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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.
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