_air_qualityAQI (US/European scales), pollutants, UV index, health guidance; current pollen levels for European locations (or worldwide with an optional key); optional day-grouped forecast up to 7 days with per-day peak AQI and UVget_marine_conditionsWave height, swell, ocean currents, sea state on WMO Code Table 3700 (Douglas sea scale) with a severity marker and legend — includes Great Lakes and major US bays; forecast up to 16 daysget_weather_imageryPrecipitation radar (static or 2-hour animated loops) + GOES satellite imagery; `composite: true` returns a finished radar map over a base map as an imageget_lightning_activityReal-time strike detection with 4-level proximity safety assessmentget_river_conditionsUS: NWPS gauge levels, flood stages, streamflow, rise/fall trends, forecast series. Great Britain: Environment Agency observed river levels against each gauge's published typical range. Elsewhere: GloFAS modeled discharge snapped to the nearest river channel, with ensemble forecastget_wildfire_infoUS: named incidents with containment, size, and safety guidance from the nearest *uncontained* fire. Elsewhere: NASA FIRMS satellite heat detections (VIIRS, near real-time), clustered with distance, bearing, and intensity- +5 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Kanari wildfires
{
"mcpServers": {
"kanari-wildfires": {
"url": "https://kanari.io/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Weather MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"weather-mcp-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dangahagan/weather-mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Kanari wildfires is categorized under Environment & Nature and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Weather MCP belongs to Environment & Nature and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Kanari wildfires for environment & nature work and Weather MCP for environment & nature.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Kanari wildfires has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Weather MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add kanari-wildfires and weather-mcp-2 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Kanari wildfires has a quality signal of 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. Weather MCP has 67/100 (Great) with 0 views, 0 installs and 49 GitHub stars.