Time Machine for Weather

Platform: API iOS Android

Get the last 10 days of weather history data.

Let’s say, today is December 30, you can get historical data from Dec. 20 to Dec. 29.

QWeather also provides historical reanalysis weather data from 2000 to present. If you need long time historical weather data data, please provide the following information to sales@qweather.com.

Company name

Contact information

City or coordinates

Date range

Request URL

https://api.qweather.com/v7/historical/weather?{QueryParams}

Request parameters

All parameters are separated by &. If no optional parameters are set, the default value will be used.

location(required)The location to be queried, only support LocationID and LocationID can be obtained by GeoAPI. For example: location=101010100
date(required)Set the date, up to the most recent 10 days. The date format is yyyyMMdd. Example: date=20200531
key(required)API authentication key, please refer to How To Get Your Key. Support Signature Authentication. Example: key=12334567890ABC
langMulti-language setting, please see Language to find out how our multi-language works and how to set up.
unitSet weather data unit, the available value are unit=m for metric(default) and unit=i for imperial. See more about Unit.

Request Example

Historical weather data for Beijing, replace “date=20200725” with the last 10 days.

curl -L -X GET --compressed 'https://api.qweather.com/v7/historical/weather?location=101010100&date=20200725&key=YOUR_KEY'

Response

The response is in JSON format and is Gzip compressed.

{
  "code": "200",
  "fxLink": "http://hfx.link/2ax6",
  "weatherDaily": {
    "date": "2020-07-25",
    "sunrise": "05:08",
    "sunset": "19:33",
    "moonrise": "09:54",
    "moonset": "22:40",
    "moonPhase": "峨眉月",
    "tempMax": "33",
    "tempMin": "23",
    "humidity": "52",
    "precip": "0.0",
    "pressure": "1000"
  },
  "weatherHourly": [
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 00:00",
      "temp": "28",
      "icon": "100",
      "text": "晴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "246",
      "windDir": "西南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "8",
      "humidity": "49",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 01:00",
      "temp": "27",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "350",
      "windDir": "北风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "4",
      "humidity": "57",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 02:00",
      "temp": "25",
      "icon": "100",
      "text": "晴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "175",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "7",
      "humidity": "63",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 03:00",
      "temp": "25",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "359",
      "windDir": "北风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "5",
      "humidity": "68",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 04:00",
      "temp": "23",
      "icon": "100",
      "text": "晴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "126",
      "windDir": "东南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "3",
      "humidity": "73",
      "pressure": "1000"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 05:00",
      "temp": "23",
      "icon": "100",
      "text": "晴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "166",
      "windDir": "东南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "4",
      "humidity": "76",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 06:00",
      "temp": "23",
      "icon": "100",
      "text": "晴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "69",
      "windDir": "东北风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "2",
      "humidity": "75",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 07:00",
      "temp": "26",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "358",
      "windDir": "北风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "4",
      "humidity": "71",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 08:00",
      "temp": "28",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "189",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "3",
      "humidity": "57",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 09:00",
      "temp": "30",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "350",
      "windDir": "北风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "3",
      "humidity": "48",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 10:00",
      "temp": "32",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "180",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "2",
      "humidity": "48",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 11:00",
      "temp": "33",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "177",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "6",
      "humidity": "40",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 12:00",
      "temp": "32",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "222",
      "windDir": "西南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "10",
      "humidity": "39",
      "pressure": "1001"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 13:00",
      "temp": "32",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "187",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "10",
      "humidity": "40",
      "pressure": "1000"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 14:00",
      "temp": "33",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "266",
      "windDir": "西风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "9",
      "humidity": "36",
      "pressure": "1000"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 15:00",
      "temp": "32",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "183",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "2",
      "humidity": "39",
      "pressure": "1000"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 16:00",
      "temp": "32",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "189",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "4",
      "humidity": "39",
      "pressure": "999"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 17:00",
      "temp": "32",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "173",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "5",
      "humidity": "42",
      "pressure": "999"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 18:00",
      "temp": "32",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "173",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "9",
      "humidity": "39",
      "pressure": "999"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 19:00",
      "temp": "31",
      "icon": "101",
      "text": "多云",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "185",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "4",
      "humidity": "46",
      "pressure": "999"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 20:00",
      "temp": "30",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "185",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "8",
      "humidity": "44",
      "pressure": "999"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 21:00",
      "temp": "29",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "208",
      "windDir": "西南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "7",
      "humidity": "52",
      "pressure": "1000"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 22:00",
      "temp": "29",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "188",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "2",
      "windSpeed": "7",
      "humidity": "57",
      "pressure": "1000"
    },
    {
      "time": "2020-07-25 23:00",
      "temp": "28",
      "icon": "104",
      "text": "阴",
      "precip": "0.0",
      "wind360": "180",
      "windDir": "南风",
      "windScale": "1",
      "windSpeed": "5",
      "humidity": "61",
      "pressure": "1000"
    }
  ],
  "refer": {
    "sources": [
      "QWeather"
    ],
    "license": [
      "QWeather Developers License"
    ]
  }
}

code See Status Code
fxLink Responsive web page of this data, for embedded in website or APP
weatherDaily.date Date
weatherDaily.sunrise Sunrise time. Maybe null in high latitude area
weatherDaily.sunset Sunset time. Maybe null in high latitude area
weatherDaily.moonrise Moonrise time of current day. Maybe null
weatherDaily.moonset Moonset time of current day. Maybe null
weatherDaily.moonPhase Moon phase name
weatherDaily.tempMax The highest temperature of the day
weatherDaily.tempMin The lowest temperature of the day
weatherDaily.precip Estimated total precipitation for the day
weatherDaily.pressure Atmospheric pressure, hPa
weatherDaily.humidity Hourly relative humidity in percent
weatherHourly.time Time of the day
weatherHourly.temp Hourly temperature
weatherHourly.icon Icon code for hourly weather conditions of the day. See also QWeather Icons
weatherHourly.text Hourly weather condition
weatherHourly.wind360 Hourly wind direction in azimuth degree
weatherHourly.windDir Hourly wind direction
weatherHourly.windScale Hourly wind scale
weatherHourly.windSpeed Hourly wind speed, KM/H
weatherHourly.humidity Hourly relative humidity in percent
weatherHourly.precip Hourly accumulated precipitation
weatherHourly.pressure Atmospheric pressure, hPa
refer.sources Data source and other statements, may be null
refer.license Data license, may be null