Do any of you have a favorite (free) weather-related API? I’m specifically looking for historical weather data in Northern California, ideally by date and city. There are a few options out there that I’ve been playing around with, but do any of you fine people have a favorite or recommendations?
This won’t be helpful if you specifically want historical data, but just recently I integrated OpenWeatherMap into a personal project. We have some garden plants which need to be taken indoors if the temperature drops below freezing, so I’ve set up a job which runs daily and sends an email alert if the plants need protecting (snippet below):
About the only downside with this API (other than the lack of historical data) is that they don’t currently have any “Run in Postman” buttons on the site - I’ll have a quiet word with them
I’m a little bit late here but found the NOAA Climate Data Online (CDO) page which appears to have historical weather data for the US. You can define location, station and start-end dates so it might be helpful. And certainly looks free (key word) after email registration. Good luck!