# Reliable Sydney Weather source?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 June 2019 02:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992 "2019-06-09T02:23:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)
#### Post date: [9 June 2019 02:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/1 "2019-06-09T02:23:47Z")
Guys,
What are people from Sydney, Australia using as a reliable weather source ? I am using Darksky - but find that (for instance now) that it is telling me i have 100% cloud cover, whilst it is a bright sunny cloudless day !
Any other sources of good weather info people would recommend ?
Craig
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### Author:  [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)
#### Post date: [9 June 2019 05:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/2 "2019-06-09T05:35:17Z")
Have you tried tapping into the BOM api?
Re Darksky, you don't have to be in Sydney to get bizarre cloud cover readings. Wherever they are getting some of their data from is quite inaccurate at times.
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### Author:  [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)
#### Post date: [9 June 2019 07:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/3 "2019-06-09T07:05:00Z")
Not yet Bobo - wanted to see if there were other options or if someone had a packaged up node for the BOM data
regards
Craig
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### Author:  [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)
#### Post date: [9 June 2019 07:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/4 "2019-06-09T07:56:45Z")
I've not seen any nodes like that, but from memory there are a few flows that use the BOM api.
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### Author:  [@JackDynamite](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JackDynamite)
#### Post date: [19 May 2020 01:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/5 "2020-05-19T01:34:40Z")
Hello from over in Perth. Did you end up using BOM weather?
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### Author:  [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)
#### Post date: [19 May 2020 01:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/6 "2020-05-19T01:47:32Z")
Yep i do use it in Sydney - it is quite reliable but has a few quirks
Craig
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### Author:  [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [19 May 2020 04:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/7 "2020-05-19T04:18:21Z")
With how reliable they are I use this instead:
[My weather forcasting device](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Ffunny%2Fcomments%2F166p14%2Fone_of_the_most_accurate_weather_forecasting%2F&psig=AOvVaw2f9YzMLFgrFOHLQ7XPKpzn&ust=1589948165871000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCPjk69OIv-kCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD)
🤣
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### Author:  [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)
#### Post date: [19 May 2020 04:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/8 "2020-05-19T04:41:56Z")
Well done Andrew !
Craig
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### Author:  [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [19 May 2020 09:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/9 "2020-05-19T09:21:19Z")
Yeah, sorry, but when I read it I just had to reply with that picture.
Weather forecasting is still pretty much _up in the air_ for accuracy.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2 June 2020 09:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reliable-sydney-weather-source/11992/10 "2020-06-02T09:21:19Z")
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