Hourly Weather Forecast API - 240 hours

This API returns an 2-10 day (48-240 hours) forecast in 1 hour intervals for any point on the planet. A 48 hour/hourly forecast is returned as the default, without any parameters. Forecasts update approximately once per hour.

Returns up to 240 hours (10 days/hourly). Ie. hours=240.

All parameters should be supplied to the Weather API as query string parameters.

Base URL

HTTP: http://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/forecast/hourly

HTTPS: https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/forecast/hourly

Supported Methods: GET

Request Parameters

key=[key] (REQUIRED)

key - Your API Key.

lang=[language](optional)

en - [DEFAULT] English
ar - Arabic
az - Azerbaijani
be - Belarusian
bg - Bulgarian
bs - Bosnian
ca - Catalan
cz - Czech
da - Danish
de - German
fi - Finnish
fr - French
el - Greek
es - Spanish
et - Estonian
ja - Japanese
hr - Croation
hu - Hungarian
id - Indonesian
it - Italian
is - Icelandic
iw - Hebrew
kw - Cornish
lt - Lithuanian
nb - Norwegian Bokmål
nl - Dutch
pl - Polish
pt - Portuguese
ro - Romanian
ru - Russian
sk - Slovak
sl - Slovenian
sr - Serbian
sv - Swedish
tr - Turkish
uk - Ukrainian
zh - Chinese (Simplified)
zh-tw - Chinese (Traditional)

units=[units](optional)

M - [DEFAULT] Metric (Celcius, m/s, mm)
S - Scientific (Kelvin, m/s, mm)
I - Fahrenheit (F, mph, in)

hours=[integer] (optional: return a specific number of forecast hours)

1-240 hours - [DEFAULT] 48 hours

API Endpoints

Description	Required Parameters	Example(s)
Get forecast by lat/lon (Recommended)	lat,lon	&lat=38.123&lon=-78.543
Get forecast by city name	city, state(optional), country (optional)	&city=Raleigh&country=US &city=Raleigh,NC &city=Raleigh,North+Carolina
Get forecast by postal code	postal_code, country (optional)	&postal_code=27601&country=US
Get forecast by Station	station	&station=KRDU
Get forecast by city id	city_id	&city_id=8953360

Example Request:

https://api.weatherbit.io/v2.0/forecast/hourly?lat=47.6061&lon=-122.3328&key=API_KEY&hours=240

Example Response (JSON):


             {
              "city_name": "Seattle",
              "country_code": "US",
              "data": [
                {
                  "app_temp": 15.6,
                  "clouds": 93,
                  "clouds_hi": 0,
                  "clouds_low": 100,
                  "clouds_mid": 0,
                  "datetime": "2025-09-12:12",
                  "dewpt": 13.4,
                  "dhi": 0,
                  "dni": 0,
                  "ghi": 0,
                  "ozone": 284,
                  "pod": "n",
                  "pop": 0,
                  "precip": 0,
                  "pres": 1013,
                  "rh": 87,
                  "slp": 1017,
                  "snow": 0,
                  "snow_depth": 0,
                  "solar_rad": 0,
                  "temp": 15.6,
                  "timestamp_local": "2025-09-12T05:00:00",
                  "timestamp_utc": "2025-09-12T12:00:00",
                  "ts": 1757678400,
                  "uv": 0,
                  "vis": 13.6,
                  "weather": {
                    "code": 804,
                    "description": "Overcast clouds",
                    "icon": "c04n"
                  },
                  "wind_cdir": "S",
                  "wind_cdir_full": "south",
                  "wind_dir": 190,
                  "wind_gust_spd": 2.1,
                  "wind_spd": 0.8
                },
                {
                  "app_temp": 15.5,
                  "clouds": 89,
                  "clouds_hi": 0,
                  "clouds_low": 100,
                  "clouds_mid": 0,
                  "datetime": "2025-09-12:13",
                  "dewpt": 13.3,
                  "dhi": 0,
                  "dni": 0,
                  "ghi": 0,
                  "ozone": 283,
                  "pod": "n",
                  "pop": 0,
                  "precip": 0,
                  "pres": 1013,
                  "rh": 87,
                  "slp": 1017,
                  "snow": 0,
                  "snow_depth": 0,
                  "solar_rad": 0,
                  "temp": 15.5,
                  "timestamp_local": "2025-09-12T06:00:00",
                  "timestamp_utc": "2025-09-12T13:00:00",
                  "ts": 1757682000,
                  "uv": 0,
                  "vis": 13.3,
                  "weather": {
                    "code": 804,
                    "description": "Overcast clouds",
                    "icon": "c04n"
                  },
                  "wind_cdir": "SW",
                  "wind_cdir_full": "southwest",
                  "wind_dir": 230,
                  "wind_gust_spd": 1.7,
                  "wind_spd": 0.8
                }, ... 
              ],
              "lat": 47.6061,
              "lon": -122.3328,
              "state_code": "WA",
              "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
            }

Field Decriptions:

lat: Latitude (Degrees).
lon: Longitude (Degrees).
timezone: Local IANA Timezone.
city_name: City name.
country_code: Country abbreviation.
state_code: State abbreviation/code.
data: [

ts: Unix Timestamp at UTC time.
timestamp_local: Timestamp at local time.
timestamp_utc: Timestamp at UTC time.
datetime: [DEPRECATED - use "timestamp_utc"] Forecast Valid hour UTC (YYYY-MM-DD:HH).
wind_gust_spd: Wind gust speed (Default m/s).
wind_spd: Wind speed (Default m/s).
wind_dir: Wind direction (degrees).
wind_cdir: Abbreviated wind direction.
wind_cdir_full: Verbal wind direction.
temp: Temperature (default Celcius).
app_temp: Apparent/"Feels Like" temperature (default Celcius).
pop: Probability of Precipitation (%).
precip: Accumulated liquid equivalent precipitation (default mm).
snow: Accumulated snowfall (default mm).
snow_depth: Snow Depth (default mm).
slp: Sea level pressure (mb).
pres: Pressure (mb).
dewpt: Dew point (default Celcius).
rh: Relative humidity (%).
clouds_low: Low-level (~0-3km AGL) cloud coverage (%).
clouds_mid: Mid-level (~3-5km AGL) cloud coverage (%).
clouds_hi: High-level (>5km AGL) cloud coverage (%).
clouds: Cloud coverage (%).
weather: {
- icon:Weather icon code.
- code:Weather code.
- description: Text weather description.
}
pod: Part of the day (d = day / n = night).
uv: UV Index (0-11+).
dhi: Diffuse horizontal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
dni: Direct normal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
ghi: Global horizontal solar irradiance (W/m^2) [Clear Sky]
solar_rad: Estimated Solar Radiation (W/m^2).
vis: Visibility (default KM).
ozone: Average Ozone (Dobson units).

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