Getting live weather data from OpenWeatherMap
In this article we're going to use the OpenWeatherMap free API to pull weather forecasts for the next 7 days. OpenWeatherMap has a number of API endpoints, we're going to use One Call which returns a forecasts for the next hour, 48 hours, and 7 days.
This API method returns a lot of data, we've used the SyncWith Google Sheets Addon to select just the data we wanted, which is inside the
daily field, and inside there we took most of the data from the temp and feels_like fields, deleting the rest of the data that we didn't need.Step 1: Get an API Key
First, you'll need an API key from OpenWeatherMap, to do that go and sign up for a free account.
Paste your API key into the box below labelled
appidStep 2: Get the coordinates of the place you'd like the weather for
Get the latitude and longitude of the place you'd like to get the weather for, I did this following the instructions
Get the coordinates of a place from google here: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/18539Copy and paste the numeric values into the
lat and lon boxes below.Step 3: Customize (Optional)
By default I've set the units parameter to
imperial which will get you temperature in Fahrenheit, you can change it to metric to get temperature in CelsiusStep 4: Get your weather data
Once you've filled in the values below, click Submit to get your data!
Daily weather
Please fill in any necessary fields and click Run.
GET
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dt | temp.day | temp.min | temp.max | temp.night | temp.eve | temp.morn | feels_like.day | feels_like.night | feels_like.eve | feels_like.morn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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