Weather Provider
The Weather Provider gets data and several additional information about the weather from different weather services.
Configuration
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Service Provider
Use one of the following weather service providers:OpenWeather
See OpenWeather
AccuWeather
See AccuWeather
Weather API
See Weather API
Visual Crossing
See Visual Crossing
MET Norway
See MET Norway
Not all providers support all data queries, see the data queries table below.
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Location
The GPS coordinates of the location to get the weather for.
Coordinates must be in Decimal degrees (DD) format oflatitude, longitude
, e.g.41.40338, 2.17403
. Decimal separator is a dot. -
Update Interval
The refresh interval time like1h
or8h
.
Default is2h
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Localization
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Units
Units of temperature, wind speed and visibility data:Unit Temperature Wind Speed Visibility US
Fahrenheit
mph
miles
UK
Celsius
mph
miles
Metric
Celsius
km/h
km
Base
Kelvin
m/s
meters
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Language Code
ISO639 Language code for localized text and messages, likeen
for English,fr
for French etc.
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Query
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Status
Returns the weather data status:Text Numeric Description N/A
0
No weather data received yet, no data available
Excellent
1
Weather data is valid
Fail
5
Error getting weather data
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Data queries
Query Description OpenWeather AccuWeather Weather API Visual Crossing MET Norway Location Name
Resolved location name
City name
GPS coordinates in DD format
Location name
Resolved address
GPS coordinates in DD format
Icon
The weather icon name which can be used as input for the Icon Facelet
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Condition
The actual weather condition as text
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Temperature
The actual temperature.
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Temperature Feels Like
Actual temperature which accounts for the human perception of weather.
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not supported
Minimum Temperature
Service dependent
Minimum temperature at the moment. This is minimal currently observed temperature within large megalopolises and urban areas.
Minimum temperature observed over the past 24 hours.
Minimum temperature for the day.
Minimum temperature for the day.
Not supported
Maximum Temperature
Service dependent
Maximum temperature at the moment. This is maximal currently observed temperature within large megalopolises and urban areas.
Maximum temperature observed over the past 24 hours.
Maximum temperature for the day.
Maximum temperature for the day.
Not supported
Pressure
Atmospheric pressure at sea level in hPa.
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Humidity
Relative humidity as percentage
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Visibility
Distance at which distant objects are visible
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not supported
Cloudiness
Cloud cover as percentage
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
UV Index
UV index from 0 - 10
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not supported
Wind Speed
Average wind speed
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Wind Direction
Wind direction in degrees, 0 - 359
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Sunrise
Sunrise time at the location.
Param 1 sets the time format of the text representation. See Time Format for details.
If empty, the default ISO format "yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSS" is used.
Timezone of the weather location is used.Supported
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Not supported
Sunset
Sunset time at the location.
Param 1 sets the time format of the text representation. See Time Format for details.
If empty, the default ISO format "yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSS" is used.
Timezone of the weather location is used.Supported
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Not supported
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Data Set Time
The time when the data set was taken.Text Numeric Time in the format specified by Param 2
Milliseconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC + Timezone
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Param 2
The time format of the text representation. See Time Format for details.
If empty, the default ISO formatyyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSSxxx
is used.
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Update Time
The Time of the last update.Text Numeric Time in the format specified by Param 2
Milliseconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC + Timezone
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Param 2
The time format of the text representation. See Time Format for details.
If empty, the default ISO formatyyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSSxxx
is used.
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