What is The Weather Channel API?
The Weather Channel API is a subscription offering created by The Weather Channel specifically to provide developers with access to an
easy to use, reliable, weather data feed that they can use to power commercial applications across a variety of technology platforms.
Key Features:
- The weather API provides access to the most comprehensive global forecast set available anywhere!
- White label solution (no required logo; no required links)
- Weather data provided by weather.com®
- Data may be accessed in either XML or JSON format
- Leverages a world class cloud-based Infrastructure
- Product support for the world wide web, the mobile web, downloadable web / PC applications, and
downloadable mobile phone / smart phone applications
- The weather API has multi-language support for English, Spanish, French, German, & Portuguese
Subscriptions start at just $19.98 per month.
To generate a custom subscription quote use our Pricing Wizard!
What's in the Weather API?
Location Search Functionality: Submit a worldwide city name or a U.S. zip code or a French, German, or U.K. postal code and be returned relevant geographic details about the location.
TruPoint Current Conditions Data: Current condition data (observations) for over 100,000 worldwide location IDs (sky condition, temperature, "feels like" temperature, wind speed and direction, wind gusts, barometric pressure & barometric trend, humidity, visibility, U.V. index, and dewpoint), updated at least hourly (3x/hour in the United States).
Abbreviated U.S. Severe Weather Alerts: Abbreviated National Weather Service alerts localized for all cities and U.S. zip codes within the continental United States.
Up to a 5-Day Data Forecast: Sky condition, high / low temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity, chance of precipitation, and U.V. index delivered in up to ten (10), twelve hour day-parts (a day daypart and a night daypart) for over 100,000 worldwide location IDs, updated a minimum of 5 times per day.
Up to a 5-Day Text Forecast: Descriptive text weather forecast (by way of example: Thunderstorms during the morning hours, then skies turning partly cloudy during the afternoon. High 59F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.) for over 100,000 worldwide location IDs, updated a minimum of 5 times per day.
Monthly Averages: Avg. high / low temperature, avg. precipitation, and mean temp. for over 75,000 worldwide location IDs; record high / low temperatures are included along with associated record dates for U.S. location IDs. Note: Not all international locations populate all available data fields.
U.S. Maps: Select either a set of National maps or a set of 9 Regional maps (each region covering an area of approximately 1,800 miles of the continental U.S.) that includes Doppler Radar, Precipitation Forecast, Today's Forecasted Highs and Tonight's Forecasted Lows, or Both. In addition, Doppler Radar Maps for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, & the U.S. Virgin Islands are included with the Regional Map set.
Can I try it before I subscribe?
The Weather Channel, working with Apigee Corporation, has developed The Weather Channel API Console. This console is a “sand box” that allows you to
experience the full functionality offered by The Weather Channel API, for
FREE, prior to subscribing so that you can make an informed decision. The console allows you to manually submit requests to the API for each component of the API content catalog (excluding at the current time, U.S. Maps) and to see exactly what data is capable of being rendered back to you in either XML or JSON format.
To take advantage of this functionality you must be a registered user. Registration also provides you access to The Weather Channel API Implementation Guide and TWC Icon Set and, at a future date, the ability to post to The Weather Channel API Developer Forum, once the forum has been made available.
Registration is quick and easy.
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