Anyone know of all the possible weather conditions Google's API will put out? I've got to match up my icons to the forecast, and I can't find a list of conditions.
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This was mentioned: http://www.blindmotion.com/?p=73 though it may not be complete, as it isn't something released by Google. It probably covers about 99% of cases though, barring random enhancements and releases to the weather api by Google staff.
CoderTao
2009-10-14 02:19:28
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Here's the best list I could find: http://www.blindmotion.com/?p=73
You may want to consider alternate APIs that are formally supported and documented. Yahoo!'s [Weather RSS feed][1] is a handy, easy-to-use API. I use the [National Weather Service's API][2] for one of my projects because I need to pull the forecast for a specific time frame in the future and it lets me do that in a reasonably straightforward way.
Jim Lamb
2009-10-14 02:22:16
Thanks for the info. I gave Coder the check mark as he most closely answered the question, but I am definately looking into another api... mostly because google doesn't go beyond a 4 day forecast and my spiffy little weather carousel doesn't look very cool with just four panels.
Jascha
2009-10-14 03:18:58
I just noticed you gave the link too.. but coder was first.. gah, I hate having to decide on answers sometimes
Jascha
2009-10-14 03:19:45
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That link was broken for me. Here's a list I found on another forum:
"Clear
Cloudy
Fog
Haze
Light Rain
Mostly Cloudy
Overcast
Partly Cloudy
Rain
Rain Showers
Showers
Thunderstorm
Chance of Showers
Chance of Snow
Chance of Storm
Mostly Sunny
Partly Sunny
Scattered Showers
Sunny"
Emile
2010-09-17 04:38:07
After I posted this list, I decided to use it. Weird that there's a "Chance of Snow" but never "Snow." A philosophical statement? Or maybe the list was compiled using cities that were in the middle of their summer.
Emile
2010-09-18 19:20:46
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I've also found 2 more with some testing.
- Snow Showers (snow.gif)
- Isolated Thunderstorms (chance_of_strom.gif)
Alan
2010-10-19 10:42:14