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by gpm 1208 days ago
Seems to be limited to the US only? Plugging in a random location in Canada and I get "Unable to provide data for requested point 45.5451,-78.8739"

Which is really disappointing, since the weather models they use must model the entire world...
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zie 1208 days ago
Looks like the Canadian govt offers their own API: https://api.weather.gc.ca
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gpm 1208 days ago
Yes, but if I'm making a website supporting hundreds of different APIs with different schemas and slightly different information available isn't really practical. Local providers aren't really a substitute for a single global source of weather data.
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zie 1208 days ago
Assuming all of those things, I agree it's not great, but if you truly need global weather information, you either pay for an API(assuming one exists, I have no idea) or afford to hire developers/dedicate time to make one for you.

I would never expect a govt to provide global weather forecasts for places outside their jurisdiction. Though now I wonder is the US govt one provides weather for the US territories and other US places outside the 50 states. I don't have time to play with that at the moment, sadly.

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