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Access real-time weather conditions, multi-day forecasts, allergen levels, and severe weather alerts for any city via the AccuWeather API.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/903a2550-8d7e-4c35-91eb-ede1171b74f6/get_weather?city=New+York' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Get comprehensive weather data for a city including current conditions, daily and hourly forecasts, alerts, allergens, and radar metadata. Resolves city name to a location key internally, then fetches multiple data sources.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cityrequired | string | City name to get weather for (e.g., 'Istanbul', 'New York', 'London') |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"radar": "object with radar_base_url, api_key, and params for map tile requests",
"alerts": "array of alert objects or string 'none' if no alerts",
"forecast": "object with daily (array of date/condition/high/low/precipitation_probability) and hourly (array of time/condition/temperature/precipitation_probability)",
"location": "object containing name, key, country, localized_name, admin_area",
"allergens": "array of objects with type and level fields",
"current_conditions": "object containing temperature (°F), humidity (%), wind_speed (mph), condition, is_day_time, observation_time"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"radar": {
"params": [
"zoom",
"lon",
"lat",
"imgwidth",
"imgheight"
],
"api_key": "de13920f574d420984d3080b1fa6132b",
"radar_base_url": "https://api.accuweather.com/maps/v1/radar/static/globalSIR/tile"
},
"alerts": "none",
"forecast": {
"daily": [
{
"low": 51,
"date": "Thu5/14",
"high": 66,
"condition": "Not as warm; rain this morning",
"precipitation_probability": 96
}
],
"hourly": [
{
"time": "3 AM",
"condition": "Rain",
"temperature": 56,
"precipitation_probability": 68
}
]
},
"location": {
"key": "349727",
"name": "New York",
"country": "us",
"admin_area": "New York",
"localized_name": "New York"
},
"allergens": [
{
"type": "Tree Pollen",
"level": "Very High"
}
],
"current_conditions": {
"humidity": 80,
"condition": "Rain",
"wind_speed": 6.1,
"is_day_time": false,
"temperature": 57,
"observation_time": "2026-05-14T02:43:00-04:00"
}
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the accuweather.com API
The AccuWeather API covers 3 endpoints that return current conditions, daily and hourly forecasts, health/allergen data, severe weather alerts, and radar metadata for any city worldwide. The get_weather endpoint resolves a plain city name to a location key and returns a single response with temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation probability, and allergen levels — no separate geocoding step required.
What the API Returns
The get_weather endpoint accepts a city string (e.g., 'New York', 'Istanbul') and returns six top-level objects in one call: current_conditions (temperature in °F, humidity %, wind speed in mph, textual condition, is_day_time flag, and observation timestamp), forecast (daily array with date, condition, high/low temps, and precipitation probability; hourly array with time, condition, and temperature), alerts (array of active alert objects or the string 'none'), allergens (array of {type, level} pairs), location (name, country, admin area, and AccuWeather location key), and radar (base URL, API key, and tile params for map rendering).
Location Discovery
search_locations takes a free-text query and returns matching place records including the unique AccuWeather Key field, EnglishName, Type (e.g., 'City'), GeoPosition (latitude, longitude, elevation), Country, AdministrativeArea, and timezone details. This endpoint is useful when you need to resolve an ambiguous city name or retrieve the numeric key for downstream calls.
list_cities accepts an ISO 2-letter country_code (case-insensitive) and returns an array of province-level or major administrative division entries for that country. Each entry includes a name, url (the AccuWeather browse page), and type (always 'Province/City'). This is useful for building country-level location pickers or auditing geographic coverage.
Units and Coverage
Temperature values in current_conditions are returned in degrees Fahrenheit. Wind speed is in mph. There is no request parameter to switch units — callers should convert on the client side if needed. Allergen data and radar metadata are included in the get_weather response without additional parameters; availability may vary by region depending on what AccuWeather publishes for the queried location.
- Display current temperature, humidity, and wind speed for a user's city in a mobile weather widget.
- Build a pollen and allergen tracker using the
allergensarray returned byget_weather. - Render a live radar map tile layer using the
radarobject's base URL and params fromget_weather. - Trigger push notifications when the
alertsarray inget_weathercontains active severe weather objects. - Populate a city autocomplete or search dropdown using
search_locationswith the returnedKeyandEnglishName. - Generate a country-level location picker by iterating provinces from
list_citieswith a given ISO country code. - Show a 5-day forecast with precipitation probability using the
forecast.dailyarray fromget_weather.
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does AccuWeather have an official developer API?+
What does the `get_weather` endpoint return beyond basic temperature?+
allergens array with type and level fields, an alerts array for active severe weather, a forecast object with both daily (high/low, precipitation probability) and hourly (time, condition, temperature) arrays, and a radar object with the tile base URL and API key for rendering map overlays.Are air quality index (AQI) values available from this API?+
Can I retrieve weather data in metric units (Celsius, km/h)?+
get_weather endpoint returns temperature in °F and wind speed in mph with no unit parameter. You will need to convert values on the client side. You can fork this API on Parse and revise the endpoint to include a unit conversion layer or map to AccuWeather's metric response variant.