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16 day / daily Forecast4

GET/forecast/daily?city={city}&country={country}Returns a daily forecast - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`days`	query	no	number
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`ForecastDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/daily?city_id={city_id}Returns a daily forecast - Given a City ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	integer
`days`	query	no	number
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`ForecastDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/daily?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns a daily forecast - Given Lat/Lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`days`	query	no	number
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`ForecastDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/daily?postal_code={postal_code}Returns a daily forecast - Given a Postal Code.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	integer
`country`	query	no	string
`days`	query	no	number
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`ForecastDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

240 hour / hourly Forecast4

GET/forecast/hourly?city={city}&country={country}Returns an hourly forecast - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`hours`	query	no	integer
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`ForecastHourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/hourly?city_id={city_id}Returns an hourly forecast - Given a City ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	integer
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`hours`	query	no	integer
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`ForecastHourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/hourly?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns an hourly forecast - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string
`hours`	query	no	integer

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`ForecastHourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/hourly?postal_code={postal_code}Returns an hourly forecast - Given a Postal Code.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	integer
`country`	query	no	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`hours`	query	no	integer
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`ForecastHourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Air Quality Forecast4

GET/forecast/airquality?city={city}&country={country}Returns 72 hour (hourly) Air Quality forecast - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`hours`	query	no	integer
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`AQHourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/airquality?city_id={city_id}Returns 72 hour (hourly) Air Quality forecast - Given a City ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	integer
`callback`	query	no	string
`hours`	query	no	integer
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`AQHourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/airquality?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns 72 hour (hourly) Air Quality forecast - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string
`hours`	query	no	integer

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`AQHourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/forecast/airquality?postal_code={postal_code}Returns 72 hour (hourly) Air Quality forecast - Given a Postal Code.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	integer
`country`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`hours`	query	no	integer
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	A forecast object.	`AQHourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Alerts1

GET/alerts?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns severe weather alerts issued by meteorological agencies - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Weather Alert Object.	`WeatherAlert`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Bulk Downloads1

GET/bulk/files/{file}Download pre-generated bulk datasets

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`file`	path	yes	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Current Air Quality4

GET/current/airquality?city={city}&country={country}Returns current air quality conditions - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Current air quality conditions	`AQCurrentGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current/airquality?city_id={city_id}Returns current air quality conditions - Given a City ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	integer
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Current air quality conditions	`AQCurrentGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current/airquality?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns current air quality conditions - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Current air quality conditions	`AQCurrentGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current/airquality?postal_code={postal_code}Returns current air quality conditions - Given a Postal Code.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	integer
`country`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Current air quality conditions	`AQCurrentGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Current Weather Data8

GET/current?cities={cities}Returns a group of observations given a list of cities

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`cities`	path	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`marine`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Observation Group object.	`CurrentObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current?city={city}&country={country}Returns a Current Observation - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`include`	query	no	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`marine`	query	no	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Observation Group object.	`CurrentObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current?city_id={city_id}Returns a current observation by city id.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`include`	query	no	string
`marine`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Observation Group object.	`CurrentObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns a Current Observation - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`include`	query	no	string
`marine`	query	no	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Observation Group object.	`CurrentObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current?points={points}Returns a group of observations given a list of points in the format (lat1, lon1), (lat2, lon2), (latN, lonN), ...

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`points`	path	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Observation Group object.	`CurrentObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current?postal_code={postal_code}Returns a current observation by postal code.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	string
`country`	query	no	string
`include`	query	no	string
`marine`	query	no	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Observation Group object.	`CurrentObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current?station={station}Returns a Current Observation. - Given a station ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`station`	path	yes	string
`include`	query	no	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Observation Group object.	`CurrentObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/current?stations={stations}Returns a group of observations given a list of stations

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`stations`	path	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Observation Group object.	`CurrentObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Daily Historical Weather Data5

GET/history/daily?city={city}&country={country}Returns Historical Observations - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Day Data Object.	`HistoryDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/daily?city_id={city_id}Returns Historical Observations - Given a City ID

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Day Data Object.	`HistoryDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/daily?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns Historical Observations - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Day Data Object.	`HistoryDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/daily?postal_code={postal_code}Returns Historical Observations - Given a Postal Code

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	string
`country`	query	no	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Day Data Object.	`HistoryDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/daily?station={station}Returns Historical Observations - Given a station ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`station`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Day Data Object.	`HistoryDay`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Forecast Degree Day API1

GET/forecast/energy?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns Energy Forecast API response - Given a single lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`threshold`	query	no	number
`units`	query	no	string
`tp`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Energy Data Object.	`EnergyObsGroupForecast`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Historical Air Quality4

GET/history/airquality?city={city}&country={country}Returns 72 hours of historical quality conditions - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Historical air quality conditions	`AQCurrentGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/airquality?city_id={city_id}Returns 72 hours of historical air quality conditions - Given a City ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	number
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Historical air quality conditions	`AQCurrentGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/airquality?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns 72 hours of historical air quality conditions - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Historical air quality conditions	`AQCurrentGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/airquality?postal_code={postal_code}Returns 72 hours of historical air quality conditions - Given a Postal Code.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	integer
`country`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	Historical air quality conditions	`AQCurrentGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Historical Degree Day API1

GET/history/energy?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns Energy API response - Given a single lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`tp`	query	no	string
`threshold`	query	no	number
`units`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Energy Data Object.	`EnergyObsGroup`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Hourly Historical Weather Data5

GET/history/hourly?city={city}&country={country}Returns Historical Observations - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`History`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/hourly?city_id={city_id}Returns Historical Observations - Given a City ID

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`History`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/hourly?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns Historical Observations - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`History`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/hourly?postal_code={postal_code}Returns Historical Observations - Given a Postal Code

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	string
`country`	query	no	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`History`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/hourly?station={station}Returns Historical Observations - Given a station ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`station`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`History`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

Sub-Hourly Historical Weather Data5

GET/history/subhourly?city={city}&country={country}Returns Historical Observations - Given City and/or State, Country.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city`	path	yes	string
`state`	query	no	string
`country`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`History`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/subhourly?city_id={city_id}Returns Historical Observations - Given a City ID

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`city_id`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`HistorySubhourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/subhourly?lat={lat}&lon={lon}Returns Historical Observations - Given a lat/lon.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`lat`	path	yes	number
`lon`	path	yes	number
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`HistorySubhourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/subhourly?postal_code={postal_code}Returns Historical Observations - Given a Postal Code

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`postal_code`	path	yes	string
`country`	query	no	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`HistorySubhourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

GET/history/subhourly?station={station}Returns Historical Observations - Given a station ID.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type
`station`	path	yes	string
`start_date`	query	yes	string
`end_date`	query	yes	string
`units`	query	no	string
`lang`	query	no	string
`tz`	query	no	string
`callback`	query	no	string
`key`	query	yes	string

Responses

Status	Description	Schema
`200`	An Historical Data Object.	`HistorySubhourly`
`default`	No Data.	`Error`

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GET/forecast/hourly?lat={lat}&lon={lon}

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