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page	Met Office	Instructions on how to integrate Met Office weather conditions into Home Assistant.	2017-03-23 22:00	true	false	true	true	metoffice.jpg	Weather	0.42	Cloud Polling	/components/weather.metoffice/

The metoffice weather platform uses the Met Office's DataPoint API for weather data.

{% linkable_title Configuration %}

To add the Met Office weather platform to your installation, you'll need to register for a free API key at the link above and then add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
weather:
  - platform: metoffice
    api_key: YOUR_API_KEY

{% configuration %} api_key: description: "Your personal API key from the Datapoint website." required: true type: string name: description: Additional name for the weather component in Home Assistant. required: false type: string default: Met Office latitude: description: "Latitude coordinate to monitor weather of (required if longitude is specified), defaults to coordinates defined in your configuration.yaml." required: inclusive type: float longitude: description: "Longitude coordinate to monitor weather of (required if latitude is specified), defaults to coordinates defined in your configuration.yaml." required: inclusive type: float {% endconfiguration %}

This platform is an alternative to the [`metoffice`](/components/sensor.metoffice/) sensor. The weather platform is easier to configure but less customizable.