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List of all possible Google weather API "Conditions"

Anyone know of all the possible weather conditions Google's API will put out?

I've got to match up my icons to the forecast, and I can't find a list of conditions.

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Howard Zoopaloopa Avatar asked Oct 14 '09 01:10

Howard Zoopaloopa


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2 Answers

I found this list which looks more complete than any other that I've seen

http://dennisdel.com/content/conditions.xml (NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE (Jan 2016))

<conditions>
 <type>PARTLY SUNNY</type>
 <type>SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS</type>
 <type>SHOWERS</type>
 <type>SCATTERED SHOWERS</type>
 <type>RAIN AND SNOW</type>
 <type>OVERCAST</type>
 <type>LIGHT SNOW</type>
 <type>FREEZING DRIZZLE</type>
 <type>CHANCE OF RAIN</type>
 <type>SUNNY</type>
 <type>CLEAR</type>
 <type>MOSTLY SUNNY</type>
 <type>PARTLY CLOUDY</type>
 <type>MOSTLY CLOUDY</type>
 <type>CHANCE OF STORM</type>
 <type>RAIN</type>
 <type>CHANCE OF SNOW</type>
 <type>CLOUDY</type>
 <type>MIST</type>
 <type>STORM</type>
 <type>THUNDERSTORM</type>
 <type>CHANCE OF TSTORM</type>
 <type>SLEET</type>
 <type>SNOW</type>
 <type>ICY</type>
 <type>DUST</type>
 <type>FOG</type>
 <type>SMOKE</type>
 <type>HAZE</type>
 <type>FLURRIES</type>
 <type>LIGHT RAIN</type>
 <type>SNOW SHOWERS</type>
 <type>ICE/SNOW</type>
 <type>WINDY</type>
 <type>SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS</type>
</conditions>

EDIT There is a new one here based on the original list:
https://gist.github.com/806934

It removes these from the list

<type>ICE/SNOW</type>
<type>WINDY</type>
<type>SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS</type>

and adds:

<type>HAIL</type>

Probably wouldn't hurt to use all of them anyway

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Beno Avatar answered Oct 07 '22 23:10

Beno


That link was broken for me. Here's a list I found on another forum:

"Clear 
Cloudy 
Fog
Haze 
Light Rain
Mostly Cloudy 
Overcast 
Partly Cloudy
Rain 
Rain Showers 
Showers
Thunderstorm 
Chance of Showers 
Chance of Snow 
Chance of Storm 
Mostly Sunny
Partly Sunny 
Scattered Showers 
Sunny"
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Kyle Cureau Avatar answered Oct 07 '22 23:10

Kyle Cureau