Weather Forecast Widget Implementation Guide
The weather forecast widget displays up to a 15-day weather forecast in a horizontal, scrollable layout. The forecast widget uses data from the Weather API along with HTML, Javascript and CSS technologies to create the widget. Source code Full source code for the widget can be found on our Github. Technologies – Weather API, HTML, …
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Multi-site Forecast Workbook for Excel
The Visual Crossing Weather Data Service enables users anywhere to load weather data into Excel, Google Sheets, Relational Databases, Business Intelligence Tools and more. We recently released a downloadable Weather Workbook that allows users to query weather data directly into Excel. In this blog we will show you the Multi-Site Forecast Workbook which is a …
How to Import Weather Forecast Data and Historical Weather Data into a MySQL Database
In this article, we are going to import weather data into a MySQL database. In addition to setting up the database tables, we will demonstrate techniques to import both historical weather data and weather forecast data. We will include the ways to retrieve the weather data and how to set up a script so the …
How can I find weather forecast data for analysis in R?
In this article, I’m going to show you how to easily load weather forecast data into your R analysis. 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 using R Studio. If you would like to …
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Bulk weather forecast data retrieval for multiple locations
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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How do I add the weather forecast to my web page?
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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How do I find the best long range Weather Forecast?
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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How to use weather forecasts to optimize Google Ads
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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How to use weather forecasts to manage visual marketing and inventory
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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How to use Python and Pandas to join historical weather data to road accident data
I am currently investigating the relationship between weather conditions and accidents by using a dataset of road accidents in Fairfax County, Virginia obtained from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. The first step to perform the analysis is to combine the accident data with the historical weather conditions. In this article, we will discuss how …