get_hourly_forecast
Get hourly forecast
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Blended hourly forecast: temperature, feels-like, humidity, wind, precipitation probability/amount, conditions, and icon per hour. Snapped to the current hour so hourly[0] is "now". Timestamps are UTC ISO 8601; convert to the local timezone before presenting. Ask for the days you need up front -- one call with days: 4 beats four calls. ALWAYS check hourly_coverage before answering about a specific hour: it reports first_time and last_time (the window the rows actually span), sample_interval_hours (past the first day rows are every 2-3h, not every hour), and truncated: true when upstream returned less than you asked for. If the hour the user cares about is after last_time, say the forecast does not reach that far yet rather than answering from the nearest row you do have. For one stretch of time ask for that stretch with hours_from/hours_to: it comes back hour by hour even where the full range would be sampled. Accepts a place name or coordinates. Examples: {"location": "Portland, OR", "days": 2} or {"lat": 41.88, "lon": -87.63, "hours_from": 36, "hours_to": 48}.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | string | no | Free-text place: city ("Denver"), city+state ("Portland, OR"), US ZIP ("50219"), or "lat,lon" ("39.74,-104.99"). Provide either this OR explicit lat+lon, not both. |
| lat | number | no | Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Most tools also accept a `location` place-name string instead of lat/lon. |
| lon | number | no | Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). For continental US use negative values (west of the prime meridian). |
| days | integer | no | Days of hourly data (1-7). Default 2. Widened when hours_to reaches further. |
| hours_from | integer | no | Window start, in hours from now (0 = the current hour). |
| hours_to | integer | no | Window end, in hours from now, exclusive. 36 to 48 is hours 36-47. |
| units | string | no | Unit system for all values in the request and response: imperial (°F, mph, inches), metric (°C, km/h, mm), or si (K, m/s, mm). Defaults to imperial. |
| detail_level | string | no | standard: compact hourly data (sampled past 24h). detailed: preserves CAPE, ceiling, UV, gust, thunderstorm probability for the first 48h. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"location": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Free-text place: city (\"Denver\"), city+state (\"Portland, OR\"), US ZIP (\"50219\"), or \"lat,lon\" (\"39.74,-104.99\"). Provide either this OR explicit lat+lon, not both."
},
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90,
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Most tools also accept a `location` place-name string instead of lat/lon."
},
"lon": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180,
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). For continental US use negative values (west of the prime meridian)."
},
"days": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 7,
"default": 2,
"description": "Days of hourly data (1-7). Default 2. Widened when hours_to reaches further."
},
"hours_from": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 168,
"description": "Window start, in hours from now (0 = the current hour)."
},
"hours_to": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 168,
"description": "Window end, in hours from now, exclusive. 36 to 48 is hours 36-47."
},
"units": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"imperial",
"metric",
"si"
],
"default": "imperial",
"description": "Unit system for all values in the request and response: imperial (°F, mph, inches), metric (°C, km/h, mm), or si (K, m/s, mm). Defaults to imperial."
},
"detail_level": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"standard",
"detailed"
],
"default": "standard",
"description": "standard: compact hourly data (sampled past 24h). detailed: preserves CAPE, ceiling, UV, gust, thunderstorm probability for the first 48h."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}