Hourly Weather Forecast API - 240 hours

This API returns an 2-10 day (48-240 hours) forecast in 1 hour intervals for any point on the planet. A 48 hour/hourly forecast is returned as the default, without any parameters. Forecasts update approximately once per hour.

Returns up to 240 hours (10 days/hourly). Ie. hours=240.

All parameters should be supplied to the Weather API as query string parameters.

Base URL

HTTP: http://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/forecast/hourly

HTTPS: https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/forecast/hourly

Supported Methods: GET

Request Parameters

key=[key] (REQUIRED)

key - Your API Key.

lang=[language](optional)

en - [DEFAULT] English
ar - Arabic
az - Azerbaijani
be - Belarusian
bg - Bulgarian
bs - Bosnian
ca - Catalan
cz - Czech
da - Danish
de - German
fi - Finnish
fr - French
el - Greek
es - Spanish
et - Estonian
ja - Japanese
hr - Croation
hu - Hungarian
id - Indonesian
it - Italian
is - Icelandic
iw - Hebrew
kw - Cornish
lt - Lithuanian
nb - Norwegian Bokmål
nl - Dutch
pl - Polish
pt - Portuguese
ro - Romanian
ru - Russian
sk - Slovak
sl - Slovenian
sr - Serbian
sv - Swedish
tr - Turkish
uk - Ukrainian
zh - Chinese (Simplified)
zh-tw - Chinese (Traditional)

units=[units](optional)

M - [DEFAULT] Metric (Celcius, m/s, mm)
S - Scientific (Kelvin, m/s, mm)
I - Fahrenheit (F, mph, in)

hours=[integer] (optional: return a specific number of forecast hours)

1-240 hours - [DEFAULT] 48 hours

API Endpoints

Description	Required Parameters	Example(s)
Get forecast by lat/lon (Recommended)	lat,lon	&lat=38.123&lon=-78.543
Get forecast by city name	city, state(optional), country (optional)	&city=Raleigh&country=US &city=Raleigh,NC &city=Raleigh,North+Carolina
Get forecast by postal code	postal_code, country (optional)	&postal_code=27601&country=US
Get forecast by Station	station	&station=KRDU
Get forecast by city id	city_id	&city_id=8953360

Example Request:

https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/forecast/hourly?city=Raleigh,NC&key=API_KEY&hours=48

Example Response (JSON):


          {  
             "data":[  
                {  
                   "timestamp_local": "2018-04-02T00:00:00",
                   "timestamp_utc": "2018-04-03T04:00:00",
                   "ts":1503954000,
                   "datetime":"2017-04-03:04",
                   "wind_gust_spd":16.7,
                   "wind_spd":6.4,
                   "wind_dir":45,
                   "wind_cdir":"NE",
                   "wind_cdir_full":"northeast",
                   "temp":25,
                   "app_temp":23,
                   "pop":0,
                   "precip":0,
                   "snow":0,
                   "snow_depth":0,
                   "slp":1017,
                   "pres":1003.5,
                   "dewpt":17.8,
                   "rh":64.3,
                   "weather":{  
                      "icon":"c04d",
                      "code":"804",
                      "description":"Overcast clouds"
                   },
                   "pod":"d",
                   "clouds_low":25,
                   "clouds_mid":100,
                   "clouds_hi":50,
                   "clouds":100,
                   "vis":10,
                   "dhi":178,
                   "dni":3,
                   "ghi":200,
                   "solar_rad":75.8,
                   "uv":2,
                   "ozone":384.5
                }, ...
             ],
             "city_name":"Raleigh",
             "lon":"-78.63861",
             "timezone":"America\/New_York",
             "lat":"35.7721",
             "country_code":"US",
             "state_code":"NC"
          }

Field Decriptions:

lat: Latitude (Degrees).
lon: Longitude (Degrees).
timezone: Local IANA Timezone.
city_name: City name.
country_code: Country abbreviation.
state_code: State abbreviation/code.
data: [

ts: Unix Timestamp at UTC time.
timestamp_local: Timestamp at local time.
timestamp_utc: Timestamp at UTC time.
datetime: [DEPRECATED] Forecast Valid hour UTC (YYYY-MM-DD:HH).
wind_gust_spd: Wind gust speed (Default m/s).
wind_spd: Wind speed (Default m/s).
wind_dir: Wind direction (degrees).
wind_cdir: Abbreviated wind direction.
wind_cdir_full: Verbal wind direction.
temp: Temperature (default Celcius).
app_temp: Apparent/"Feels Like" temperature (default Celcius).
pop: Probability of Precipitation (%).
precip: Accumulated liquid equivalent precipitation (default mm).
snow: Accumulated snowfall (default mm).
snow_depth: Snow Depth (default mm).
slp: Sea level pressure (mb).
pres: Pressure (mb).
dewpt: Dew point (default Celcius).
rh: Relative humidity (%).
clouds_low: Low-level (~0-3km AGL) cloud coverage (%).
clouds_mid: Mid-level (~3-5km AGL) cloud coverage (%).
clouds_hi: High-level (>5km AGL) cloud coverage (%).
clouds: Cloud coverage (%).
weather: {
- icon:Weather icon code.
- code:Weather code.
- description: Text weather description.
}
pod: Part of the day (d = day / n = night).
uv: UV Index (0-11+).
dhi: Diffuse horizontal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
dni: Direct normal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
ghi: Global horizontal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
solar_rad: Estimated Solar Radiation (W/m^2).
vis: Visibility (default KM).
ozone: Average Ozone (Dobson units).

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