Upgrade Your Weather Data Experience with One Call API 3.0
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Posted on 27 Jun 2024
Unlock a wide range of possibilities with One Call API 3.0
As part of our ongoing commitment to provide comprehensive and accurate weather data, we are excited to announce the completion of our migration from One Call API 2.5 to One Call API 3.0. This upgrade brings you an enhanced suite of features designed to meet the evolving needs of modern businesses.
Access to One Call API 2.5 will be discontinued at the end of June
One Call API 3.0 not only replicates all the functionalities of its predecessor but also introduces a range of advanced capabilities:
Key Features of One Call API 3.0
Our One Call API 3.0 provides nuanced yet easy to use access to essential global weather data, short-term and long-term forecasts and aggregated historical weather data.
The One Call API 3.0 offers access to a range of data through four endpoints:
1. Current weather conditions and forecasts:
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Minute-by-minute forecast for the next hour
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Hourly forecast spanning 48 hours
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Daily forecast covering 8 days
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Government weather alerts
2. Weather data available for any specific timestamp from a historical archive spanning over 45 years, alongside forecasts for the next 4 days.
3. Daily aggregation of weather data from a historical archive spanning over 45 years, along with forecasts extending 1.5 years ahead.
4. Weather overview with a human-readable weather summary for today and tomorrow's forecast, utilizing OpenWeather AI technologies.
Making the Switch
The transition to One Call API 3.0 is designed to be seamless. We've carefully mapped out the dataset comparison and matching parameters to ensure a smooth migration process.
For a detailed guide, refer to our How to start using One Call API 3.0 section. It provides a field-by-field comparison and highlights all necessary changes you should be aware of.
How to buy: One Call API 3.0 operates on a flexible subscription model. The first 1,000 API calls per day are free, and any additional calls are charged at a rate of 0.0012 GBP.
There are a couple of options to start this subscription:
1) ‘Pay-as-you-call ’option via your payment card. Subscribe here.
This type of One Call 3.0 subscription is provided on the basis of Open License, requiring the end-user to make an attribution to OpenWeather and to distribute the work they create with OpenWeather data (e.g app, algorithm) also on the basis of Open License (‘ShareAlike’ principle). About open license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
2) Alternatively, for business enquiries, a subscription is provided on the basis of a fixed monthly price, where we include access to a fixed number of calls (e.g. 200,000 calls/month) and a separate cost for associated OpenWeather end-user licence (as opposed to Open License above). We can also separately discuss enhanced options such as SLAs.
Get Started Today
If you have any questions or need assistance during the migration process, don't hesitate to contact us or through our OpenWeather AI assistant.
About OpenWeather:
OpenWeather provides weather data for any location on the globe using a proprietary hyperlocal forecasting model with a resolution from 500 m to 2 km, globally. More than 6,000,000 customers from logistics, agriculture, insurance, energy, retail, and many other sectors, are working with the company's weather products.
OpenWeather cooperates with global meteorological agencies such as MetOffice and NOAA, and enhances its model with data from radars, weather stations and satellites. The company provides great availability of service at 99.9% for enterprise-level products.
The products can be easily integrated into complex IT systems and are ideal for ML analytic systems. OpenWeather is a member of Royal Meteorological Society and an Achilles-certified supplier. OpenWeather ethical initiatives include support of educators and students, not-for-profit subscriptions for the general public to increase weather awareness, and a recent Ukrainian donation programme.
For more information on how to gain access to our OpenWeather products, please email us.