Weather API overview

The Weather API lets you request real-time, hyperlocal weather data for locations around the world. Weather information includes temperature, precipitation, humidity, and more.

For a location at a given latitude and longitude, the API provides endpoints that let you query:

  • Current conditions: The current weather conditions.
  • Hourly forecast: Up to 240 hours of forecasted conditions for all elements.
  • Daily forecast: Up to 10 days of forecasted conditions for all elements.
  • Hourly history: Up to 24 hours of cached past conditions for all elements.

Features of the Weather API

Weather API data includes the following:

  • Weather conditions and icons: A description and corresponding icon indicating the current weather conditions (for example, "Cloudy" or "Scattered snow showers").
  • Temperature: Minimum, maximum, and apparent ("feels like") temperatures.
  • Precipitation: Total precipitation and precipitation type (snow, rain, ice, mix).
  • Wind: Average windchill, wind direction, maximum speed, and gust.
  • Ice thickness: Thickness of ice.
  • Humidity: Dew point, heat index, wet-bulb temperature, and relative humidity.
  • UV index: Ultraviolet (UV) index.
  • Thunderstorm probability: The percent chance of a thunderstorm occurring.
  • Visibility: The distance at which an object is clearly visible.
  • Air pressure: The average sea level air pressure.
  • Sun and moon events: Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times.
  • Cloud cover: The percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

How to use the Weather API

1 Get set up Start with Set up your Google Cloud project and complete the instructions that follow.
2 Get current conditions See Get current conditions.
3 Get hourly forecast See Get hourly forecast.
4 Get daily forecast See Get daily forecast.
5 Get hourly history See Get hourly history.

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