OpenWeatherMap Sensor

The openweathermap platform uses OpenWeatherMap as an source for current meteorological data for your location. The forecast will show you the condition in 3 h.

You need an API key which is free but requires a registration.

To add OpenWeatherMap to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: openweathermap
    api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
    monitored_conditions:
      - weather

Configuration variables:

• api_key (Required): Your API key for http://openweathermap.org/.
• name (Optional): Additional name for the sensors. Default to platform name.
• forecast (Optional): Enables the forecast. The default is to display the current conditions.
• language (Optional): The language in which you want text results to be returned. It’s a two-characters string, eg. en, es, ru, it, etc. Defaults to English.
• monitored_conditions array (Required): Conditions to display in the frontend.
  • weather: A human-readable text summary.
  • temperature: The current temperature.
  • wind_speed: The wind speed.
  • wind_bearing: The wind bearing.
  • humidity: The relative humidity.
  • pressure: The sea-level air pressure in millibars.
  • clouds: Description about cloud coverage.
  • rain: The rain volume.
  • snow: The snow volume

Details about the API are available in the OpenWeatherMap documentation.