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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
  forecast: 0 or 1
  monitored_conditions:
    - weather
    - temperature
    - wind_speed
    - humidity
    - pressure
    - clouds
    - rain
    - snow

Configuration variables:

• api_key (Required): Your API key for http://openweathermap.org/.
• forecast (Optional): Enables the forecast. The default is to display the current conditions.
• display_conditions array (Required): Conditions to display in the frontend.
  • weather: A human-readable text summary.
  • temperature: The current temperature.
  • wind_speed: The wind speed.
  • 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.

Only metric measurements are supported at the moment.