Environment Canada Integration not working

[pinballnewf]

The problem

`Unexpected error fetching environment_canada weather data: could not convert string to float: 'calm'

It appears Environment Canada has decided to use words to describe the wind speed. I didn't know calm was in km/h!

<wind> <speed unitType="metric" units="km/h">calm</speed> <gust unitType="metric" units="km/h"/>

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2023.3.6

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

2023.6

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

Environment Canada

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/environment_canada

Diagnostics information

No response

Example YAML snippet

No response

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 239, in _async_refresh
    self.data = await self._async_update_data()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/environment_canada/__init__.py", line 117, in _async_update_data
    await self.ec_data.update()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/env_canada/ec_weather.py", line 420, in update
    self.conditions[c].update(get_condition(meta))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/env_canada/ec_weather.py", line 400, in get_condition
    condition["value"] = int(float(element.text))
ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'calm'`

Additional information

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[home-assistant]

Hey there @gwww, @michaeldavie, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (environment_canada) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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[Juffle74]

As today (apr. 9 2023) I'm having the same issue...

Logger: homeassistant.components.environment_canada
Source: components/environment_canada/init.py:117
Integration: Environment Canada (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 08:50:14 (3 occurrences)
Last logged: 08:50:49

Unexpected error fetching environment_canada weather data: could not convert string to float: 'calme'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 250, in _async_refresh
self.data = await self._async_update_data()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/environment_canada/init.py", line 117, in _async_update_data
await self.ec_data.update()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/env_canada/ec_weather.py", line 423, in update
self.conditions[c].update(get_condition(meta))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/env_canada/ec_weather.py", line 403, in get_condition
condition["value"] = int(float(element.text))
ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'calme'

Home Assistant v. 2023.4.2
Supervisor 2023.04.0
OS 9.5

[michaeldavie]

@home-assistant reopen

[timmeh87]

Guys I was in contact with environment canada today, they sent me this bulletin about how their data product will be broken for about a month. The bottom line is that the data will return to normal after this period of time. Didnt know where exactly to put this.

https://lists.ec.gc.ca/pipermail/dd_info/2023-March/000575.html
https://lists.ec.gc.ca/pipermail/dd_info/attachments/20230328/4bc793cc/attachment-0001.pdf

[bdraco]

https://github.com/home-assistant/alerts.home-assistant.io

[evilspoons]

Is there any way for this integration to return 'unavailable' for this period of downtime? I just caught on to this because humidity and temperature for my region have been recording zeroes for the past 12 hours.