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edit 4\/27\/2015<\/h5>\n

This curl examples for this API are broken. – the API now requires a key:\u00a0http:\/\/openweathermap.org\/api<\/a><\/p>\n

notes<\/h5>\n

I’m using this API now instead of the CORDC wind forecast data for the internet-sensors wind example. You can get 7 day forecast data for practically anywhere. Also historical data is available. And its free.<\/p>\n

Get forecast by city id<\/h4>\n

Weather forecast in the city for the next 7 days.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/api.openweathermap.org\/data\/2.1\/forecast\/city\/{CITY_ID}<\/pre>\n
http:\/\/api.openweathermap.org\/data\/2.1\/forecast\/city\/524901<\/a><\/p>\n
{"message":"","cod":"200","calctime":0.0189,"list":[\r\n{"dt":1345251600,\r\n    "main":{"temp":286.6,"humidity":98,"pressure":1002,"temp_min":286,"temp_max":287},\r\n    "wind":{"speed":0,"deg":-2},\r\n    "rain":{"3h":2},\r\n    "clouds":{"all":56},\r\n    "weather":{"id":803,"main":"Clouds","description":"broken clouds", "img":"..." }\r\n....<\/pre>\n
This gets city code for santa cruz – 5393052<\/p>\n
curl http:\/\/api.openweathermap.org\/data\/2.1\/find\/name?q=santa%20cruz,US<\/pre>\n
this gets 7 days of santa cruz forecasts with time stamps<\/p>\n
curl http:\/\/api.openweathermap.org\/data\/2.1\/forecast\/city\/5393052<\/pre>\n
typical JSON response (for one datapoint):<\/p>\n
{\r\n\t\t"dt": 1364176800,\r\n\t\t"main": {\r\n\t\t\t"temp": 285.54,\r\n\t\t\t"temp_min": 282.6,\r\n\t\t\t"temp_max": 287.5,\r\n\t\t\t"pressure": 1015.99,\r\n\t\t\t"humidity": 87.6,\r\n\t\t\t"temp_kf": 2.94\r\n\t\t},\r\n\t\t"weather": [{\r\n\t\t\t"id": 801,\r\n\t\t\t"main": "Clouds",\r\n\t\t\t"description": "few clouds",\r\n\t\t\t"icon": "02n"\r\n\t\t}],\r\n\t\t"clouds": {\r\n\t\t\t"all": 17,\r\n\t\t\t"low": 0,\r\n\t\t\t"middle": 0,\r\n\t\t\t"high": 17\r\n\t\t},\r\n\t\t"wind": {\r\n\t\t\t"speed": 4.29,\r\n\t\t\t"deg": 311,\r\n\t\t\t"gust": 5.1\r\n\t\t},\r\n\t\t"dt_txt": "2013-03-25 02:00:00"\r\n\t}<\/pre>\n
So… to get precipitation, we need to just look for “rain”, or “snow” \u00a0indicator<\/p>\n
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edit 4\/27\/2015 This curl examples for this API are broken. – the API now requires a key:\u00a0http:\/\/openweathermap.org\/api notes I’m using this API now instead of the CORDC wind forecast data for the internet-sensors wind example. You can get 7 day forecast data for practically anywhere. Also historical data is available. And its free. Get forecast … <\/p>\n
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