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Weather Underground Location API

PWS station location lookup

Weather Underground Location API is one of 4 APIs that Weather Underground publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Location. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.weather.com.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api.weather.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Weather Underground Location API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as apiKey (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — API key issued to registered PWS contributors via https://www.wunderground.com/member/api-keys

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Location 1

PWS station location lookup

GET
/v3/location/near
Find nearest active PWS stations
getNearbyPWSLocations 3 params → 200401404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are LocationNearResponse (1 property), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the API
1 property
LocationNearResponse
object
Response containing nearby PWS station locations
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wunderground-location-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Weather Underground publishes across the network.

Weather Underground Forecast API
Weather Underground Historical API
Weather Underground Observations API