Documentation
Documentation for Weather Data, the Weather API and its uses in code, programming, data science and other applications.
What is the difference between temperature, heat index, wind chill, feels like temperature, apparent temperature and RealFeel Temperature?
A weather forecast may report an air temperature of 90°F but say that it “feels like” 100°F. In winter, the…Visual Crossing / June 18, 2026

What is the difference between rain, sleet, snow and ice precipitation types?
The weather data returned by the Visual Crossing Weather API and Data Query Builder includes both the amount of precipitation…Visual Crossing / June 17, 2026

How Your Data Is Used Within Visual Crossing
Visual Crossing is designed to minimize the customer information required to provide weather data services. For most Weather API use…Visual Crossing / June 17, 2026

What is the cause of “Maximum concurrent jobs has been exceeded”, HTTP response 429
The error: with HTTP response code: means that your account is attempting to run more Weather API requests at the…Visual Crossing / June 16, 2026

How to Build a Raspberry Pi Frost Alert Using a Weather API
A Raspberry Pi, three LEDs, and a weather forecast are all you need to build a simple frost warning system.…Visual Crossing / June 15, 2026

Degree Days Weather API
Degree days are a standardized method to calculate the total heat or warmth a location has experienced. They are used…Visual Crossing / June 14, 2026

From ISD to Modern Multi-Source Historical Weather Processing
Visual Crossing historically used NOAA’s Integrated Surface Database (ISD) as an important source of global surface weather observations. ISD helped…Andrew Wigmore / June 8, 2026

What is the queryCost parameter?
The queryCost parameter can be found in the response of the Timeline Weather API. QueryCost is used to indicate how…Visual Crossing / June 8, 2026

How to Use a Weather API in JavaScript
JavaScript can retrieve weather data directly from a weather API using the built-in Fetch API available in modern browsers. In…Visual Crossing / June 5, 2026

How to manage your personal account information
To manage your personal account information like billing information, account email or tax details, please log into your account under…Bjoern Schaefer / June 3, 2026

How to cancel Visual Crossing Weather Data Subscriptions
You may cancel your subscription to Visual Crossing Weather Data at any time through the Visual Crossing Account Page. When…Visual Crossing / June 1, 2026

How to Use a Weather API in Java
Java applications can retrieve historical weather, current conditions, and forecast data directly from the Visual Crossing Timeline Weather API. In…Visual Crossing / June 1, 2026


