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In this article, I’m going to show you how to easily load historical weather data into Google sheets. We’ll walk through the process step-by-step showing you how to construct the query in Visual Crossing Weather and then use the query URL to import the weather results into Google Sheets. Also see our companion article that …
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Our weather consists of many powerful forces – strong winds and hurricanes, drenching rain, blanketing snow or simply the stifling heat of summer. The power of a single hurricane can be more than 200 times the capacity of the world’s energy capacity. It is clear that the weather is driven by tremendous energy. But where does …
Degree Days are a way to help determine how much warmth or cold there has been, typically over a season such as winter, summer or a plant’s growing season. Degree Days are used to determine a building’s typical heating or cooling requirements over a season. They are used in agriculture, farming and gardening to plan …
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Visual Crossing provides the ability to retrieve up to 16 day forecasts for any world wide location based on address, zipcode/postcode or latitude and longitude. In this article we discuss how to retrieve the full weather forecast for multiple locations in a single request. This makes it easy to import weather forecast information for many …
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In this article we will describe how to use add the weather forecast to your web page. If you want to quickly add the weather forecast to your website with minimal code, then our free widget will give your website a weather forecast with almost no coding at all. If you are looking for a …
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Many times we find ourselves needing a weather forecast beyond the next couple of days. Maybe you are planning an outdoor party, trip or hoping for a snow day! What is the best way to determine the likely weather for a date further out than the reliable weather forecast? Try our free weather forecast tools …
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Google Ads and other online advertising has become essential to every business. While it is obvious that every business needs to advertise online, business that have no online sales ability still find it valuable to reach out to potential customers while they are browsing the internet. Even businesses that are very local in their reach …
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Use case: Manage the displays and local advertising for a chain of shoe stores based on weather forecasts. Ever since the inception of the retail trade, retailers have been using visual marketing techniques such as window displays, shelf layout and end-caps to entice customers. Intelligently managed product displays can attract customers into the store and …
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As we near the end of the 2019 hurricane season, we look back on Hurricane Barry. As the first hurricane of the season, Hurricane Barry, was a relatively small storm and not nearly as impactful as some that came later. However, understanding it can give us a better understanding of the short-term and long-term impacts …
We are pleased to announce that the Visual Crossing Weather History Database now includes real-time weather observations. You can now get up-to-the-minute weather history data including temperature, rainfall, wind, humidity and heat index if you are using the Weather API, downloading historical weather data or using reports and dashboards. MADIS observation weather database The MADIS data feed is the primary source …