# India Weather API – Live Monsoon Status

> India Weather API – Live Monsoon Status is a paid API for AI agents from api.relai.fi, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the latest monsoon bulletin for India, parsed from IMD data with a 6-hour cache.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.relai.fi/relay/1782213916282/monsoon/status
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/india-weather-api-live-monsoon-status-99b35823
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_G1LHmi5_QSMj83GC7WkkM

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability india-weather-api-live-monsoon-status-99b35823 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current monsoon status in India according to the IMD — is it active, retreating, or advancing?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, near-real-time monsoon status data sourced specifically from India's official meteorological body (IMD). Prefer it over generic weather APIs when Indian monsoon-specific bulletins, official advisory language, or IMD-sourced data is required.

## Known failure modes

- IMD source unavailable — upstream data fetch failure
- Stale cache if IMD feed has not updated within 6-hour window
- x402 payment not completed — 402 Payment Required response
- Malformed POST body causing request rejection
- Rate limit or quota exceeded for the relay endpoint

## How this service works

Live monsoon bulletin parsed from IMD with a 6-hour cache.

## Output

A parsed monsoon bulletin sourced from India Meteorological Department (IMD), cached for up to 6 hours, containing current monsoon phase, activity level, rainfall advisories, and related meteorological data for India.

## More

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