Get the weather using Python

I recently spent a hour or so hacking a lucky cat so that it would only wave when it was sunny.

At @Raspberry_Pi 's MakerDay I hacked a lucky cat so it only waves when it's sunny. pic.twitter.com/JUED5nYadt

— Martin O'Hanlon (@martinohanlon) June 9, 2018

It did this by pulling the weather data from Open Weather Map using the Python module pyowm.

1. Sign up for a free API key in Open Weather Map.

2. Install the pyown Python module, open a Terminal or Command Prompt and run:

Windows

pip install pyown

Raspberry Pi / Linux

sudo pip3 install pyown

MacOS

pip3 install pyown

3. Create a Python program using the following code, inserting your API key:

import pyowm

owm = pyowm.OWM('put api key here')

observation = owm.weather_at_place('Cambridge,GB')
w = observation.get_weather()

clouds = w.get_clouds()
wind = w.get_wind()
humidity = w.get_humidity()
temp = w.get_temperature('celsius')

print("{}, {}, {}, {}".format(clouds, wind, humidity, temp)

Note - it can take up to 60 minutes for your API key to be activated.

There is a lot more information which can be pulled back - have a look at the weather module documentation for more details.