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CIMIS

The California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) is a program unit in the Water Use and Efficiency Branch, Division of Regional Assistance, California Department of Water Resources (DWR) that manages a network of over 145 automated weather stations in California. CIMIS was developed in 1982 by DWR and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). It was designed to assist irrigators in managing their water resources more efficiently. Efficient use of water resources benefits Californians by saving water, energy, and money.

InputTypeDescriptionDefault Value
api_keystringAPI Key.
targets_typestringTargets Type.
targetsarrayTargets.
daily_data_itemsarrayDaily Data Items.
hourly_data_itemsarrayHourly Data Items.
start_datestringStart date.
end_datestringEnd date.
unit_of_measurestringUnit of Measure.

To get started, register and request your appKey from the CIMIS website. You will receive an application key (aka appKey).

Stream NamePrimary KeyPaginationSupports Full SyncSupports Incremental
dataJulianNo pagination
stationsStationNbrNo pagination
spatial_zipcodesZipCodeNo pagination
station_zipcodesStationNbr.ZipCodeNo pagination

⚠️ Note that Juilan in the data stream represents the day (in Julia format).

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VersionDatePull RequestSubject
0.0.32024-11-0448156Update dependencies
0.0.22024-10-2847556Update dependencies
0.0.12024-09-18Initial release by @topefolorunso via Connector Builder
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