Open-Meteo
Infrastructure
weather api
SHOW HN2021
443points
147comments
#56of 2,533 in 2021
Top 3%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
26 positive, 36 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 69 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Idea: 10 for, 2 againstExecution: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Fast API responses and good forecast quality
From 2 comments
Creator from Open-Meteo here, I build a small, but very fast and precise weather forecast API for non-commercial use. I am a private individual working on it in my spare time.…
meteo-jeff on HNLooks great. What is the funding model for the project? What are the current costs?
vorpalhex on HN
Historical data in the same API call
From 1 comment
I've investigated and tried several (free) weather API's for my web app: https://uw.leftium.com. Open-Meteo looks pretty good! The only thing that seems to be missing for me is…
Leftium on HN
Good UI for generating API URLs
From 1 comment
I like the UI generating the URL to send to the API vs just a PDF of all of the possible key/value pairs to generate manually. A little above&beyond for most APIs I've used…
dylan604 on HN
Objections
Non-commercial license limits use
From 1 comment
I respect and appreciate no API key being needed, but how will you prevent excessive usage? I'll just say that it's been a battle on my end to stop people abusing APIs I deploy.…
classichasclass on HN
Missing precipitation probability
From 1 comment
I've investigated and tried several (free) weather API's for my web app: https://uw.leftium.com. Open-Meteo looks pretty good! The only thing that seems to be missing for me is…
Leftium on HN
Requests
Ensemble forecasts
From 2 comments
One thing I'm missing from virtually every weather service is access to ensemble forecasts. Meteorologists internally deal in ensemble forecasts, but never, as far as I know,…
kqr on HNIncluding ensemble forecasts into Open-Meteo is already on my backlog. And yes, this will return those 90% confidence intervals. Forecast variability is difficult to express. For…
meteo-jeff on HN
Longer historical data
From 2 comments
Do you offer historical data?
pier25 on HNThats cool, I'll be having a closer look. I'm working on an xbar plugin app [1][2] that alerts me when there is a warmer day in the coming week. I used VisualCrossing [3] which…
sails on HN
Precipitation probability
From 2 comments
Thanks for your suggestions! I will add precipitation probability as soon as I include 14-day ensemble weather models. Deterministic whether models usually do not offer this…
meteo-jeff on HNThat's cool :) I like this idea. Yes, please use the WMO weather code for that. I will also add precipitation probability in the next weeks. At >50% precipitation probability the…
meteo-jeff on HN
Questions
How will excessive usage be prevented
From 1 comment
I respect and appreciate no API key being needed, but how will you prevent excessive usage? I'll just say that it's been a battle on my end to stop people abusing APIs I deploy.…
classichasclass on HN
What is the funding model and cost
From 1 comment
Looks great. What is the funding model for the project? What are the current costs?
vorpalhex on HN
Alternatives named
OpenWeatherMap
From 1 comment
I've investigated and tried several (free) weather API's for my web app: https://uw.leftium.com. Open-Meteo looks pretty good! The only thing that seems to be missing for me is…
Leftium on HN
Visual Crossing
From 1 comment
I've investigated and tried several (free) weather API's for my web app: https://uw.leftium.com. Open-Meteo looks pretty good! The only thing that seems to be missing for me is…
Leftium on HN
Dark Sky
From 1 comment
I've investigated and tried several (free) weather API's for my web app: https://uw.leftium.com. Open-Meteo looks pretty good! The only thing that seems to be missing for me is…
Leftium on HN
Brightsky
From 1 comment
I also tried brightsky.dev, but it is limited to weather stations in the MOSMIX system. IRRC only Germany. In terms of forecast quality, MOSMIX should be great! One goal of mine,…
meteo-jeff on HN