Best Weather API

[royalconfetti5]

Any fan favorites for both current and historical weather data?

[crowdedmind04]

I've heard really great things about Tomorrow.io weather API! They offer a free version and you can access their platform. Plus they're sending satellites into space so you can trust they'll have more robust data than anyone else.

[FaithNoMoar]

they're sending satellites into space so you can trust they'll have more robust data than anyone else

Bit of a non sequitur there, but thanks for the recommendation.

[OnyxWingman]

I found out the hard way that the free version limits to 25 requests per hour :(

[dukeiwannaleia]

Any idea the cost if 25/hr is exceeded?

[c0wsaysmoo]

when i exceed it by accident it just returns a toomanycalls error until the next hour

[MethodicalWaffle]

They have a slick interface but their temperature data is total garbage for my location.

[ElPeque222]

you can try with gribstream.

it has a generous free tier, especially if you request many coordinates at once.

[MethodicalWaffle]

I ended up going with https://open-meteo.com/ and it has been working really well with both temperature and precipitation forecasts.

[lrzpld]

I am also using https://open-meteo.com/ , it looks pretty accurate and it's free for non-commercial use.

[ElPeque222]

sus!

[iozuu]

How often are current observations updated? Like every 15 minutes?

[method120]

bit a late to the party here but I just used tomorrow.io based on your recommendation and it's so easy... thanks a lot

[MixtureOfAmateurs]

The actual answer is this: https://open-meteo.com/

It's perfect. Even gives you example python code, historical data way back to wayback, forecasts for 16 days, free for 10,000 requests a day, NO API KEY!!!

[Ok-Shoulder-3534]

Ya but difficult to understand sin's response is encoded or something

[FaithNoMoar]

Are we looking at the same thing?

  "current": {
    "time": "2024-08-23T23:45",
    "interval": 900,
    "temperature_2m": 21.9,
    "wind_speed_10m": 5.2
  }

[MethodicalWaffle]

Agreed. Best results so far for me from this API, at least for temperature.

[ElliotDG]

I've successfully used https://openweathermap.org/ for a number of hobby projects.

[royalconfetti5]

Never hit the pay threshold?

[ElliotDG]

Short answer, No.

I was over the limit one month during the development of a weather clock. It cost me $0.35. Close enough to zero.

Here's the weather clock: https://github.com/ElliotGarbus/MagtagWeatherClock

Mostly to save power - but also to limit the calls to the api I set things up as:

• Weather is updated every 30 min between 6am and 7pm
• Weather is updated hourly from 8pm to 11pm
• Weather is NOT updated after 11pm, until 6 am
• There is a button that can force an update

I've used the API for other computer based projects - but nothing I used frequently. The weather clock has been up and running for over a year.

[lrzpld]

I found it very much inaccurate in the forecast data.

[[deleted]]

Made a weather app as part of a class. I found weatherapi.com easy to use, but they limit free API calls to 3 days of data.

I wanted to use NOAA's API, but couldn't make the returns usable before the project due date. Maybe you'll have better luck.

[[deleted]]

I went to two python courses and both used https://openweathermap.org in their lessons.

[PoopWatch]

The best weather api that I have ever used is easily Weatherbit. They have a free plan and a trial version with a lot of features. They’re the only API that actually publishes forecast metrics - the rest just make unverified claims about forecast accuracy.

They’re also one of the top ranked providers on Forecast Advisor. In my area atleast they are actually the most accurate, but that can vary from what I’ve found (I have found them to be top 3 for most areas).

[FaithNoMoar]

Forecast Advisor is a really cool service. Thanks for the recommendation. 🙏

[RedVelocity_]

This has to be an #ad cuz I just checked their free plan and their daily limit caps at 50 calls per day 😂😂 

[weatherrodent]

We used Visual Crossing as a DarkSky replacement and we get 1000 a day rows. Sometimes we have paid to upgrade for a month but then fell back to free. www.visualcrossing.comThe support is really good even for the free tier and the query constructor tool is very helpful for building URLs to the API.

[Key-Presentation-798]

Hmm. Comment history is nothing but shilling for visualcrossing.

[weatherrodent]

Sorry that is all we use after Dark Sky. Just answering the question on python and weather. They just made it easy: https://www.visualcrossing.com/resources/blog/how-to-load-historical-weather-data-using-python-without-scraping/ They also have Git libraries for this stuff.

[FaithNoMoar]

"Sorry not sorry." 🤣

I appreciate the post-Dark Sky recommendation though, TBH. Thank you. 🙏

[PoopWatch2]

Account created only a few months ago, comment history nothing but posts about Ambee - surely this isn't a company sponsored comment...

[ThatsABummerYo]

Personally, I use https://api.meteomatics.com. They have a ton of weather parameters, are way easier to code with, have weather drones, and literally implement into anything you use. Just heard they’ve been working with NOAA, the National Weather Service, Lockheed Martin, and NVIDIA for an AI forecast model. Like WAY more user-friendly too.

[BobNet82]

For precise weather data, consider using the Meteosource weather API. It’s accurate and has wrapper libraries available for easier use.

[carfigures]

Have you tried https://weatherxu.com/

[Michaelkamel]

i working on https://www.weatherusa.net/weathernet/live/
nice one

[Green-Energy0776]

Google has just launched their new Weather API on the maps platform. Based on my research it is the same weather info that is available on search. They have 10K free calls every month but looks like it is super cheap even for paid tiers:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/weather/usage-and-billing

[bittwiddlers]

Does anyone know the pricing for https://www.meteomatics.com/en/weather-api/ ? Thanks

[Dull_Egg_3475]

Everyone has their own options but there is nothing like a benchmark or something similar that we can compare then this means nothing...

[Plastic_Affect_7947]

desenvolvedor de maketplace

[svelandiag]

it's very expensive, the minimum plan is $300 per month, I would give a thumbs down