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Wttr: Console-oriented weather forecast service

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wttr.in — the right way to check curl the weather!

wttr.in is a console-oriented weather forecast service that supports various information representation methods like terminal-oriented ANSI-sequences for console HTTP clients (curl, httpie, or wget), HTML for web browsers, or PNG for graphical viewers.

Originally started as a small project, a wrapper for wego, intended to demonstrate the power of the console-oriented services, wttr.in became a popular weather reporting service, handling tens of millions¹ of queries daily.

You can see it running here: wttr.in.

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Usage

You can access the service from a shell or from a Web browser like this:

$ curl wttr.in Weather for City: Paris, France \ / Clear .-. 10 – 11 °C ― ( ) ― ↑ 11 km/h `-’ 10 km / \ 0.0 mm

Here is an example weather report:

Or in PowerShell:

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