Noaa Tides And Currents MCP vs Weather MCP
A side-by-side look at the Noaa Tides And Currents MCP 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 Noaa Tides And Currents MCP for environment & nature work as a local process; 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 Noaa Tides And Currents 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
noaa_get_water_levels, noaa_get_water_level_summaries, noaa_get_tide_predictions.
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 | 61/100 · Good | 67/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 6 | 49 |
| Directory activity | 8 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 25 | 17 |
| Full listing | View Noaa Tides And Currents MCP | View Weather MCP |
Tools & capabilities
Noaa Tides And Currents MCP tools 25
noaa_get_water_levelsObserved water levels: 1-minute, 6-minute, or hourly series, preliminary/verified quality flags decodednoaa_get_water_level_summarieshigh_low (HH/H/L/LL daily extremes), daily_mean (Great Lakes), daily_max_min, monthly_mean datum tablesnoaa_get_tide_predictionsHarmonic tide predictions — `hilo` high/low events (up to 10 years) or interval seriesnoaa_get_currentsObserved current speed/direction by depth bin (ADCP), optional beam diagnosticsnoaa_get_current_predictionsPredicted currents — `max_slack` flood/ebb/slack events or interval seriesnoaa_get_meteorological_dataWind, air/water temperature, pressure, air gap (bridge clearance), conductivity, visibility, humidity, salinitynoaa_search_stationsSearch the station directory by capability type, name substring, state — paginatednoaa_find_nearest_stationsNearest stations to any lat/lon (great-circle, cached directory), filterable by typenoaa_get_station_infoFull station record with expandable sensors, flood levels, benchmarks, bins, deployments...noaa_get_station_datumsTidal datum elevations (MLLW, MSL, MHHW, NAVD88...), HAT/LAT, historic extremes, current or superseded epochnoaa_get_harmonic_constituentsThe M2/S2/K1/... constituents behind a station's predictions (water level or current ellipse form)noaa_get_prediction_offsetsSubordinate-station time/height offsets from their reference stations (tide or current)- +13 more on the listing page
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.
Noaa Tides And Currents MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"noaa-tides-and-currents-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ryancardin/noaa-tides-currents-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
Weather MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"weather-mcp-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dangahagan/weather-mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Noaa Tides And Currents MCP is categorized under Environment & Nature and uses a local stdio subprocess. Weather MCP belongs to Environment & Nature and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Noaa Tides And Currents MCP 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.
Noaa Tides And Currents MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. 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 noaa-tides-and-currents-mcp and weather-mcp-2 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Noaa Tides And Currents MCP has a quality signal of 61/100 (Good) with 8 views, 0 installs and 6 GitHub stars. Weather MCP has 67/100 (Great) with 1 views, 0 installs and 49 GitHub stars.