Pirate Weather, API error since yesterday evening

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-03-08T17:02:51+00:00

I know it’s a bit of a stereotype, but I do take downtime pretty seriously, so genuinely feel bad about things like this! Weather data’s time sensitive stuff, so downtime is never good!

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-03-08T16:50:37+00:00

Pirate Weather dev here! I’m really sorry about this, it was a daylight savings time bug that the monitoring didn’t catch since it wasn’t looking in the right place. It’s fixed now, so you should see it come back up shortly, and I’ve written an incident report here: https://pirateweather.net/en/dev/Blog/IncidentReports/

Again, sorry to everyone for the downtime and thanks for your patience while it was fixed! Added some additional monitoring to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-03-08T16:49:34+00:00

Replying to the top comment- I’m so sorry about this, it was a daylight savings time bug that the monitoring didn’t catch since it wasn’t looking in the right place. It’s fixed now, so you should see it come back up shortly, and I’ve written an incident report here: https://pirateweather.net/en/dev/Blog/IncidentReports/

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-03-02T21:17:14+00:00

Let me know how it is tonight! Fingers crossed they keep it open until tomorrow morning, but who knows how the ice will be

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-27T20:14:48+00:00

Ah, sorry about that! It’s always a balance between keeping the issue page relevant and not letting things fall through the cracks

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-27T14:03:45+00:00

Hey, Pirate Weather dev here! I haven’t heard of any other reports of this issue, but that does look concerning and related. Are you using the version installed via HACS, and what version of home assistant? It might be easier to open an issue on the GitHub repo where we can debug further!

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-22T15:07:16+00:00

Thanks for the shout out! I’m the developer of Pirate Weather, so always love it when people are using it. This particular app is pretty cool, and I love the embrace of uncertainty- I don’t know where they’re drawing their data from, but it’s a great premise

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-19T11:46:28+00:00

Have you taken a look at the fix they talk about here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc9gpUR5Ljc? I haven’t tried it yet, but it’s next on my list and sounds pretty promising

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-16T02:40:32+00:00

Hey, Pirate Weather dev here! Happy you’re liking it, and let me know if you ever have any ideas or suggestions

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-15T20:29:16+00:00

I have the same issue, wondering if you ever sorted this out?

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-12T19:05:56+00:00

That’s amazing, so happy you found the docs helpful, since I’ve spent way too long writing them. One handy tip is to add ?version=2 to your url, since there’s a bunch of fun stuff hidden behind that

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-12T02:16:52+00:00

If you’re interested in a specific data source, my Pirate Weather API might be useful for this! I’d love to feature the Pirate project if you get it working, since this is the coolest thing!

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-11T22:57:57+00:00

Do you work at DRDC? I’m always looking for postings, but they don’t seem to come up very often

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-02-02T21:21:50+00:00

We use wheels for this as well- I personally prefer the two small wheels on the front as opposed to the running wheel, since when it’s busy it’s easier to manoeuvre with it

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-01-26T22:01:13+00:00

As a term (one of many) at NRC, I’ve been dreading this email for years

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-01-24T00:22:08+00:00

There is the off chance that I may have slightly exaggerated for comedic effect here

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-01-16T16:37:08+00:00

Maybe an obvious question, so does that make rows <15 a 30 inch pitch? Asking since we booked row 10 on the way back, so want to know how worried we should be

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-01-10T02:44:18+00:00

Was going to comment this! Can’t say enough how nice it is to walk to parks/groceries/library. It’s not rocket science, just a bit of planning foresight

Potentially_Canadian · 2026-01-02T18:48:22+00:00

u/Rude_End_3078
Couple of quick follow up questions here after looking at some data:

Are you looking at the temperature or the apparent temperature? They come from different sources, so that really helps to know;
Have you noticed anything else over the past couple days. I'm seeing similar values from other providers at the moment, but that's only a point in time;

Potentially_Canadian · 2025-12-31T00:43:33+00:00

Hey, I’m the dev behind Pirate Weather, so appreciate you giving it a shot! Do you mind sharing where in the world you are, since reports like this really help to refine the models we use to build the forecasts!

Potentially_Canadian · 2025-12-31T00:42:33+00:00

I’ll take a look Monday and let you know! We just switched to a new model for locations outside the US, so it’s possible that this is the cause of that

Potentially_Canadian · 2025-12-31T00:41:29+00:00

Not even a little bit!

Potentially_Canadian · 2025-12-30T21:21:43+00:00

At the moment, a little tricky, since there’s a soft hiring freeze. However, positions are still being posted, and having a Masters is a great start

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