How to use cURL to download weather data
Visual Crossing’s weather Query Builder makes it easy to build weather API queries and download result data for any date or time period. However, in some use cases you need to move beyond a web-based interface and automate your weather data retrieval. While this is easy to do if you are a coder or scripter, …
Replacing the OpenWeatherMap API with Visual Crossing Weather
Visual Crossing is a superior replacement for the OpenWeatherMap API (also known as the OpenWeather API) in both cost and functionality. By offering up to 1000 free results a day and full access to forecast historical data, Visual Crossing Weather makes it easy for everyone to test the API, compare data, evaluate extended weather functionality, …
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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 …
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Where can I find historical wind data?
Historical wind data is a common weather measure that is very important for many applications including business and personal planning. Whether you are looking for wind data related to a specific storm, trying to evaluate wind damage for an insurance claim, or planning asset placement based on typical wind speed and direction, a weather data …
How do I find old weather data?
Quick historical weather look up Find historical weather by searching for a city, zip code, or address. You can select a date or range of dates on the next page. Get Old Weather Data Full steps to look up weather history data for any location: Visit https://www.visualcrossing.com/weather-history Enter your location and your date range Click …
What are the typical weather conditions in a certain area?
Look up typical weather conditions for anywhere instantly Find typical weather conditions by searching for a city, zip code, or address. If you want to select a specific date on the next page, simply click on the Modify button in the upper right. Get Typical Weather It is easy to find the typical or average …
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Replacing the Google Weather API
Although Google disabled their weather API years ago (except on their Android platform), many users and developers continue to struggle to find a good weather API option that is both free for basic and personal use cases and has the power of a full 15-day forecast and rich history API that can pull from decades …
How can I replace the Dark Sky API?
Visual Crossing Weather is the perfect alternative to the Dark Sky API. We not only have a superior weather API solution, but we can help you migrate your application to our API before Dark Sky turns off its API.
How to replace the Dark Sky API using the Visual Crossing Weather API
With the Dark Sky API shutting down in a few months, now is the ideal time to convert your weather application to use a more stable provider. The Visual Crossing Timeline Weather API provides the direct replacement that you need to minimize your conversion effort and ensure that you data costs remain stable. Both the …
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Using Weather Data in your Open Source Project
Open Source software has become a critical component of our daily lives. From robust operating systems and servers, such as the software stack serving your this article, to client applications such as browsers and helpful desktop widgets, nearly everyone benefits from Open Source software daily. With Visual Crossing Weather, we are proud to give back …
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