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Data sources
Every number and every pixel on betterbom comes from somewhere. Here's the receipt.
Last updated: 20 May 2026
We believe weather data should be auditable. Every datum displayed on betterbom is sourced from one of the providers below. The "source" badge next to specific numbers tells you which model or station the value came from, and the time it was issued.
Active sources
| Provider | Used for | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Meteo | Daily and hourly forecasts (blends BOM ACCESS-G, ECMWF, GFS, ICON) | CC BY 4.0 with commercial use permitted |
| Bureau of Meteorology | Warnings (verbatim), some observations, source attribution on every BOM-derived datum | Bureau of Meteorology Copyright Notice (display-only, attributed) |
| RainViewer | Live radar imagery | Free public API; attribution requested on radar page |
| Natural Earth + world-atlas | Australia geographic silhouette (TopoJSON) | Public Domain |
| Geist (Vercel) | Display typeface | SIL Open Font License |
Bureau of Meteorology attribution
Where data is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology, we attribute it as:
Source: Bureau of Meteorology, © Commonwealth of Australia. Data is reproduced under the Bureau's Copyright Notice and may not be reproduced from this site for commercial purposes.
How freshness is communicated
Every value on betterbom carries a timestamp. When data exceeds its expected freshness window (e.g. an observation older than 30 minutes), the UI surfaces a "Stale" banner. When upstream services are unavailable, we show the last good value and a "Source temporarily unavailable" note — we never silently fall back.