--- layout: page title: "Weather Underground (WUnderground)" description: "Instructions how to integrate Weather Underground (WUnderground) Weather within Home Assistant." date: 2016-08-18 sidebar: true comments: false sharing: true footer: true logo: wunderground.png ha_category: Weather ha_release: 0.27 ha_iot_class: "Cloud Polling" --- The `wunderground` platform uses [Weather Underground](http://www.wunderground.com) as a source for current weather information.

Obtain a WUnderground API key [here](https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api). A free account allows 500 requests per day and also a maximum of 10 per minute. See details [here](https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/pricing.html).

To add Wunderground to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: ```yaml # Example configuration.yaml entry sensor: - platform: wunderground api_key: your_api_key monitored_conditions: - alerts - dewpoint_c - dewpoint_f - dewpoint_string - feelslike_c - feelslike_f - feelslike_string - heat_index_c - heat_index_f - heat_index_string - elevation - location - observation_time - precip_1hr_in - precip_1hr_metric - precip_1hr_string - precip_today_in - precip_today_metric - precip_today_string - pressure_in - pressure_mb - pressure_trend - relative_humidity - station_id - solarradiation - temperature_string - temp_c - temp_f - UV - visibility_km - visibility_mi - weather - wind_degrees - wind_dir - wind_gust_kph - wind_gust_mph - wind_kph - wind_mph - wind_string ``` Configuration variables: - **api_key** (Required): See above. - **pws_id** (Optional): You can enter a Personal Weather Station ID. The current list of Wunderground PWS stations is available [here](https://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/ListStations.asp). If you do not enter a PWS ID, the current location information (latitude and longitude) from your `configuration.yaml` will be used to display weather conditions. - **lang** (Optional): Specify the language that the API returns. The current list of all Wunderground language codes is available [here](https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs?d=language-support). If not specified, it defaults to English (EN). - **monitored_conditions** array (*Required*): Conditions to display in the frontend. The following conditions can be monitored. - **alerts**: Current severe weather advisories - **dewpoint_c**: Temperature in Celsius below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form - **dewpoint_f**: Temperature in Fahrenheit below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form - **dewpoint_string**: Text summary of dew point - **feelslike_c**: Feels like (or apparent) temperature in Celsius - **feelslike_f**: Feels like (or apparent) temperature in Fahrenheit - **feelslike_string**: Text summary of how the current temperature feels like - **heat_index_c**: Heat index (combined effects of the temperature and humidity of the air) in Celsius - **heat_index_f**: Heat index (combined effects of the temperature and humidity of the air) in Fahrenheit - **heat_index_string**: Text summary of current heat index - **elevation**: Elevation in feet - **location**: City and State - **observation_time**: Text summary of observation time - **precip_today_in**: Total precipitation in inches - **precip_today_metric**: Total precipitation in metric units - **precip_today_string**: Text summary of precipitation today - **precip_1d_mm** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted precipitation intensity in milimeters - **precip_1d_in** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted precipitation intensity in inches - **precip_1d** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted precipitation probability in % - **pressure_in**: Atmospheric air pressure in inches - **pressure_mb**: Atmospheric air pressure in millibars - **pressure_trend**: Atmospheric air presure trend signal (+/-) - **relative_humidity**: Relative humidity - **station_id**: Your personal weather station (PWS) ID - **solarradiation**: Current levels of solar radiation - **temperature_string**: Temperature text combinding Fahrenheit and Celsius - **temp_c**: Current temperature in Celsius - **temp_f**: Current temperature in Fahrenheit - **temp_high_record_c**: Maximum temperature meassured in Celsius - **temp_high_record_f**: Maximum temperature