What was the weather on a certain date?
Easily find any day’s weather data for any global location in the last 50 years, presented with detailed historical averages in beautiful graphs and charts.
Weather-Dependent Industries
Dive into the critical role weather plays across various industries and how it affects operational decisions and financial outcomes.
A Guide to Weather-Triggered Advertising
In an ad-saturated world, businesses need to deliver timely and relevant messages that match a consumer’s mood and needs. One factor of a data-driven approach to marketing messages is weather-based advertising, which uses real-time weather data to develop creative messaging. Leveraging weather APIs like VisualCrossing can make a huge impact on your conversion rate when …
Energy elements in the Timeline Weather API
The Timeline Weather API includes elements that are designed for use by the solar and wind energy industries. These weather elements include measurements of the solar radiation at the earth’s surface and wind speeds and directions. The elements on this page are available only to certain subscription levels. For more information, please see our pricing …
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How to load weather data using VB.net
Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is a versatile, modern programming language developed by Microsoft. It is part of the .NET framework and is designed for building robust and scalable applications for Windows, web, mobile, and cloud platforms. (Note that although Microsoft dropped the .NET portion of the name some years ago, we will continue to use …
How to query weather forecasts from the past – Historical Forecasts
Analyzing historical weather forecast data is an important facet for many weather data users beyond standard forecasts and historical observations. Historical forecasts are often more important for business analysis than traditional historical observation data because customers in many cases base their decisions on future forecast and not the actual weather on a given day. Consider …
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How do I run a weather API query using HTTP POST?
While it is very easy to run weather queries using HTTP GET requests, there are times when it is preferable or even necessary to use HTTP POST requests instead. While HTTP POST requests are a little more complicated to configure and execute, they are well within the reach of any modern script or language. Also, …
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Agriculture elements in the Timeline Weather API
The Timeline Weather API includes elements that are designed for use by the agricultural, farming and horticultural industries. These elements are designed to providing weather data that influence those who grow plants or raise livestock. The elements on this page are available only to certain subscription levels. For more information, please see our pricing page. …
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How to find historical weather for maritime, sea and ocean locations
Maritime weather data covering many of the world’s oceans and seas is available in Visual Crossing Weather Data Services for viewing, downloading and accessing via the Weather API. This article discusses the available data and the weather elements unique to maritime data. Available maritime weather data Maritime weather data in Visual Crossing Weather is sourced …
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How to schedule weather data queries
In many cases, it is very useful to be able to schedule a weather query to run for you periodically and then deliver the latest data directly into your analysis. Imagine having the forecast for all of your business locations updated fresh each morning in your Excel sheet right before your planning meeting? Consider a …