Real-time Weather Data

Make smarter decisions with up-to-the-minute weather insights.

Visual Crossing’s real-time weather services deliver powerful data including current conditions, live radar, and storm alert and more, all through our scalable weather API.  Whether you’re building an app, managing logistics, or protecting assets, our real-time data keeps you one step ahead of the storm.
Current Conditions
Get the latest temperature, humidity, wind speed, visibility, and more from the weather station closest to your location.  Real-time reporting as frequently as every five minutes ensures that you always have the most accurate and up-to-the-minute conditions available for planning your day or making critical decisions.
Radar Data Sources
High-resolution radar tracks storms as they happen.  By monitoring weather patterns in real time, radar shows storm development, intensity, and movement.  It also provides hyperlocal precipitation estimates, giving you the insight needed to adjust to changing conditions before they arrive.
Lightning & Alerts
Stay protected with instant updates on severe weather including lightning strikes, floods, and dangerous storms.  Alerts loaded continuously from government sources in real-time make it easy to respond quickly to emerging threats and safeguard people, property, and operations.
Real-time Forecasts
Access the best forecast data available for locations anywhere in the world, refreshed as frequently as every ten minutes to reflect the latest weather models and observations.  Real-time forecasting allows you to plan confidently, whether you’re managing outdoor events, logistics, or day-to-day activities.
Global Coverage
No matter where you are on the planet, our comprehensive global datasets ensure that weather information is available for any location.  From major cities to remote regions, you can rely on consistent data quality worldwide as quickly as the local data sources can provide it.
Easy API Access
Integrate weather data directly into your applications, dashboards, and workflows with our Timeline single-entry-point API.  Our API makes it effortless to embed real-time conditions and forecasts into the platforms you use every day including commerical analysis tools as well as your own code and apps..

Storm Tracking & Safety Alerts

If you are building a weather app or managing public safety infrastructure, RADAR data and alerts can help you track approaching storms, send push notifications, and automatically activate safety protocols.

Example: A mobile app can real-time radar-driven precipitation data to warn hikers of approaching thunderstorms and unsafe trail conditions. It could then use predicted storm patterns to recommend alternate trails or places to safely rest while the storm passes.

Delivery & Logistics Optimization

You can use real-time weather conditions to dynamically reroute shipments, avoid weather-related slowdowns, and ensure on-time delivery for your customers. Optimal delivery can be dependent upon both travel time and weather conditions during travel such as heat. Delivery services working with products from perishable food to critical medical supplies use real-time weather conditions to ensure safety of their workforce and the integrity of the delivered product.

Example: A fleet management system can delay a non-critical delivery to avoid icy road conditions while while a critical shipment can be routed around the storm conditions.

Event Management & Outdoor Planning

Using real-time weather data, it is easy to make informed decisions about activities based on live conditions at your exact location. Whether you’re coordinating a concert, sports match, or farmer’s market, real-time data helps you to keep participants safe and comfortable no matter what Mother Nature has in store.

Example: An event planner can use real-time storm condition monitoring to decide if a given activity is safe to proceed or needs to be postponed or cancelled.

Infrastructure Monitoring & Control

Operations such as HVAC, irrigation, and similar infrastructure reach peak efficiency when automated by feeding real-time weather data into your control logic. Our weather API allow your logic to automatically trigger actions based on temperature, rainfall, or any other key weather changes that your systems. This can provide significant cost and energy savings while reducing your carbon footprint and keeping your systems safe.

Example: A smart irrigation system can adjust watering schedules based on real-time rainfall and humidity data. This not only reduces water usage but improves the growing conditions for the plants.

Key weather api features

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Beyond current conditions, utilize historical and forecast data

Historical reports from ground-base stations & satellites and forecasts from global & local computer models

CSV and JSON Results

Obtain rich JSON structures or easy-to-use CSV from any API call

Location address geocoding

Look up real-time data and weather details for any location using an address, ZIP Code, latitude/longitude & more

Weather API or direct download

Query data using our RESTful API or download data via our web-based Query Builder

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