meassured in Fahrenheit - **temp_low_record_c**: Minimal temperature meassured in Celsius - **temp_low_record_f**: Minimal temperature meassured in Fahrenheit - **temp_high_avg_c**: Average high for today in Celsius - **temp_high_avg_f**: Average high for today in Fahrenheit - **temp_low_avg_c**: Average low for today in Celsius - **temp_low_avg_f**: Average low for today in Fahrenheit - **temp_high_1d_c** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted high temperature in Celsius - **temp_high_1d_f** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted high temperature in Fahrenheit - **temp_low_1d_c** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted low temperature in Celsius - **temp_low_1d_f** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted low temperature in Fahrenheit - **UV**: Current levels of UV radiation. See [here](https://www.wunderground.com/resources/health/uvindex.asp) for explanation. - **visibility_km**: Average visibility in km - **visibility_mi**: Average visibility in miles - **weather**: A human-readable text summary with picture from Wunderground. - **weather_1d** [[12h]](#12h): A human-readable weather forecast using imperial units. - **weather_1d_metric** [[12h]](#12h): A human-readable weather forecast using metric units. - **weather_1h** [[1h]](#1h): Weather conditions in 1 hour. (e.g. "Thunderstorm" etc.) - **wind_degrees**: Wind degrees - **wind_dir**: Wind direction - **wind_gust_kph**: Wind gusts speed in kph - **wind_gust_mph**: Wind gusts speed in mph - **wind_gust_1d_kph** [[1d]](#1d): Max. forecasted Wind in kph - **wind_gust_1d_mph** [[1d]](#1d): Max. forecasted Wind in mph - **wind_kph**: Current wind speed in kph - **wind_mph**: Current wind speed in mph - **wind_1d_kph** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted wind speed in kph - **wind_1d_mph** [[1d]](#1d): Forecasted wind speed in mph - **wind_string**: Text summary of current wind conditions All the conditions listed above will be updated every 5 minutes. ### Forecasts _12 hour forecasts_ Monitored conditions marked above with [12h] are 12 hour forecasts. To get a forecast for different period/daytime replace the `_1d_` part of the sensor name. e.g. `weather_2n` will give you forecast for tomorrow night. Valid values for day are `1` to `4` and valid values for daytime are `d` or `n`. _Daily forecasts_ Conditions above marked with [1d] are daily forecasts. To get forecast for different day, replace the number in `_1d_` part of the sensor name. Valid values are from `1` to `4`. _Hourly forecasts_ Conditions marked with [1h] are hourly forecasts. To get forecast for different hour, replace the number in the `_1h_` part of the sensor name with `1` to `36`. E.g. `weather_24h` will give you weather in 24 hours. Additional examples: ==================== Daily forecast -------------- ```yaml sensor: - platform: wunderground - api_key: your_api_key monitored_conditions: - weather_1d_metric - weather_1n_metric - weather_2d_metric - weather_2n_metric - weather_3d_metric - weather_3n_metric - weather_4d_metric - weather_4n_metric group: dialy_forecast: name: Daily Forecast entities: - sensor.pws_weather_1d_metric - sensor.pws_weather_1n_metric - sensor.pws_weather_2d_metric - sensor.pws_weather_2n_metric - sensor.pws_weather_3d_metric - sensor.pws_weather_3n_metric - sensor.pws_weather_4d_metric - sensor.pws_weather_4n_metric ``` ![Daily Forecast](/images/screenshots/wunderground_daily_forecast.png) Weather overview ---------------- ```yaml sensor: - platform: wunderground - api_key: your_api_key monitored_conditions: - temp_high_record_c - temp_high_1d_c - temp_c - temp_low_1d_c - temp_low_record_c - precip_1d - precip_1d_mm - wind_kph - wind_1d_kph - alerts group: weather_overview: name: Weather overview entities: - sensor.pws_weather_1d_metric - sensor.pws_temp_high_record_c - sensor.pws_temp_high_1d_c - sensor.pws_temp_c - sensor.pws_temp_low_1d_c - sensor.pws_temp_low_record_c - sensor.pws_precip_1d - sensor.pws_precip_1d_mm - sensor.pws_wind_kph - sensor.pws_wind_1d_kph - sensor.pws_alerts ``` ![Weather overview](/images/screenshots/wunderground_weather_overview.png)

Note: While the platform is called “wunderground” the sensors will show up in Home Assistant as “PWS” (eg: sensor.pws_weather).

Additional details about the API are available [here](https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs).