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+ | General weather interface v2.5 is part of [[ColorfulClouds Weather API]], which gives the general pointwise weather forecast for a specific latitude and longitude. | ||
== Authentication == | == Authentication == | ||
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== API response == | == API response == | ||
− | To understand the API response better, you should know all the variables | + | To understand the API response better, you should know the control parameter <code>granu</code>and all the variables. |
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+ | === Parameter <code>granu</code> in request === | ||
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+ | <code>granu</code> is a short code for temporal granularity, it is the request parameter to control which part of data will show in the result. The default value is <code>realtime,minutely,hourly,daily</code>, and you can set any one or a combinations of below four code: <code>realtime</code>, <code>minutely</code>, <code>hourly</code>, <code>daily</code>. | ||
=== The supported variables === | === The supported variables === | ||
− | All the supported variables are physical variables on or near earth's surface | + | All the supported variables are physical variables on or near earth's surface, please check [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Appendix: table of available weather variables|appendix below]] for detailed specification. |
* temperature | * temperature | ||
− | * precipitation: a group of variables | + | * precipitation: a group of variables specified below |
* wind: speed and direction | * wind: speed and direction | ||
* humidity: relative humidity | * humidity: relative humidity | ||
* pressure | * pressure | ||
+ | * cloud coverage | ||
* visibility: horizontal visibility on earth's surface | * visibility: horizontal visibility on earth's surface | ||
* dswrf: downward shortwave radiation flux | * dswrf: downward shortwave radiation flux | ||
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The heading part gives you basic settings of the API response, it is the start point of any weather calculation. | The heading part gives you basic settings of the API response, it is the start point of any weather calculation. | ||
− | + | <div style="float:right;text-align:right;margin:0em;margin-top:0.5em;padding:0.25em;background-color:tomato;">yaml</div> | |
+ | <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml"> | ||
status: ok # API response status | status: ok # API response status | ||
api_version: v2.5 # API version | api_version: v2.5 # API version | ||
− | api_status: active # API status: alpha, beta, active, deprecated | + | api_status: active # API status: alpha, beta, stable, active, deprecated |
lang: en_US # The i18n language parameter in response, supported languages are include en_US, en_GB, zh_CN, zh_TW, ja | lang: en_US # The i18n language parameter in response, supported languages are include en_US, en_GB, zh_CN, zh_TW, ja | ||
unit: imperial # The i18n unit parameter in response, supported unit system are include metric, imperial and SI | unit: imperial # The i18n unit parameter in response, supported unit system are include metric, imperial and SI | ||
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- 40.7128 # The requested latitude | - 40.7128 # The requested latitude | ||
- -74.006 # The requested longitude | - -74.006 # The requested longitude | ||
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You should notice that this API are '''latitude-longitude based''', we do not support city-based queries. | You should notice that this API are '''latitude-longitude based''', we do not support city-based queries. | ||
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=== The real-time part in result === | === The real-time part in result === | ||
+ | This part of result will be show when <code>realtime</code> is in <code>granu</code> parameters. It gives the estimation of real-time weather conditions. | ||
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result: | result: | ||
realtime: | realtime: | ||
status: ok | status: ok | ||
− | + | skycon: LIGHT_RAIN # Skycon | |
− | + | temperature: 46.92 # Temperature | |
− | + | apparent_temperature: 52.9 # Apparent temperature | |
− | skycon: LIGHT_RAIN | ||
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− | apparent_temperature: 52.9 | ||
precipitation: | precipitation: | ||
local: | local: | ||
status: ok | status: ok | ||
− | datasource: radar | + | datasource: radar # Data source for this precipitation calculation |
− | intensity: 0.245 | + | intensity: 0.245 # Precipitation intensity |
nearest: | nearest: | ||
status: ok | status: ok | ||
− | distance: 0 | + | distance: 0 # Distance to the nearest precipitation area |
− | intensity: 6 | + | intensity: 0.245 # Precipitation intensity of the nearest |
+ | wind: | ||
+ | speed: 20.04 # Wind speed | ||
+ | direction: 327.03 # Wind direction in degrees, north is zero | ||
+ | humidity: 0.6 # Relative humidity | ||
+ | pressure: 100027.48 # Pressure of the atmosphere | ||
+ | cloudrate: 0.99 # Cloud coverage | ||
+ | visibility: 14.99 # Horizontal visibility | ||
+ | dswrf: 0 # Downward shortwave radiation flux | ||
air_quality: | air_quality: | ||
