Hi,
I switched from the Darksky API to Weatherkit and I'm trying to get historical weatherdata. But when i request data older than 2021-07-31 i always get an response with the date 2021-07-31. While using Darksky this was no problem.
For Example:
Request
https://weatherkit.apple.com/api/v1/weather/en/50.308/8.690?dataSets=currentWeather¤tAsOf=2020-10-24T14:15:32Z
Response:
{
"currentWeather": {
"name": "CurrentWeather",
"metadata": {
"attributionURL": "https://weatherkit.apple.com/legal-attribution.html",
"expireTime": "2023-04-01T08:36:26Z",
"latitude": 50.308,
"longitude": 8.690,
"readTime": "2023-04-01T08:31:26Z",
"reportedTime": "2023-04-01T08:00:00Z",
"units": "m",
"version": 1
},
"asOf": "2021-07-31T10:00:00Z",
"cloudCover": 0.39,
"cloudCoverLowAltPct": 0.59,
"cloudCoverMidAltPct": 0.30,
"cloudCoverHighAltPct": 0.23,
"conditionCode": "PartlyCloudy",
"daylight": true,
"humidity": 0.58,
"precipitationIntensity": 0.0,
"pressure": 1010.15,
"pressureTrend": "steady",
"temperature": 19.89,
"temperatureApparent": 19.45,
"temperatureDewPoint": 11.33,
"uvIndex": 5,
"visibility": 24134.00,
"windDirection": 249,
"windGust": 30.88,
"windSpeed": 17.81
}
}
Is this a bug? Am I missing something?
If this happens on purpose: Why isn't there any hint in the REST API description?
Regards
Josef
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Hi there!
The parameter AreaName is not present in the WeatherAlertSummary object received via the API.
But here it is showing up: https://weatherkit.apple.com/alertDetails/index.html?ids=708c32b5-e760-5fb3-9c47-68394e07353a&lang=de-DE&timezone=Europe/Berlin
It worked for a couple of month now and suddenly it disappeared.
HI there,
when requesting the daily forecast via the WeatherKit REST API, I found out that under certain circumstances the moon phase full is skipped.
Example from Japan (working):
{
"forecastDaily": {
"name": "DailyForecast",
"metadata": {
"attributionURL": "https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/data-source-attribution/",
"expireTime": "2024-10-21T15:16:10Z",
"latitude": 35.650,
"longitude": 139.840,
"readTime": "2024-10-21T14:16:10Z",
"reportedTime": "2024-10-21T12:00:37Z",
"units": "m",
"version": 1,
"sourceType": "modeled"
},
"days": [
...,
{
"forecastStart": "2024-10-16T15:00:00Z",
"forecastEnd": "2024-10-17T15:00:00Z",
"conditionCode": "MostlyCloudy",
"maxUvIndex": 4,
"moonPhase": "waxingGibbous",
"moonrise": "2024-10-17T07:47:26Z",
"moonset": "2024-10-16T20:09:01Z",
"precipitationAmount": 0.09,
"precipitationChance": 0.43,
"precipitationType": "rain",
...
"windSpeedMax": 16.03,
},
{
"forecastStart": "2024-10-17T15:00:00Z",
"forecastEnd": "2024-10-18T15:00:00Z",
"conditionCode": "Rain",
"maxUvIndex": 4,
"moonPhase": "full",
"moonrise": "2024-10-18T08:20:34Z",
"moonset": "2024-10-17T21:24:49Z",
"precipitationAmount": 4.83,
"precipitationChance": 0.83,
"precipitationType": "rain",
...
"windSpeedMax": 15.57,
},
{
"forecastStart": "2024-10-18T15:00:00Z",
"forecastEnd": "2024-10-19T15:00:00Z",
"conditionCode": "Drizzle",
"maxUvIndex": 5,
"moonPhase": "waningGibbous",
"moonrise": "2024-10-19T08:58:43Z",
"moonset": "2024-10-18T22:42:03Z",
"precipitationAmount": 3.85,
"precipitationChance": 0.76,
...
"windSpeedMax": 28.81,
},
...
]
}
}
Example from Germany where the fullmoon is skipped:
{
"forecastDaily": {
"name": "DailyForecast",
"metadata": {
"attributionURL": "https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/data-source-attribution/",
"expireTime": "2024-10-21T15:41:17Z",
"latitude": 47.760,
"longitude": 12.650,
"readTime": "2024-10-21T14:41:17Z",
"reportedTime": "2024-10-21T13:00:37Z",
"units": "m",
"version": 1,
"sourceType": "modeled"
},
"days": [
{
"forecastStart": "2024-10-16T22:00:00Z",
"forecastEnd": "2024-10-17T22:00:00Z",
"conditionCode": "MostlyClear",
"maxUvIndex": 3,
"moonPhase": "waxingGibbous",
"moonrise": "2024-10-17T16:07:30Z",
"moonset": "2024-10-17T05:19:30Z",
"precipitationAmount": 0.0,
...
"windSpeedMax": 8.23,
},
{
"forecastStart": "2024-10-17T22:00:00Z",
"forecastEnd": "2024-10-18T22:00:00Z",
"conditionCode": "Cloudy",
"maxUvIndex": 2,
"moonPhase": "waningGibbous",
"moonrise": "2024-10-18T16:30:22Z",
"moonset": "2024-10-18T06:48:39Z",
"precipitationAmount": 1.17,
...
"windSpeedMax": 8.73,
},
{
"forecastStart": "2024-10-18T22:00:00Z",
"forecastEnd": "2024-10-19T22:00:00Z",
"conditionCode": "Cloudy",
"maxUvIndex": 2,
"moonPhase": "waningGibbous",
"moonrise": "2024-10-19T16:59:14Z",
"moonset": "2024-10-19T08:18:33Z",
"precipitationAmount": 0.02,
...
"windSpeedMax": 7.16,
},
]
}
}
As you can see here https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-observation/daily-moon-guide/?intent=011#1729171951907::0:: and on several other sites specialized on the lunar cycle) on 2024-10-17 should be shown full moon.
I know this error is probably because the forecast starts prior to the full moon phase and ends after it but customers don't care about technicalities. They see that there is a full moon missing and complain to me. And they are right. Can you fix this somehow? For example, if a DailyForecast spans the majority of a full moon this Day is marked as full moon.
Another question: Are you considering providing a moonPhase attribute to the "currentWeather" dataset? That would be the best option. (At least for me :))