Replacing the Yahoo Weather API
Visual Crossing is the perfect replacement for the Yahoo Weather API offering up to 1000 free results a day and full access to forecast and historical data.
What exactly is a weather record?
A weather record is the smallest unit of weather data that is used in the Visual Crossing Weather accounting process for our plans. Whether you have unlimited data access or are limited to 1000 records per day as a member of our Free plan, it is useful to understand the accounting behind weather records What …
Replacing the Weather Underground API
This article provides a step-by-step guide to replacing the Weather Underground API with the Visual Crossing Timeline Weather API. The Timeline Weather API offers a generous free daily API limit and a simple JSON response that is easily used in any existing application or script. This makes the Timeline API, the perfect replacement for the …
What will my weather data cost?
Trying to get an exact price on weather data can be a bit confusing but we have some tools and resources that can help you. In this document we will cover the usage of the Cost Calculator: https://www.visualcrossing.com/weather-data-cost-calculator Also we will cover the reasons why you would choose one plan over another. There are several …
How to Load Weather Data into Microsoft Excel using a Web Query Data Connection
One of the powerful features of the Visual Crossing Weather Service is the ability to query data via a Web Service or URL. This benefits not only coders but rather can be utilized to import data into most Business Intelligence Systems including Excel. When you include your data into Excel, you can refresh the data …
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How can I download weather forecast data as a CSV file?
In this article, we will show you how to easily download forecast weather data as a standard CSV file that can be imported into thousands of data analysis and storage applications such as business intelligence systems, visualization tools, statistical analysis packages, and databases. If you would like to download weather history data as a CSV, …
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Building and Running your first weather API query
Using a weather API is an extremely powerful and flexible way to get weather data for any project. Whether you need historical data, forecasts, or current conditions, using an API allows you to automate fully automate the query process. There is no need to deal with web pages cluttered with ads or constantly updating an …
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How to use cURL to download weather data
Visual Crossing’s weather Query Builder makes it easy to build weather API queries and download result data for any date or time period. However, in some use cases you need to move beyond a web-based interface and automate your weather data retrieval. While this is easy to do if you are a coder or scripter, …
Replacing the OpenWeatherMap API with Visual Crossing Weather
Visual Crossing is a superior replacement for the OpenWeatherMap API (also known as the OpenWeather API) in both cost and functionality. By offering up to 1000 free results a day and full access to forecast historical data, Visual Crossing Weather makes it easy for everyone to test the API, compare data, evaluate extended weather functionality, …
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How to look up weather by latitude and longitude
The Weather API and Weather Data Services page allows the user to request weather data by a location value. The location value includes the ability to specify latitude and longitude value. This will allow the weather data to be found for any point in the world whether it’s a city with an address or a …
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