Replace WU API with ???

I am going to have to change WD too, to move away from using the WU API
for weather data and a 5 day forecast from a station you select
and for the alamanc too (not sure if there is a replacement for that?)

all via the view panel

DarkSky does have an API for ‘time machine’… returns data from a previous time (one day in the past at a time). Don’t know if that’s helpful.
Their Daily forecast has only by ‘Day’-- no night periods, but does have the expected high/low for the day. Forecast returned is for 8 days including the current day. More info at https://darksky.net/dev

is there any way to replace the WU almanac api data?
(i.e does Dark Sky have that?)

Ahh i understand Ken, thx for fast feedback

I signed up for Dark Sky, got an api key, and got a forecast api data downloaded OK as a test :slight_smile:

AFAIK, there’s no equivalent to the WU almanac which returned

Response Fields

airport_code
Observed location
temp_high.normal.F
Average high temperature in fahrenheit
temp_high.normal.C
Average high temperature in celsius
temp_high.record.F
The highest temperature in fahrenheit measured on this date
temp_high.record.C
The highest temperature in celsius measured on this date
temp_high.recordyear
The year the highest temperature was measured on this date
temp_low.normal.F
Average low temperature in fahrenheit
temp_low.normal.C
Average low temperature in celsius
temp_low.record.F
The lowest temperature in fahrenheit measured on this date
temp_low.record.C
The lowest temperature in celsius measured on this date
temp_low.recordyear
The year the lowest temperature was measured on this date


for a given query. DarkSky ‘time machine’ just returns the actuals on that given date.

I did find a ‘Normals’ query at aerisweather.com ($$) for the continental US, Alaska and Hawaii only ( Endpoint: normals - Weather API | AerisWeather ) but nothing like that with DarkSky.

You’re welcome!

The “Replacement API for WU Contributors” ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eKCnKXI9xnoMGRRzOL1xPCBihNV2rOet08qpE_gArAY/edit# ) does not have an Almanac query :frowning:

yeah, I noticed that

I don’t think people realize that the WU Almanac data is going to be stopping

getting weather data from the weather company
i.e
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KGb8bTVYRsNgljnNH67AMhckY8AQT2FVwZ9urj8SWBs/edit
is similar to how it works now for the WU API

problem is, you cant test yet because you cant apply to get an apikey?
(and your existing key does not work)

Correct, they’ve not issued any keys for the new API yet. The Almanac data isn’t present in any API calls that will be made available to PWS data submitters (according to their absence in the published docs).