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| page | OpenWeatherMap | Instructions on how to integrate OpenWeatherMap within Home Assistant. | 2016-09-29 09:00 | true | false | true | true | openweathermap.png | Weather | 0.32 | Cloud Polling |
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The openweathermap weather platform uses OpenWeatherMap as a source for current meteorological data for your location.
{% linkable_title Configuration %}
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
weather:
- platform: openweathermap
api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
{% configuration %}
api_key:
description: Your API key for OpenWeatherMap.
required: true
type: string
name:
description: Name to use in the frontend.
required: false
type: string
default: OpenWeatherMap
mode:
description: "Can specify hourly, daily of freedaily. Select hourly for a three-hour forecast, daily for daily forecast or freedaily for a five days forecast with the free tier."
required: false
type: string
default: "hourly"
latitude:
description: Latitude of the location to display the weather.
required: false
type: float
default: "The latitude in your configuration.yaml file."
longitude:
description: Longitude of the location to display the weather.
required: false
type: float
default: "The longitude in your configuration.yaml file."
{% endconfiguration %}
This platform is an alternative to the [`openweathermap`](/components/sensor.openweathermap/) sensor.