YR.no API wrapper

Wrapper for the YR.no API, for near time weather prediction.

Installing

pip install yr

Using

Locations

Locations are defined by Geonames, not coordinates:

Example

• United_States/California/San_Jose
• Sweden/Södermanland/Himlinge

Periods

Each 24 hours consists of four periods(0-3):

• 0: 00-06
• 1: 06-12
• 2: 12-18
• 3: 18-24

Code

Retrieving the weather description for a specific period:

w = YR('Sweden/Södermanland/Himlinge')
print(w.getPeriodWeather(1))

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Retrieving the weather description for the current period:

w = YR('Sweden/Södermanland/Himlinge')
print(w.getCurrentWeather())

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Retrieving temperature for a specific period:

t = YR('Sweden/Södermanland/Himlinge')
print(t.getPeriodTemperature(1))

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Retrieving temperature for the current period:

t = YR('Sweden/Södermanland/Himlinge')
print(t.getCurrentTemperature())

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Attribution and Terms of Use

You should read and understand the YR.no terms of use which is only available in Norwegian...