I think that I’m seeing bad weather data. What should I do?
Occasionally when reviewing weather data you come across a weather record that simply doesn’t seem right. Perhaps the precipitation is too high based on what you know about the location or perhaps the temperature is too low, and you know because you live there. At other times you may find missing data within your weather …
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How historical weather data is updated
Visual Crossing combines multiple nearby weather reports into a single hourly report. This is done through interpolation which is a powerful feature of the Visual Crossing system for locations that are not near a major reporting station, or where the geography is such that it can create temperatures changes in a short distance. This feature …
Weather Data Conditions
The Weather APIs include a ‘conditions’ field which represents a summary of the key weather features for a particular weather record (be it daily, hourly or subhourly record). How is the condition field calculated? The weather conditions field is created by examining the weather that will be or was experienced during that weather record. If …
Finding historical weather data for remote locations
This article describes the best methods to help find additional data sources when looking for historical weather data in remote locations. This article uses the weather data query builder to construct a query to request past weather and to view data and maps to help find data. Step one – check that your location address …
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How to Build a Weather Dataset for Download, Bulk Import or Scheduling
If you have ever tried to download weather data for your specific location(s), timeframe and format needs you will know that it is a challenging exercise. Most of the time the solution is for you use the API to build a script or using coding to create this set. This creates additional cost, time and …
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What forecast weather measures are available?
When you are exploring forecast weather data for business and personal use, it is important to know what weather measures are available. In this article we’ll provide a overview of the available weather metrics (also known as weather variables and weather parameters) grouped by theme. In addition, we’ll supply links to more detailed information where …
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How to build a great Weather Dashboard
Dashboards are one of the most effective ways to communicate data to users. Originating, from the dashboard in cars and vehicles, data dashboards typically combine multiple data visualization elements such as charts, maps, grids and KPIs to provide users with a fast, concise, and clear way to interpret a set of data. For businesses, organizations …
Using remote data sources in the Weather API
The Visual Crossing Weather API provides access to both historical and future, forecasted weather data. Wherever possible, we use official, physical weather station observations to provide the historical weather data. This ensures that the observations are of the highest quality. However in some cases, such as remote locations away from official weather stations or stations …
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How to look up weather by address
The Weather API and Weather Data Services page allows the user to request weather data by a location value. The location value includes the ability to specify an address or partial address. The location value can also be a latitude and longitude value, a US zip code or weather station ID. When specifying the address, …
Best practices for segmenting your weather queries
When you have a large weather query, it is typically a good idea to segment it into multiple, smaller queries and then execute those separate individually. This is important for more consistent timing performance inside your application, debugging, and timeout avoidance among under reasons. In this article, we will discuss when it makes sense to …
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