Peter Hruby   •   over 9 years ago

Weather Data Sources?

Does anyone know where one can source weather data (real time, historical, etc.) based off of location (preferably zip code)? I know the NOAA has a large number of different data products so any guidance would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

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  Matthew Loveless Manager   •   over 9 years ago

  Peter,
  This is from the helpful folks at NOAA:

  For forecast data (including past forecasts):
  http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/SOAP_server/ndfdXML.htm

  Past and current - is not available as SOAP or REST service.

  Current observations are available by XML (2 flavors, XML and RSS):
  http://www.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/

  Past weather (official archived data) generally runs several months behind in certification and is only available from the National Climatic Data center (by official observation station).
  An alternative for short term past weather (72 hours or less) is the weather history page for each observation site (example
  http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KDCA.html)

  Hope that helps!
  Matthew

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  Matthew Loveless Manager   •   over 9 years ago

  Also, here's an example of developing a basic weather app for Android that you might find useful: http://www.appmobi.com/index.php?q=node/101

  Matthew

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  Peter Hruby   •   over 9 years ago

  This is great - many thanks Matthew!

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