Dark Sky · Example Payload

Forecast Response

WeatherForecastHyperlocalPrecipitationMachine LearningRESTApple

Forecast Response is an example object payload from Dark Sky, with 10 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

latitudelongitudetimezoneoffsetcurrentlyminutelyhourlydailyalertsflags

Example Payload

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{
  "latitude": 37.8267,
  "longitude": -122.4233,
  "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "offset": -8,
  "currently": {
    "time": 1609459200,
    "summary": "Partly Cloudy",
    "icon": "partly-cloudy-day",
    "nearestStormDistance": 4.54,
    "nearestStormBearing": 228,
    "precipIntensity": 0,
    "precipProbability": 0,
    "temperature": 55.62,
    "apparentTemperature": 53.1,
    "dewPoint": 48.71,
    "humidity": 0.78,
    "pressure": 1014.4,
    "windSpeed": 9.3,
    "windGust": 14.52,
    "windBearing": 245,
    "cloudCover": 0.37,
    "uvIndex": 2,
    "visibility": 10,
    "ozone": 312.57
  },
  "minutely": {
    "summary": "Partly cloudy for the hour.",
    "icon": "partly-cloudy-day",
    "data": [
      {
        "time": 1609459200,
        "precipIntensity": 0,
        "precipProbability": 0
      },
      {
        "time": 1609459260,
        "precipIntensity": 0,
        "precipProbability": 0
      },
      {
        "time": 1609459320,
        "precipIntensity": 0,
        "precipProbability": 0
      }
    ]
  },
  "hourly": {
    "summary": "Partly cloudy throughout the day.",
    "icon": "partly-cloudy-day",
    "data": [
      {
        "time": 1609459200,
        "summary": "Partly Cloudy",
        "icon": "partly-cloudy-day",
        "precipIntensity": 0,
        "precipProbability": 0,
        "temperature": 55.62,
        "apparentTemperature": 53.1,
        "dewPoint": 48.71,
        "humidity": 0.78,
        "pressure": 1014.4,
        "windSpeed": 9.3,
        "windGust": 14.52,
        "windBearing": 245,
        "cloudCover": 0.37,
        "uvIndex": 2,
        "visibility": 10,
        "ozone": 312.57
      },
      {
        "time": 1609462800,
        "summary": "Partly Cloudy",
        "icon": "partly-cloudy-day",
        "precipIntensity": 0,
        "precipProbability": 0,
        "temperature": 56.14,
        "apparentTemperature": 53.85,
        "dewPoint": 48.22,
        "humidity": 0.75,
        "pressure": 1014.0,
        "windSpeed": 10.1,
        "windGust": 15.8,
        "windBearing": 250,
        "cloudCover": 0.42,
        "uvIndex": 3,
        "visibility": 10,
        "ozone": 311.4
      }
    ]
  },
  "daily": {
    "summary": "No precipitation throughout the week, with temperatures falling to 50°F on Sunday.",
    "icon": "clear-day",
    "data": [
      {
        "time": 1609401600,
        "summary": "Partly cloudy throughout the day.",
        "icon": "partly-cloudy-day",
        "sunriseTime": 1609425841,
        "sunsetTime": 1609461887,
        "moonPhase": 0.54,
        "precipIntensity": 0,
        "precipIntensityMax": 0,
        "precipProbability": 0,
        "temperatureHigh": 58.61,
        "temperatureHighTime": 1609452000,
        "temperatureLow": 49.51,
        "temperatureLowTime": 1609510800,
        "apparentTemperatureHigh": 55.94,
        "apparentTemperatureHighTime": 1609452000,
        "apparentTemperatureLow": 47.3,
        "apparentTemperatureLowTime": 1609510800,
        "dewPoint": 46.52,
        "humidity": 0.73,
        "pressure": 1014.7,
        "windSpeed": 6.85,
        "windGust": 17.29,
        "windGustTime": 1609459200,
        "windBearing": 257,
        "cloudCover": 0.32,
        "uvIndex": 3,
        "uvIndexTime": 1609444800,
        "visibility": 10,
        "ozone": 310.9,
        "temperatureMin": 50.14,
        "temperatureMinTime": 1609423200,
        "temperatureMax": 58.61,
        "temperatureMaxTime": 1609452000
      }
    ]
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "title": "Wind Advisory",
      "regions": ["San Francisco Bay Area"],
      "severity": "advisory",
      "time": 1609459200,
      "expires": 1609502400,
      "description": "A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.",
      "uri": "https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwlp.php?x=wfo&y=mtr&z=AdvisoryId"
    }
  ],
  "flags": {
    "sources": ["nearest-precip", "nwspa", "cmc", "gfs", "hrrr", "icon", "isd", "madis", "nam", "sref", "darksky"],
    "nearest-station": 0.58,
    "units": "us"
  }
}