A side-by-side look at the Noaa Cdo MCP Server and Weather Gc Ca MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Noaa Cdo MCP Server for environment & nature work as a local process; choose Weather Gc Ca for environment & nature as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
NOAA_CDO_TOKEN.noaa_climate_list_datasets, noaa_climate_list_data_categories, noaa_climate_list_data_types.current_observations, active_alerts, climate_daily.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Environment & Nature | Environment & Nature |
| Quality signal | 52/100 · Good | 52/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | NOAA_CDO_TOKEN | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 4 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 10 | 6 |
| Full listing | View Noaa Cdo MCP Server | View Weather Gc Ca |
noaa_climate_list_datasetsList available CDO datasets with IDs, names, and temporal coveragenoaa_climate_list_data_categoriesList data category groups (Temperature, Precipitation, Wind, etc.)noaa_climate_list_data_typesList specific measurement labels (TMAX, TMIN, PRCP, SNOW, etc.) by dataset or categorynoaa_climate_list_location_categoriesList the 12 location categories that scope location searchnoaa_climate_find_locationsSearch geographic locations by category (states, cities, counties, zip codes, climate regions), with an optional name filternoaa_climate_find_stationsSearch weather stations by location, bounding box, dataset, and data typenoaa_climate_get_stationFetch full metadata for a single station by IDnoaa_climate_fetch_dataFetch historical observation records for a dataset and date rangenoaa_climate_search_storm_eventsSearch the NCEI Storm Events Database for one year — tornadoes, hail, floods, hurricanes, with damage, casualties, and narrativesnoaa_climate_get_billion_dollar_disastersQuery NOAA's Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters — CPI-adjusted costs and deaths per disaster, or per-year totals by disaster classcurrent_observationsLatest real-time surface weather observations from Environment Canada stations near a point (swob-realtime). Returns station name, observation time, air temp, dewpoint, humidity, wind, pressure, snow depth. Example: latitude 43.65, longitude -79.38 for Toronto. Keyless, official ECCC data.active_alertsActive Environment Canada weather alerts (warnings, watches, statements) across Canada, optionally filtered near a point. Returns alert name, type, risk colour, affected area, province, effective/expiry times and a text excerpt. Example: latitude 43.65, longitude -79.38 for Toronto-area alerts. Key…climate_dailyDaily climate records (max/min/mean temperature °C, total precipitation mm, snow on ground cm) for an Environment Canada station over a date range. Use a 7-digit climate identifier, e.g. "6158355" (TORONTO CITY) or "1108395" (VANCOUVER INTL A). Station IDs come from the climate-stations collection.…geomet_collectionsDirectory of every dataset Environment and Climate Change Canada publishes through MSC GeoMet (100+ OGC API Features collections). Returns each collection id, title, description, keywords and geographic extent. Use it to find what Canadian weather, water, air-quality or climate-projection data exis…hydrometric_stations_nearWater Survey of Canada river and lake gauges near a point, from the MSC GeoMet hydrometric-stations collection. AUTHORITATIVE for "which gauge measures the <Canadian river> at <place>" — these are the official federal hydrometric stations. Returns station number (the id you pass to hydrometric_real…hydrometric_realtimeReal-time water level (metres) and discharge/flow (m3/s) readings from Water Survey of Canada gauges, typically every 5-15 minutes and covering the last 30 days. AUTHORITATIVE for "how high is the <Canadian river> right now" and for flood watching in Canada. Pass a station number from hydrometric_s…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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"noaa-cdo-mcp-server": {
"command": "bunx",
"args": [
"@cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server@latest"
],
"env": {
"NOAA_CDO_TOKEN": "YOUR_NOAA_CDO_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"weather-gc-ca": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-weather-gc-ca"
]
}
}
}