iceweather

ìceweather is a Python 3.7+ package for obtaining Icelandic weather information and forecasts from the Icelandic Met Office (Veðurstofan). Uses the xmlweather API (documentation in Icelandic).

Installation

pip install iceweather

Examples

Observations

Get latest weather observations from the nearest weather station:

>>> r = observation_for_closest(64.133097, -21.898145)
>>> pprint(r)
{'results': [{'D': 'SSV',
              'F': '3',
              'FG': '7',
              'FX': '4',
              'N': '',
              'P': '1001',
              'R': '0.2',
              'RH': '75',
              'RTE': '',
              'SED': '',
              'SNC': '',
              'SND': '',
              'T': '9.3',
              'TD': '5.1',
              'V': '',
              'W': '',
              'err': '',
              'id': '1',
              'link': 'http://www.vedur.is/vedur/athuganir/kort/hofudborgarsvaedid/#group=100&station=1',
              'name': 'Reykjavík',
              'time': '2019-09-12 13:00:00',
              'valid': '1'}]}

Keys are the following:

>>> observation_for_station(1) # Reykjavík
...

See stations.py for a list of all weather stations in Iceland and their unique IDs.

Forecasts

forecast_for_closest(64.133097, -21.898145)
...
forecast_for_station(1) # Reykjavík

Human-readable weather descriptions

Request a descriptive text from the weather API:

# Human-readable Icelandic-language weather forecast for Iceland's Capital Region
>>> forecast_text(3)
{'results': [{'content': 'Suðvestan 5-10 m/s í dag en 8-13 á morgun. Skúrir og hiti 5 til 10 stig.',
              'creation': '2019-09-12 10:20:32',
              'id': '3',
              'title': 'Veðurhorfur á höfuðborgarsvæðinu',
              'valid_from': '2019-09-12 12:00:00',
              'valid_to': '2019-09-14 00:00:00'}]}

Text types:

    "2" = "Veðurhorfur á landinu"
    "3" = "Veðurhorfur á höfuðborgarsvæðinu"
    "5" = "Veðurhorfur á landinu næstu daga"
    "6" = "Veðurhorfur á landinu næstu daga"
    "7" = "Weather outlook"
    "9" = "Veðuryfirlit"
    "10" = "Veðurlýsing"
    "11" = "Íslenskar viðvaranir fyrir land"
    "12" = "Veðurhorfur á landinu"
    "14" = "Enskar viðvaranir fyrir land"
    "27" = "Weather forecast for the next several days"
    "30" = "Miðhálendið"
    "31" = "Suðurland"
    "32" = "Faxaflói"
    "33" = "Breiðafjörður"
    "34" = "Vestfirðir"
    "35" = "Strandir og Norðurland vestra"
    "36" = "Norðurlandi eystra"
    "37" = "Austurland að Glettingi"
    "38" = "Austfirðir"
    "39" = "Suðausturland"
    "42" = "General synopsis

All functions accept the lang keyword parameter. Supported languages are is and en for Icelandic or English results, respectively.

Version History

• 0.2.3 - *_for_closest functions now fall back on other close stations if first fails (2023-01-09)
• 0.2.1 - Updated weather station data. Now requires Python 3.7+ (2022-12-14)
• 0.2.0 - Now uses the Icelandic Met Office's XML API directly instead apis.is (2021-07-15)
• 0.1.1 - Fall back on other close weather stations for if err in result from closest station
• 0.1.0 - Initial release (2019-09-12)

BSD License

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