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Cimis CLI by dl-alexandre — Agent Skill

Name: Cimis CLI
Author: dl-alexandre

Cimis CLI

Query California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) weather data using the cimis CLI. Use when working with irrigation data, weather stations, ET0 (evapotranspiration), or when the user mentions CIMIS, California weather, irrigation scheduling, or cimis.

dl-alexandre 11a5357 1.6 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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CIMIS CLI

Query California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) data using the cimis command-line tool.

Prerequisites

cimis --version
cimis auth status

Authentication

API key from CIMIS
Environment variable: CIMIS_API_KEY

Weather Stations

cimis stations list --active
cimis stations get STATION_ID
cimis stations nearby --zip 95354 --radius 50

Weather Data

Daily Data

cimis data daily --station 171 --start 2024-06-01 --end 2024-06-30
cimis data daily --station 171 --days 7 --fields eto,humidity,temp

Hourly Data

cimis data hourly --station 171 --date 2024-06-15
cimis data hourly --station 171 --start 2024-06-01T00:00 --end 2024-06-01T23:59

ET0 & Irrigation

cimis eto --station 171 --start 2024-06-01 --end 2024-06-30 --crop coef
cimis waterbudget --station 171 --crop alfalfa --start 2024-06-01

Export & Analysis

cimis export --station 171 --start 2024-01-01 --end 2024-12-31 --format csv
cimis summary --station 171 --month 6 --year 2024

Agent Best Practices

Station selection: Use nearby for location-based queries
Date formats: ISO 8601 or YYYY-MM-DD
Fields filtering: Request only needed fields for faster queries
Units: Default is metric; use --imperial for US units

Frequently asked questions