Where can I find historical cloud and visibility data?

Historical cloud cover and visibility data are useful weather measures that are needed in various transportation, business, and recreational activities. Whether you are looking for cloud data to analyze solar panel performance, manage air travel, or determine the best places and nights for stargazing, a weather data service such as Visual Crossing Weather can provide …

How do I find my nearest weather station?

Visit https://www.visualcrossing.com/weather-history Enter your location and any date range Scroll down to the “Location and station map” section to find your nearest station Background Most weather data today is collected and stored by weather stations all over the globe. Weather stations are all around us; often residing at local airports or municipal locations. When you are looking for weather …

How can I load weather forecast data into Microsoft Power BI?

In this article, I’m going to show how you can quickly and easily load weather forecast data for any worldwide location into Microsoft Power BI for further analysis.  Visual Crossing Weather enables you to import forecast or historical weather data into Power BI. The data can be imported as CSV or JSON depending on your …

How to download weather forecast data as a Microsoft Excel Workbook

In this article, I’m going to show you how to download weather forecast for any worldwide location data as a standard Microsoft Excel file. Quick Steps to Get Started Now Sign up for a free Visual Crossing Weather account here: https://www.visualcrossing.com/weather/weather-data-services Enter the location(s) for your analysis and select the date or date range that interests …

How can I download weather history data as a CSV file?

In this article, we will show you how to easily download historical weather data as a standard CSV file that can be imported into thousands of data analysis and storage applications such as business intelligence systems, visualization tools, statistical analysis packages, and databases. If you would like to download weather forecast data as a CSV, …

How Can I Load Weather Forecast Data into Tableau Desktop?

This article shows the necessary steps to quickly and easily load weather forecast data for any location of the world into Tableau Desktop for further analysis.  The tutorial shows step-by-step how to construct the query in the Visual Crossing Weather web interface and then import the weather forecast results as csv file into Tableau Desktop. …

Energy elements in the Timeline Weather API

The Timeline Weather API includes elements that are designed for use by the solar and wind energy industries. These weather elements include measurements of the solar radiation at the earth’s surface and wind speeds and directions. The elements on this page are available only to certain subscription levels. For more information, please see our pricing …

Weather usage in home automation / domotics

Typical tasks for home automation systems are monitoring and controlling tasks climate control and  lighting. Both are tightly related to weather parameters. Climate control obviously to temperature, lighting by cloud cover or the astronomical values of sunrise / -set. In more advanced systems even photovoltaic systems can be connected to information about expected radiation. The …