Weather API examples & templates
Use these vals as a playground to view and fork Weather API examples and templates on Val Town. Run any example below or find templates that can be used as a pre-built solution.
umbrellaReminder
@stevekrouse
Cron
☔️ Umbrella reminder if there's rain today Setup Fork this val 👉 https://val.town/v/stevekrouse.umbrellaReminder/fork Customize the location (line 8). You can supply any free-form description of a location. ⚠️ Only works for US-based locations (where weather.gov covers). How it works Geocodes an free-form description of a location to latitude and longitude – @stevekrouse.nominatimSearch Converts a latitude and longitude to weather.gov grid – @stevekrouse.weatherGovGrid Gets the hourly forecast for that grid Filters the forecast for periods that are today and >30% chance of rain If there are any, it formats them appropriately, and sends me an email
BIGweather
@stevekrouse
HTTP (deprecated)
Big Weather Display Displays the current day's weather information BIG so you can see it from far away. Currently it's hardcoded for: prospect heights, brooklyn charts of the temp and % change of precipitation Probably easiest for you to fork it and change it to suit your needs vs making it customizable
