Announcing Real-Time Historical Weather Data Using the MADIS Observational Weather Database
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 …
Historical Weather Data for Everyone
The Historical Weather Data Dashboard provides a simple way to view historical weather observations. The dashboard gives easy access to a deep history of weather records around them. The data is presented in dashboard form to give you the most optimal weather data consumption available in the business world today. If you then need to …
How We Process the NOAA Integrated Surface Database Historical Weather Data
We use a lot of sources for our weather data. One of the richest sources of historical weather data is the Integrated Surface Database (ISD) from NOAA. The amount of data available is impressive. Hourly or sub-hourly weather records for 1000s of weather stations that are, in some cases, over 100 years old. However obtaining and manipulating …
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Weather Data in Microsoft Excel
Does weather affect my business? This seems like a simple question but as many of us have quickly learned, it is not a simple task. I have performance data for a set of stores and I am pretty certain that weather has been affecting my business, but I need create an analytical sheet to be …
How to obtain solar radiation data?
We offer solar radiation data in both our 15-day forecast and historical observations datasets as well as a solar component dataset in our Advanced Energy package. Both can be included in Weather API requests, viewed directly in the browser or downloaded as a CSV or Microsoft Excel format file. This document focuses on the general …
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 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 your data is used within Visual Crossing
We are aware how important your secure, confidential data is, and Visual Crossing takes great care to ensure that any confidential data entrusted to us stays completely confidential. Fortunately, you will find that Visual Crossing rarely handles and never stores confidential data except in very special and completely optional situations entirely under your control. (These …
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Hurricane Ida Rainfall – Science or Media Exaggeration?
Hurricane Ida intensified late in August and made landfall west of New Orleans as a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150mph. With it brought a tremendous amount of damaging winds and rain. Over the next few days it went through the middle of the United States from Louisiana, Mississippi, and all the way …
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Where can I find historical rainfall data?
Historical rainfall data is easy to obtain from various sources, but the best options differ depending upon your needs. Below, we’ll help sort through the options to find the easiest and best way to obtain historical rainfall data for your project. Single Location and Single Date If you need historical rainfall data for only a …
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