pm25: 0 | pm25: 0 | ||
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co: 0 | co: 0 | ||
aqi: | aqi: | ||
− | chn: 0 | + | chn: 0 # AQI by China standard |
− | usa: 0 | + | usa: 0 # AQI by USA standard |
description: | description: | ||
usa: '' | usa: '' | ||
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=== The minutely part in result === | === The minutely part in result === | ||
+ | This part of result will be show when <code>minutely</code> is in <code>granu</code> parameters. It is the minute-by-minute forecast for next 2 hours. | ||
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result: | result: | ||
minutely: | minutely: | ||
status: ok | status: ok | ||
− | datasource: radar | + | datasource: radar # The datasource of the forecast |
+ | description: "rain easing off in one hour" # The featured natural language description of the weather conditions in next 2 hours | ||
+ | probability: | ||
+ | - 0.9703164364 # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 00~30 minutes | ||
+ | - 0.6687932653 # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 30~60 minutes | ||
+ | - 0.0294856625 # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 60~90 minutes | ||
+ | - 0.0 # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 90~120 minutes | ||
precipitation_2h: | precipitation_2h: | ||
− | - 0.245 | + | - 0.245 # The forecasted precipitation values for next 2 hours |
+ | - ... # Totally 120 data items | ||
precipitation: | precipitation: | ||
− | - 0.245 | + | - 0.245 # The forecasted precipitation values for next 1 hour |
− | + | - ... # Totally 60 data items | |
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=== The hourly part in result === | === The hourly part in result === | ||
+ | This part of result will be show when <code>hourly</code> is in <code>granu</code> parameters. It is the hourly forecast for next several hours which is specified by parameter <code>hourlysteps</code>. | ||
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result: | result: | ||
hourly: | hourly: | ||
status: ok | status: ok | ||
− | description: drizzle, expect rain to stop after 9 o'clock this morning, followed | + | description: drizzle, expect rain to stop # The featured natural language description for next 24 hours. |
+ | after 9 o'clock this morning, followed | ||
by overcast, then drizzle | by overcast, then drizzle | ||
− | precipitation: | + | skycon: # Skycon |
+ | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 # The date time of a data slot, which belong to Skycon | ||
+ | value: LIGHT_RAIN # The value of a data slot, which gives the value of skycon for datetime 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
+ | temperature: # Temperature | ||
+ | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
+ | value: 46.92 | ||
+ | precipitation: # Precipitation | ||
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
value: 0.021 | value: 0.021 | ||
− | + | wind: # Wind | |
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− | wind: | ||
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
speed: 20.04 | speed: 20.04 | ||
direction: 327.03 | direction: 327.03 | ||
− | humidity: | + | humidity: # Relative humidity |
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
value: 0.6 | value: 0.6 | ||
− | + | pressure: # Pressure | |
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
− | value: | + | value: 100027.4809084723 |
− | + | cloudrate: # Cloud coverage | |
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
− | value: | + | value: 0.90 |
− | visibility: | + | visibility: # Horizontal visibility on earth's surface |
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
value: 14.99 | value: 14.99 | ||
− | dswrf: | + | dswrf: # Downward shortwave radiation flux on earth's surface |
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
value: 0 | value: 0 | ||
− | air_quality: | + | air_quality: # Air quality |
aqi: | aqi: | ||
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 | ||
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=== The daily part in result === | === The daily part in result === | ||
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+ | This part of result will be show when <code>daily</code> is in <code>granu</code> parameters. It is the daily forecast for next several days which is specified by parameter <code>dailysteps</code>. | ||
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result: | result: | ||
daily: | daily: | ||
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- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
sunrise: | sunrise: | ||
− | time: '06:34' | + | time: '06:34' # Sun rise time |
sunset: | sunset: | ||
− | time: '19:23' | + | time: '19:23' # Sun set time |
− | precipitation: | + | skycon: # Skycon |
+ | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 # The date of this data slot | ||
+ | value: LIGHT_RAIN # Skycon value of date 2020-04-03 | ||
+ | temperature: # Temperature | ||
+ | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 # The date of this data slot | ||
+ | max: 51.35 # The maximal temperature of date 2020-04-03 | ||
+ | min: 46.92 # The minimal temperature of date 2020-04-03 | ||
+ | avg: 49.74 # The average temperature of date 2020-04-03 | ||
+ | precipitation: # Precipitation | ||
