Query Structure
Update Frequency:
15 minutes
API:
https://api.digichief.com/weather/getweather/{customer}/{customer_api_key}?{parameter}&{optional_parameters}
Parameters
Query Parameter Description | Parameter Options

customer

Digichief will give you a unique abbrievation for your company

customer_api_key

Your company's unique API key | Digichief will give this to you

parameters

Mandatory Parameter (choose either zipcode or location)

zipcode=

US zip code or Canadian Postal Code

latitude

Enter latitude to 3 decimal accuracy: min (-85)- max(85)

longitude

Enter longitude to 3 decimal accuracy: min (-180)- max(180)

location=

Enter City,State or Canadian City,Provence or [US State Codes]

City,Country [2-letter ITA Country Codes]

Optional Parameters

&weatherbrief

This request returns only current conditions and daily forecast. No day part, hourly forecast, sunrise, sunset, or air quality. This was created to streamline the response to the most pertinent data points

Returns exact city name in Lat/Lon. Adds 1.5 sec in response time

&cityname

&day1forecast

Adds 48 hourly forecasts

&language=

2 or 4 letters [Language Codes] - Default is English

&nounits

Removes all units of measure from the output (°, ft, meter, etc.)

&format=

XML or JSON - Default is JSON

Data Points Returned
Data Points Description

advisorydata

content

iso8601

Update Date/Time in ISO8601 format

pubDate

Update Date/Time in another format

datetime

Update Date/Time in another format

datasource

Digigchief Weather

dataapi

For Digichief internal use only

dbpath

For Digichief internal use only

title

Weather title

server

For Digichief internal use only

version

Application version number

citystate

City & State

city

City

state

State

country

Country

location

Zip code or Canadian Postal Code

latitude

Latitude

longitude

Longitude

description

Weather description

languagecode

Language code

language

Language

metric

Metric units [true] or [false]

localtime

Local time

timezone

Time zone

lSky

Sky spelling word chosen language

lDewPoint

Dew point word in chosen language

lTemperature

Temperature word in chosen language

lHumidity

Humidity word in chosen language

lWind

Wind word in chosen language

lBarometer

Barometer word in chosen language

lComfort

Comfort word in chosen language

lCeiling

Ceiling word in chosen language

lHigh

High word in chosen language

lLow

Low word in chosen language

lCurrent

Current word in chosen language

lPrecipitation

Precipitation word in chosen language

current

iso8601

Current conditions update time in ISO8601

sky

Sky

description

Weather description

temp

Temperature [F]

tempC

Temperature [C]

tempdescription

Temperature description

dewpoint

Dew point [F]

dewpointC

Dew point [C]

wind

Wind [mi/hr]

windkm

Wind [km/hr]

winddir

Wind direction

barometer

Barometer

barometermillibars

Barometer [millibars]

bartendency

Bartendency

comfort

Comfort

comfortC

Comfort [C]

humidity

Humidity

visibility_mi

Visibility [miles]

visibility_km

Visibility [Km]

cloud_base_cover_type

Cloud_Base_Cover_Type

cloud_base_cover_feet

Cloud_Base_Cover_Feet

cloud_base_cover_meters

Cloud_Base_Cover_Meters

graphic

Graphic

graphiclink

URI for graphic

graphicid

Graphic ID

station

Reporting station

daylight

[D] or [N]

airqcategoryname

Air quality

airqconcentration

Air quality concentration

airqpollutantname

Air quality pollutant

derivedcurrent

iso8601

Current conditions update time in ISO8601

sky

Sky

description

Weather description

temp

Temperature [F]

tempC

Temperature [C]

tempdescription

Temperature description

dewpoint

Dew point [F]

dewpointC

Dew point [C]

wind

Wind [mi/hr]

windkm

Wind [km/hr]

winddir

Wind direction

barometer

Barometer

barometermillibars

Barometer [millibars]

bartendency

Bartendency

comfort

Comfort temperature

comfortC

Comfort temperature [C]

humidity

Humidity

visibility_mi

Visibility [miles]

visibility_km

Visibility [Km]

cloud_base_cover_type

Cloud_Base_Cover_Type

cloud_base_cover_feet

Cloud_Base_Cover_Feet

cloud_base_cover_meters

Cloud_Base_Cover_Meters

graphic

Graphic

graphiclink

URI for graphic

graphicid

Graphic ID

station

Reporting station

daylight

[D] or [N]

airqcategoryname

Air quality

airqconcentration

Air quality concentration

airqpollutantname

Air quality pollutant

forecast

iso8601

Forecast conditions update time in ISO8601

day

Day abbreviated

dayofweek

Day of week, Sunday=1

longday

Day long form

sky

Sky

description

Weather description

high

High temperature [F]

highC

High temperature [C]

low

Low temperature [F]

lowC

Low temperature [C]

tempdescription

Temperature description

dewpoint

Dew point [F]

dewpointC

Dew point [C]

comfort

Comfort temperature [F]

comfortC

Comfort temperature [C]

humidity

Humidity

precip

Precipitation chance [%]

uvindex

UV index

barometer

Barometer

barometermillibars

Barometer [millibars]

wind

Wind [mi/hr]

windkm

Wind [km/hr]

winddir

Wind direction

graphic

Graphic

graphiclink

URI for graphic

graphicid

Graphic ID

daylight

Still have daylight [D]

moonphase

Moon phase

sunrise

Sunrise time

sunset

Sunset time

airqcategoryname

Air quality

airqconcentration

Air quality concentration

airqpollutantname

Air quality pollutant

textforecasts

Today

Today forecast in text form

Tuesday

Tuesday foredast in text form

Wednesday

Wednesday forecast in text form

Thursday

Thursday forecast in text form

Friday

Friday forecast in text form

Saturday

Saturday forecast in text form

Sunday

Sunday forecast in text form

Monday

Monday forecast in text form

daypartforecast

iso8601

Current conditions update time in ISO8601

dayofweek

Day of week, Sunday=1

periodname

Day + [morning[, [afternoon] or [evening]

shortperiodname

Period name shortened

temperature

Temperature [F]

temperatureC

Temperature [C]

tempdescription

Temperature description

dewpoint

Dew point [F]

dewpointC

Dew point [C]

comfort

Comfort temperature [F]

comfortC

Comfort temperature [C]

humidity

Humidity

precip

Precipitation chance [%]

wind

Wind [mi/hr]

windkm

Wind [km/hr]

winddir

Wind direction

weathersummary

Short text weather summary

forecast

Short text weather forecast

graphic

Graphic

graphiclink

URI for graphic

graphicid

Graphic ID

daylight

Still have daylight [D]

description

Short text weather description

hourly forecast

iso8601

Current conditions update time in ISO8601

local24

24 hourly forecasts

temp

Temperature [F]

tempC

Temperature [C]

sky

Sky

graphicid

Graphic ID

graphic

Graphic

graphiclink

URI for graphic

daylight

[D] for Daylight or [N] for Night