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Read more about current weather topics, use cases, and the functionality of Visual Crossing Weather in our many articles.
How to Import Weather Forecast Data and Historical Weather Data into a MySQL Database
In this article, we are going to import weather data into a MySQL database. In addition to setting up the…Andrew Wigmore / March 13, 2020
How to Find Weather Data for your Next Data Science Project
The use of weather data in data science is hugely varied and there are applications in all applied verticals. However…Andrew Wigmore / March 10, 2020
How do I find the best long range Weather Forecast?
Many times we find ourselves needing a weather forecast beyond the next couple of days. Maybe you are planning an…Sean McCafferty / February 3, 2020
How to use weather forecasts to optimize Google Ads
Google Ads and other online advertising has become essential to every business. While it is obvious that every business needs…Sam Helwig / January 7, 2020
How to use weather forecasts to manage visual marketing and inventory
Use case: Manage the displays and local advertising for a chain of shoe stores based on weather forecasts. Ever since…Sam Helwig / December 12, 2019
Using Historical Weather Data to Investigate the Climate Change impact on Hurricane Barry
As we near the end of the 2019 hurricane season, we look back on Hurricane Barry. As the first hurricane…Sam Helwig / October 3, 2019
Announcing Real-Time Historical Weather Data Using the MADIS Observational Weather Database
We are pleased to announce that the Visual Crossing Weather History Database now includes real-time weather observations. You can now…Visual Crossing / September 4, 2019
Guest blog: Your Wedding Weather – How to use weather history to plan your wedding day
In this guest blog, Wedding Planner Falade Kunle Tom describes how to incorporate historical weather information into your wedding planning…Visual Crossing / August 23, 2019
Will the weather be nice on my vacation?
The Summer might may be drawing to a close but there is still time to squeeze in a vacation before…Andrew Wigmore / August 17, 2019
Historical Weather Data for Everyone
The Historical Weather Data Dashboard provides a simple way to view historical weather observations. The dashboard gives easy access to…Sean McCafferty / July 26, 2019
Where can I find historical rainfall data?
Does the number of people who visit Mount Rushmore depend on the weather? In this blog I investigate the correlation…Sam Helwig / May 28, 2019
Precipitation coverage is the most important weather metric you don’t know
Precipitation Coverage is a metric commonly encountered in weather data yet its meaning is often misunderstood. In this post I…Sam Helwig / May 7, 2019
