📌 Python Weather App

A simple command-line weather application built with Python that fetches real-time weather data from the OpenWeatherMap API. You can input any city name and instantly get the weather condition, temperature, date, and other useful info.

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🚀 Features

• Get real-time weather for any city

• Displays:

  • Current date
  • Weather status (Clear, Clouds, Rain, etc.)
  • Temperature (°F or °C, based on your code)

• Simple, lightweight, and beginner-friendly

• Uses the requests library

• Runs inside a Python virtual environment

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🧪 Example Output

Enter city: Los Angeles
Date: Monday, November 24, 2025
The weather in Los Angeles is: Clear
The temperature in Los Angeles is: 59°F

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🛠️ Installation

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/wayphantomme/python-weather-app.git
cd python-weather-app

2. Create and activate virtual environment

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install requests

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🔑 Setup API Key

This project uses the OpenWeatherMap API.

1. Go to https://openweathermap.org/api
2. Create a free account
3. Get your API key
4. Open app.py and replace:

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

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▶️ How to Run

python app.py

Then enter any city name when prompted.

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📂 Project Structure

python-weather-app/
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├── app.py
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

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❗ Notes

• Do not upload .venv to GitHub
• Make sure your API key is not exposed in public repos
• If using this repo publicly, consider using environment variables

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📜 License

This project is free to use for learning and experimentation.