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
max: 0.028 | max: 0.028 | ||
min: 0 | min: 0 | ||
avg: 0.0075 | avg: 0.0075 | ||
− | + | wind: # Wind | |
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- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
max: | max: | ||
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speed: 16.85 | speed: 16.85 | ||
direction: 347.62 | direction: 347.62 | ||
− | humidity: | + | humidity: # Humidity |
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
max: 0.76 | max: 0.76 | ||
min: 0.57 | min: 0.57 | ||
avg: 0.71 | avg: 0.71 | ||
− | cloudrate: | + | cloudrate: # Cloud coverage |
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
max: 1 | max: 1 | ||
min: 0.95 | min: 0.95 | ||
avg: 1 | avg: 1 | ||
− | pressure: | + | pressure: # Pressure |
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
max: 100814.14 | max: 100814.14 | ||
min: 99934.41 | min: 99934.41 | ||
avg: 100305.84 | avg: 100305.84 | ||
− | visibility: | + | visibility: # Horizontal visibility |
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
max: 14.99 | max: 14.99 | ||
min: 9.67 | min: 9.67 | ||
avg: 12.62 | avg: 12.62 | ||
− | dswrf: | + | dswrf: # Downward shortwave radiation flux on earth's surface |
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
max: 138.9 | max: 138.9 | ||
min: 0 | min: 0 | ||
avg: 41.4 | avg: 41.4 | ||
− | air_quality: | + | air_quality: # Air quality |
aqi: | aqi: | ||
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
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avg: 0 | avg: 0 | ||
min: 0 | min: 0 | ||
− | + | life_index: # Life index | |
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− | life_index: | ||
ultraviolet: | ultraviolet: | ||
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 | ||
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* [[Supported measurement systems in ColorfulClouds Weather API]] | * [[Supported measurement systems in ColorfulClouds Weather API]] | ||
* [[Datetime calculation in ColorfulClouds Weather API]] | * [[Datetime calculation in ColorfulClouds Weather API]] | ||
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+ | == Appendix 1: table of available weather variables == | ||
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+ | {{:Table of available weather variables}} | ||
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+ | == Appendix 2: Data coverage == | ||
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+ | [[File:2020.3 彩云天气高精度数据覆盖范围.png|thumb|Global coverage of minutely forecast]] | ||
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+ | === Data coverage of general weather forecast === | ||
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+ | * Since the just begining of our weather API offering, we provide global hourly and daily weather forecast at any point on earth with '''arbitrary latitude and longitude'''. | ||
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+ | === Data coverage of minute-by-minute nowcasting service === | ||
+ | |||
+ | We are among the few providers can give global-wide nowcasting service, we can provide service in below areas. | ||
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+ | The quality of our nowcasting services is related with the quality of service of the radar data providers, it may vary from country to country; but as a service provider since 2014, we are a provened player in this area. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" | ||
+ | !Continent | ||
+ | !Country/region | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Europe | ||
+ | |Italy, Lithuania, Malta, France, Slovakia, Norway, Belarus, Iceland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, Denmark, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Croatia, Russia, Romania, Portugal, Estonia, Serbia, United Kingdom, Austria, Greece, Hungary | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Oceania | ||
+ | |Fiji, Guam, Australia, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Australia | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Asia | ||
+ | |Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Diaoyu Islands, Spratly Islands, Turkey, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iran, Singapore, Oman, Philippines, Japan, India, Cambodia, Cyprus, Malaysia, Vietnam, Kuwait, Thailand, South Korea, North Korea | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |North America | ||
+ | |Canada, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Martinique, Cuba, United States, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Kura, Guadeloupe, Nicaragua | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |South America | ||
+ | |Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Argentina | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Data coverage of air quality forecast === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Full scope of China. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | [[zh-cn:通用预报接口/v2.5]] |
Latest revision as of 07:19, 9 April 2020
Version of this article: v2.5,current stable version: v2.5,historical veriosns: v2.4
General weather interface v2.5 is part of ColorfulClouds Weather API, which gives the general pointwise weather forecast for a specific latitude and longitude.
