# Moving from DarkSky.io

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**Post date:** [25 June 2023 23:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/moving-from-darksky-io/79221/23 "2023-06-25T23:32:21Z")

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> [@hazymat](#):
>
> **[OpenWeatherMap.org](http://OpenWeatherMap.org)**  
> ... at least in my testing, it doesn't actually allow for hourly or even daily forecast for the free edition.

No that's wrong. Their "OneCall" API does allow free access to "current weather, minute forecast for 1 hour, hourly forecast for 48 hours, daily forecast for 8 days"  
I have never used the minute by minute forecast so no idea if it matches your experience with DarkSky.

Edit: This flow works for me - but I notice that there is no "Minutely" data.  
 ![Untitled 1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/optimized/3X/d/8/d80fcf3e98f7a0901e19ba643a6edc63889863fd_2_690x55.jpeg)

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```

An example of the data returned

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> [@hazymat](#):
>
> **UK Met Office**  
> What a hassle to get it working! I gave up.

Absolutely! I'm pretty well used to the detailed documentation for APIs not giving me any idea how to use them but the Met office really shines here.  
I have managed to retrieve forecast data from the Met Office but I failed with the weather maps.  
There is a discussion about the Met Office API at [https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-get-format-for-uk-met-office-api/79255/3](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-get-format-for-uk-met-office-api/79255/3)

> [@hazymat](#):
>
> But another issue I found with the above is that I _think_ the CURRENT weather info is just copied from the forecast for the given hour of today.

It's hard to know how often the providers update their models or where they get their data from.  
You can get what is pretty much guaranteed current info from airport METAR APIs but while they give figures for wind, precipitation info is only a (standardised) text description.

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_[View the full topic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/moving-from-darksky-io/79221)._
