Articles for "CSV"

How can I download weather forecast data as a CSV file?

In this article, we will show you how to easily download forecast weather data as a standard CSV file that can be imported into thousands of data analysis and storage applications such as business intelligence systems, visualization tools, statistical analysis packages, and databases. If you would like to download weather history data as a CSV, …

How can I download weather history data as a CSV file?

In this article, we will show you how to easily download historical weather data as a standard CSV file that can be imported into thousands of data analysis and storage applications such as business intelligence systems, visualization tools, statistical analysis packages, and databases. If you would like to download weather forecast data as a CSV, …

How to use Python and Pandas to join historical weather data to road accident data

I am currently investigating the relationship between weather conditions and accidents by using a dataset of road accidents in Fairfax County, Virginia obtained from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. The first step to perform the analysis is to combine the accident data with the historical weather conditions. In this article, we will discuss how …

How to download the weather forecast for all US ZIP Codes

US ZIP Codes act like postal codes in other countries – they provide an easy and structured way to locate an address within a city and state. They are easy to remember and provide a reasonably precise geographical location. This makes them valuable for businesses and other organizations that want to collect information about their …

Timeline Weather API

The Timeline Weather API is the simplest and most powerful way to retrieve weather data. You can request data over any time window including windows that span the past, present, and future. The API will take care of the combining historical observations, current 15-day forecasts, and statistical weather forecasts to create a single, consolidated dataset …

Using the Timeline Weather API with multiple locations in the same request

The Timeline Weather API permits a single location for each API request. In some situations, it is convenient to submit multiple locations in the same request rather than as separate API calls. This article describes how to use the Multiple Timeline Weather API endpoint to request weather data for multiple locations in the same call. …

What is the difference between rain, sleet, snow and ice precipitation types?

The weather data returned by the Visual Crossing Weather API and Data Query Builder includes both the amount of precipitation and also the type of precipitation that occurred or is forecast to occur. In this article, we discuss the exact difference between the possible precipitation types that you may encounter. Where to find the precipitation …

Requesting sub-hourly weather data using the Weather API

Sub-hourly historical weather data, or historical weather data with minute-by-minute resolution can be retrieved by users of the weather API. Please see the weather data editions page for details on which weather API plans include sub-hourly data access. Requests for sub-hourly data mirror the same requests for hourly or daily uses however there are some …