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The Weather Channel API

The Weather Channel (weather.com) has 4 public methods: list weather alerts, get hourly forecast, get daily forecast and get current weather. Each costs 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.

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Methods

4

  • List weather alerts

    Lists active severe weather alerts for a city, address, ZIP or postcode on The Weather Channel, most severe first. An empty list means no active alerts.

    Returns alerts (name, severity, agency, times, areas, text, page link), matched place, alert page link

    Readweather.com/list_weather_alerts

  • Get hourly forecast

    Gets the next 1 to 48 hourly forecasts for a city, address, ZIP code or postcode from The Weather Channel, with times local to the matched place.

    Returns matched place, location key, units, hourly time, temperature, feels-like, conditions, precipitation chance, wind, humidity

    Readweather.com/get_hourly_forecast

  • Get daily forecast

    Gets The Weather Channel's daily forecast for a city, address, ZIP code or postcode: up to 15 upcoming days with highs, lows, conditions, rain chance, wind, humidity, UV and sun times.

    Returns matched place, units, daily highs and lows, day and night conditions and text, rain chance, wind, humidity, UV index, sunrise, sunset

    Readweather.com/get_daily_forecast

  • Get current weather

    Gets current conditions and today's high and low from The Weather Channel for a city, postcode, ZIP code or street address worldwide. Street addresses are geocoded exactly first; some observations omit gusts or other measurements.

    Returns conditions, temperature, feels like, today's high and low, humidity, wind, UV, visibility, pressure, dew point, sunrise, sunset, moon phase

    Readweather.com/get_current_weather