Comparison

Openweather vs io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server

Openweather is an MCP server published by mschneider82. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server is an MCP server published by cyanheads. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	Openweather	io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server
Docker MCP Catalog	Listed Version: sha256:e2f49acbb718 Forks (GitHub): 13 Pulls (Docker Hub): 68 000 Stars (Docker Hub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 22 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.7.1 Downloads/month (npm): 798 Downloads/week (npm): 328 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.7.1 Downloads/month (npm): 798 Downloads/week (npm): 328 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

Openweather vs io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server
Fact	Openweather	io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	1 (worse)	2 (better)
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	22 (better)	4 (worse)
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	68 000	No figure on Docker Hub
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	13 (better)	0 (worse)
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-23
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (mcp/openweather)	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	stdio	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares (differs)	1	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 1	9, secrets among them: 0
Licence (differs)	MIT	Apache-2.0
Repository (differs)	github.com/mschneider82/mcp-openweather	github.com/cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	3
First seen	2026-10-11	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Responded 4 days ago

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.

What each says it does

Openweather

In its own words, on Docker MCP Catalog:

A simple MCP service that provides current weather and 5-day forecast using the free OpenWeatherMap API.

io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Search NOAA climate stations and datasets, fetch historical weather observations.

How to run each

Openweather As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env "OWM_API_KEY=<YOUR_OWM_API_KEY>" --transport stdio openweather -- docker run -i --rm -e OWM_API_KEY mcp/openweather

Requires: OWM_API_KEY (secret)

io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http noaa-climate-mcp-server https://noaa-climate.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Requires: NOAA_CDO_TOKEN

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Only io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Only Openweather has

weather

Only io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server has

noaa_climate_fetch_data
noaa_climate_find_locations
noaa_climate_find_stations
noaa_climate_get_billion_dollar_disasters
noaa_climate_get_station
noaa_climate_list_data_categories
noaa_climate_list_data_types
noaa_climate_list_datasets
noaa_climate_list_location_categories
noaa_climate_search_storm_events

Both have

None

Tool names as the marketplaces declare them and as Ext Ops observed them on the endpoints (io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server as of 2026-10-23). More tools is not better in itself: compare what each needs for the job.

Settings each asks for

Only Openweather asks for

OWM_API_KEY (secret)

Only io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server asks for

MCP_AUTH_MODE
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH
MCP_HTTP_HOST
MCP_HTTP_PORT
MCP_LOG_LEVEL
MCP_PUBLIC_URL
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE
NOAA_CDO_TOKEN
NOAA_CLAMP_LIMITS

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: Openweather · What it can do: io.github.cyanheads/noaa-climate-mcp-server · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-26. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.