Contents
Authentication
After signing up at the dahsboard, you will get your access token. In below sections, we will use a temporary token for demo purpose: S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b
. In production or development, you should use your own.
API request
We support json
and jsonp
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https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.5/S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b/-74.0060,40.7128/weather.json
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https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.5/S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b/-157.8583,21.3069/weather.jsonp&callback=CALLBACK
Parameters
- lang: optional, the language, default value is
zh_CN
, you can set any one ofzh_CN
,zh_TW
,en_US
,en_GB
,ja
- unit: optional, the unit system, default value is
metric
, you can set any one ofmetric
,imperial
,SI
- granu: optional, the temporal granularity, default value is
realtime,minutely,hourly,daily
, you can set any one or combinations ofrealtime
,minutely
,hourly
,daily
- hourlysteps: optional, how many hours will be present in hourly forecast, default value is
48
hours and maximal value is360
hours
- dailysteps: optional, how many days will be present in daily forecast, default value is
5
days and maximal value is15
days
API response
To understand the API response better, you should know the control parameter granu
and all the variables.
Parameter granu
in request
granu
is a short code for temporal granularity, it is the request parameter to control which part of data will show in the result. The default value is realtime,minutely,hourly,daily
, and you can set any one or a combinations of below four code: realtime
, minutely
, hourly
, daily
.
The supported variables
All the supported variables are physical variables on or near earth's surface, please check appendix below for detailed specification.
- temperature
- precipitation: a group of variables specified below
- wind: speed and direction
- humidity: relative humidity
- pressure
- cloud coverage
- visibility: horizontal visibility on earth's surface
- dswrf: downward shortwave radiation flux
- air quality group: including aqi, pm25 and others
- life index group: indicators for comfort or not, or status of ultraviolet radiation
and also skycon
- skycon: it is a collection of short descriptive code of weather phenomenon on earth surface introduce by DarkSky and was released into public domain.
The heading part
The heading part gives you basic settings of the API response, it is the start point of any weather calculation.
status: ok # API response status
api_version: v2.5 # API version
api_status: active # API status: alpha, beta, stable, active, deprecated
lang: en_US # The i18n language parameter in response, supported languages are include en_US, en_GB, zh_CN, zh_TW, ja
unit: imperial # The i18n unit parameter in response, supported unit system are include metric, imperial and SI
tzshift: -14400 # Timezone shift measured in seconds
timezone: America/New_York # Timezone
server_time: 1585894300 # Server time measured in unix timestamp or total seconds from 1970-01-01 00:00:00
location:
- 40.7128 # The requested latitude
- -74.006 # The requested longitude
You should notice that this API are latitude-longitude based, we do not support city-based queries.
The real-time part in result
This part of result will be show when realtime
is in granu
parameters. It gives the estimation of real-time weather conditions.
