PWS Recent History - 1 Day - Rapid History - v2

Overview

Personal Weather Station (PWS) Rapid Historical Observations returns the daily observations records in rapid frequency as frequent as every 5 minutes. Actual frequency of reports ranges and is dependent on how frequently an individual Personal Weather Station (PWS) reports data.

HTTP Headers and Data Lifetime — Caching and Expiration

For details on appropriate header values as well as caching and expiration definitions, see the Weather Company Data API Common Usage Guide.

Unit of Measure

The unit of measure for the response. The following values are supported:

Code	Description
`e`	English units
`m`	Metric units
`h`	Hybrid units (UK)

URL Construction

Request by PWS Station ID

Required: stationId, format, units, apiKey

Optional: numericPrecision

https://api.weather.com/v2/pws/observations/all/1day?stationId=KMAHANOV10&format=json&units=e&apiKey=yourApiKey

Valid Parameter Definitions

Parameter	Value	Description
`numericPrecision`	`decimal`	Optional parameter. Set to 'decimal' to ensure data is returned in decimal format when needed. Will return integers if this value is not used.

Data Elements & Definitions

Field names are sorted alphabetically for presentation. This does not represent the sort order of the API response.

Field	Description	Type	Range	Sample	Nulls
`dewptAvg`	Average dew point of the period	integer/decimal	-80 to 100 (°F) or -62 to 37 (°C)	43.0	Y
`dewptHigh`	Maximum dew point of the period	integer/decimal	-80 to 100 (°F) or -62 to 37 (°C)	43.0	Y
`dewptLow`	Minimum dew point of the period	integer/decimal	-80 to 100 (°F) or -62 to 37 (°C)	43.0	Y
`epoch`	Time in UNIX seconds	epoch		1369252800	Y
`heatindexAvg`	Heat index average of the period	integer/decimal		68.2	Y
`heatindexHigh`	Heat index high temperature of the period	integer/decimal		71.8	Y
`heatindexLow`	Heat index low temperature of the period	integer/decimal		61.7	Y
`humidityAvg`	Average Humidity of the period	integer/decimal		32	Y
`humidityHigh`	Highest Humidity of the period	integer/decimal		32	Y
`humidityLow`	Lowest Humidity of the period	integer/decimal		32	Y
`imperial \| metric \| metric_si \| uk_hybrid`	Object containing fields that use a defined unit of measure. The object label is dependent on the units parameter assigned in the request. "imperial", "metric", "metric_si", "uk_hybrid".	object		imperial: {.....}	N
`lat`	Latitude of PWS	decimal	Any valid latitude value. -90 to 90	29.8972	Y
`lon`	Longitude of PWS	decimal	Any valid longitude value. -180 to 180	-97.9362	Y
`obsTimeLocal`	Time observation is valid in local apparent time by timezone	ISO	YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss	2016-09-27 00:59:39	Y
`obsTimeUtc`	GMT (UTC) time	ISO	ISO 8601 - yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZ	2016-09-27T06:59:39Z	Y
`precipRate`	Rate of precipitation - instantaneous precipitation rate. How much rain would fall if the precipitation intensity did not change for one hour.	integer/decimal		0.03	Y
`precipTotal`	Accumulated Rain for the day in defined unit of measure.	integer/decimal		0.03	Y
`pressureMax`	Highest Barometric pressure in defined unit of measure of the period.	integer/decimal		30.12	Y
`pressureMin`	Lowest Barometric pressure in defined unit of measure of the period.	integer/decimal		0.01	Y
`pressureTrend`	Pressure tendency over the preceding period.	integer/decimal		28.09	Y
`qcStatus`	Quality control indicator: -1: No quality control check performed. 0: This observation was marked as possibly incorrect by our quality control algorithm. 1: This observation passed quality control checks.	integer	-1 to 1	1	N
`solarRadiationHigh`	Highest Solar Radiation of the period	integer/decimal		947	Y
`stationID`	ID as registered by wunderground.com	string		KAZTUCSO539	N
`tempAvg`	Temperature average of the period	integer/decimal		72.7	Y
`tempHigh`	High Temperature of the period	integer/decimal		87.3	Y
`tempLow`	Low Temperature of the period	integer/decimal		63.7	Y
`tz`	Time zone of PWS	string		America/Chicago	Y
`uvHigh`	Highest UV Index of the period	integer/decimal		2	Y
`winddirAvg`	Wind direction average of the period	integer/decimal		170	Y
`windchillAvg`	Windchill average of the period	integer/decimal		32	Y
`windchillHigh`	High Windchill temperature of the period	integer/decimal		45	Y
`windchillLow`	Low Windchill temperature of the period	integer/decimal		35	Y
`windgustAvg`	Wind gust average of the period	integer/decimal		54	Y
`windgustHigh`	Highest Wind gust of the period	integer/decimal		56	Y
`windgustLow`	Lowest Wind gust of the period	integer/decimal		43	Y
`windspeedAvg`	Wind speed average of the period	integer/decimal		3	Y
`windspeedHigh`	Highest Wind speed of the period	integer/decimal		5	Y
`windspeedLow`	Lowest Wind speed of the period	integer/decimal		1	Y

JSON Sample

{
  "observations": [
    {
      "stationID": "KMAHANOV10",
      "tz": "America/New_York",
      "obsTimeUtc": "2016-10-03T04:04:57Z",
      "obsTimeLocal": "2016-10-03 00:04:57",
      "epoch": 1475467497,
      "lat": 42.09263229,
      "lon": -70.86485291,
      "solarRadiationHigh": null,
      "uvHigh": null,
      "winddirAvg": 0,
      "humidityHigh": 100,
      "humidityLow": 100,
      "humidityAvg": 100,
      "qcStatus": -1,
      "metric": {
        "tempHigh": 12,
        "tempLow": 12,
        "tempAvg": 12,
        "windspeedHigh": 0,
        "windspeedLow": 0,
        "windspeedAvg": 0,
        "windgustHigh": 0,
        "windgustLow": 0,
        "windgustAvg": 0,
        "dewptHigh": 12,
        "dewptLow": 12,
        "dewptAvg": 12,
        "windchillHigh": null,
        "windchillLow": null,
        "windchillAvg": null,
        "heatindexHigh": 12,
        "heatindexLow": 12,
        "heatindexAvg": 12,
        "pressureMax": 1015.58,
        "pressureMin": 1015.58,
        "pressureTrend": 0,
        "precipRate": 0,
        "precipTotal": 0
      }
    }
  ]
}