result:
realtime:
status: ok
skycon: LIGHT_RAIN # Skycon
temperature: 46.92 # Temperature
apparent_temperature: 52.9 # Apparent temperature
precipitation:
local:
status: ok
datasource: radar # Data source for this precipitation calculation
intensity: 0.245 # Precipitation intensity
nearest:
status: ok
distance: 0 # Distance to the nearest precipitation area
intensity: 0.245 # Precipitation intensity of the nearest
wind:
speed: 20.04 # Wind speed
direction: 327.03 # Wind direction in degrees, north is zero
humidity: 0.6 # Relative humidity
pressure: 100027.48 # Pressure of the atmosphere
cloudrate: 0.99 # Cloud coverage
visibility: 14.99 # Horizontal visibility
dswrf: 0 # Downward shortwave radiation flux
air_quality:
pm25: 0
pm10: 0
o3: 0
so2: 0
no2: 0
co: 0
aqi:
chn: 0 # AQI by China standard
usa: 0 # AQI by USA standard
description:
usa: ''
chn: missing
life_index:
ultraviolet:
index: 0
desc: None
comfort:
index: 2
desc: Very hot
The minutely part in result
This part of result will be show when minutely
is in granu
parameters. It is the minute-by-minute forecast for next 2 hours.
result:
minutely:
status: ok
datasource: radar # The datasource of the forecast
description: "rain easing off in one hour" # The featured natural language description of the weather conditions in next 2 hours
probability:
- 0.9703164364 # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 00~30 minutes
- 0.6687932653 # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 30~60 minutes
- 0.0294856625 # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 60~90 minutes
- 0.0 # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 90~120 minutes
precipitation_2h:
- 0.245 # The forecasted precipitation values for next 2 hours
- ... # Totally 120 data items
precipitation:
- 0.245 # The forecasted precipitation values for next 1 hour
- ... # Totally 60 data items
The hourly part in result
This part of result will be show when hourly
is in granu
parameters. It is the hourly forecast for next several hours which is specified by parameter hourlysteps
.
result:
hourly:
status: ok
description: drizzle, expect rain to stop # The featured natural language description for next 24 hours.
after 9 o'clock this morning, followed
by overcast, then drizzle
skycon: # Skycon
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00 # The date time of a data slot, which belong to Skycon
value: LIGHT_RAIN # The value of a data slot, which gives the value of skycon for datetime 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
temperature: # Temperature
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value: 46.92
precipitation: # Precipitation
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value: 0.021
wind: # Wind
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
speed: 20.04
direction: 327.03
humidity: # Relative humidity
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value: 0.6
pressure: # Pressure
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value: 100027.4809084723
cloudrate: # Cloud coverage
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value: 0.90
visibility: # Horizontal visibility on earth's surface
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value: 14.99
dswrf: # Downward shortwave radiation flux on earth's surface
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value: 0
air_quality: # Air quality
aqi:
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value:
chn: 0
usa: 0
pm25:
- datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
value: 0
The daily part in result
This part of result will be show when daily
is in granu
parameters. It is the daily forecast for next several days which is specified by parameter dailysteps
.
result:
daily:
status: ok
astro:
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
sunrise:
time: '06:34' # Sun rise time
sunset:
time: '19:23' # Sun set time
skycon: # Skycon
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 # The date of this data slot
value: LIGHT_RAIN # Skycon value of date 2020-04-03
temperature: # Temperature
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00 # The date of this data slot
max: 51.35 # The maximal temperature of date 2020-04-03
min: 46.92 # The minimal temperature of date 2020-04-03
avg: 49.74 # The average temperature of date 2020-04-03
precipitation: # Precipitation
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max: 0.028
min: 0
avg: 0.0075
wind: # Wind
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max:
speed: 20.04
direction: 327.03
min:
speed: 13.17
direction: 12.79
avg:
speed: 16.85
direction: 347.62
humidity: # Humidity
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max: 0.76
min: 0.57
avg: 0.71
cloudrate: # Cloud coverage
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max: 1
min: 0.95
avg: 1
pressure: # Pressure
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max: 100814.14
min: 99934.41
avg: 100305.84
visibility: # Horizontal visibility
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max: 14.99
min: 9.67
avg: 12.62
dswrf: # Downward shortwave radiation flux on earth's surface
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max: 138.9
min: 0
avg: 41.4
air_quality: # Air quality
aqi:
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max:
chn: 0
usa: 0
avg:
chn: 0
usa: 0
min:
chn: 0
usa: 0
pm25:
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
max: 0
avg: 0
min: 0
life_index: # Life index
ultraviolet:
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
index: '1'
desc: Weak
carWashing:
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
index: '3'
desc: Less appropriate
dressing:
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
index: '2'
desc: Very hot
comfort:
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
index: '0'
desc: Sticky hot
coldRisk:
- date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
index: '3'
desc: Prone
Other links
- Supported languages in ColorfulClouds Weather API
- Supported measurement systems in ColorfulClouds Weather API
- Datetime calculation in ColorfulClouds Weather API
Appendix 1: table of available weather variables
Name | Code | Quality | Unit of measurement | Temporal granularity | Geospatial scope | Comments |
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Temperature | temperature | temperature | °C, °F, K | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | temperature 2m above |
Pressure | pressure | pressure | Pa | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | pressure on surface |
Relative humidity | humidity | relative humidity | % | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | relative humidity 2m above |
Wind direction | wind direction | wind direction | degree | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | wind direction 10m above |
Wind speed | wind speed | wind speed | km/h, mph, m/h | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | wind speed 10m above |
Cloud rate | cloudrate | total cloud rate | 0~1 | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | total cloud rate |
Shortwave radiation | dswrf | downward shortwave radiation | W/m^2 | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | downward shortwave radiation on surface |
Visibility | visibility | visibility by distance | km, mile, m | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | horizontal visibility by distance on surface |
Nearest distance to precipitation area | Nearest distance to precipitation area | distance | km, mile, m | realtime | radar supported area | nearest distance to precipitation area |
Intensity of nearest precipitation | intensity of nearest precipitation | precipitation intensity | 0~1 | realtime | radar supported area | intensity of nearest precipitation |
Intensity of local precipitation | Intensity of local precipitation | precipitation intensity | 0~1 | realtime, minutely | radar supported area | intensity of local precipitation |
sky condition | skycon | weather condition | text | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | weather condition |
comfort index | comfort index | comfort index | text | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | weather comfort condition |
ultraviolet index | ultraviolet index | ultraviolet index | text | realtime, hourly, daily | globally | ultraviolet condition |
PM25 | pm25 | PM25 | μg/m^3 | realtime, hourly, daily | air-quality forecast supported area | PM25 mass concentration |
PM10 | pm10 | PM10 | μg/m^3 | realtime | air-quality forecast supported area | PM10 mass concentration |
O3 | o3 | O3 | μg/m^3 | realtime | air-quality forecast supported area | O3 mass concentration |
NO2 | no2 | No2 | μg/m^3 | realtime | air-quality forecast supported area | NO2 mass concentration |
SO2 | so2 | SO2 | μg/m^3 | realtime | air-quality forecast supported area | SO2 mass concentration |
CO | co | CO | mg/m^3 | realtime | air-quality forecast supported area | CO mass concentration |
AQI | aqi | AQI by US and China standard | 0~500 | realtime, hourly, daily | air-quality forecast supported area | AQI by US and China standard |
Appendix 2: Data coverage
Data coverage of general weather forecast
- Since the just begining of our weather API offering, we provide global hourly and daily weather forecast at any point on earth with arbitrary latitude and longitude.
Data coverage of minute-by-minute nowcasting service
We are among the few providers can give global-wide nowcasting service, we can provide service in below areas.
The quality of our nowcasting services is related with the quality of service of the radar data providers, it may vary from country to country; but as a service provider since 2014, we are a provened player in this area.
Continent | Country/region |
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Europe | Italy, Lithuania, Malta, France, Slovakia, Norway, Belarus, Iceland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, Denmark, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Croatia, Russia, Romania, Portugal, Estonia, Serbia, United Kingdom, Austria, Greece, Hungary |
Oceania | Fiji, Guam, Australia, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Australia |
Asia | Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Diaoyu Islands, Spratly Islands, Turkey, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iran, Singapore, Oman, Philippines, Japan, India, Cambodia, Cyprus, Malaysia, Vietnam, Kuwait, Thailand, South Korea, North Korea |
North America | Canada, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Martinique, Cuba, United States, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Kura, Guadeloupe, Nicaragua |
South America | Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Argentina |
Data coverage of air quality forecast
Full scope of China.