AccuWeather API

Name: AccuWeather API API
Brand: AccuWeather API
Availability: InStock

★ Only Publicly Available SpecData EnrichmentData TransformationapiKey7 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Look up a location and retrieve current conditions, 5-day daily forecasts, 12-hour hourly forecasts, alerts, and lifestyle indices from AccuWeather so agents can answer weather questions for any global location.

Quickstart

Get started with AccuWeather API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"get the current weather for a city"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with AccuWeather API API.

Resolve a city name into an AccuWeather locationKey via /locations/v1/cities/search

Resolve latitude and longitude into a locationKey via /locations/v1/geoposition/search

Retrieve current weather conditions for a locationKey

Retrieve a 5-day daily forecast for a locationKey

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View OpenAPI Spec

Use for: I want the current weather for San Francisco, Get the 5-day forecast for a given latitude and longitude, Find the AccuWeather location key for Paris, France, Retrieve hourly forecasts for the next 12 hours at a location

Not supported: Does not handle weather radar tiles, historical weather archives, or air quality measurements — use for current conditions, daily/hourly forecasts, alerts, and indices on AccuWeather only.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for AccuWeather API, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for AccuWeather API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. AccuWeather provides current conditions, daily and hourly forecasts, severe weather alerts, and lifestyle indices for any location worldwide. The API resolves locations through a city search or geoposition, returns a location key, and then serves weather data keyed off that location key. Authentication is via an apikey query parameter, and the base URL is dataservice.accuweather.com.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use AccuWeather API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Travel App Weather Cards

A travel itinerary app shows a weather card for each destination by first calling /locations/v1/cities/search to resolve the city name, then /forecasts/v1/daily/5day/{locationKey} for the trip dates. Travelers see expected conditions before they pack. Caching the locationKey per destination reduces repeat resolution calls.

Resolve 'Lisbon' to a locationKey, then call /forecasts/v1/daily/5day/{locationKey} and return the high and low for each of the next 5 days

Weather-Aware Field Operations

A logistics dispatcher uses the geoposition search and alerts endpoints to flag deliveries entering an active severe weather zone. The system geocodes each delivery address externally, calls /locations/v1/geoposition/search for the locationKey, and queries /alerts/v1/{locationKey}. Drivers get a heads-up rather than discovering hazards en route.

For each delivery in tomorrow's schedule, look up the locationKey and return any active alerts as a routing risk flag

Outdoor Activity Planning with Lifestyle Indices

A running app shows a 'running index' for the user's location each morning, sourced from /indices/v1/daily/5day/{locationKey}. The app picks the running-specific index and renders a 5-day strip. Compared to showing raw temperature, the index combines temperature, humidity, wind, and air quality into a single planning signal.

Retrieve the 5-day running index for a user's home locationKey and return the day with the highest score

Agent-Driven Weather Lookup via Jentic

An AI assistant in a calendar app answers 'what's the weather for my meeting in Berlin tomorrow?' by calling AccuWeather through Jentic. The agent searches for the right operation, resolves the location, and returns the forecast. The apikey query parameter is injected by Jentic at execution time.

Through Jentic, search 'get the current weather for a city', resolve Berlin, and return current conditions plus tomorrow's daily forecast

Key Endpoints

7 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for accuweather api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/locations/v1/cities/search

Search cities by name to resolve a locationKey

GET

/locations/v1/geoposition/search

Resolve latitude and longitude into a locationKey

GET

/currentconditions/v1/{locationKey}

Current weather conditions for a location

GET

/forecasts/v1/daily/5day/{locationKey}

5-day daily forecast

GET

/forecasts/v1/hourly/12hour/{locationKey}

12-hour hourly forecast

GET

/alerts/v1/{locationKey}

Active severe weather alerts

GET

/indices/v1/daily/5day/{locationKey}

Daily lifestyle indices

GET

/locations/v1/cities/search

Search cities by name to resolve a locationKey

GET

/locations/v1/geoposition/search

Resolve latitude and longitude into a locationKey

GET

/currentconditions/v1/{locationKey}

Current weather conditions for a location

GET

/forecasts/v1/daily/5day/{locationKey}

5-day daily forecast

GET

/forecasts/v1/hourly/12hour/{locationKey}

12-hour hourly forecast

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

AccuWeather API keys are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Jentic injects the apikey query parameter at execution time, so the raw key value never appears in agent context or logs.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent — for example, 'get the current weather for a city' — and Jentic returns the locations search and current conditions endpoints together with their parameter schemas.

Time to first call

Direct integration: a few hours to handle locationKey resolution and apikey plumbing. Through Jentic: under 30 minutes for the first end-to-end forecast call.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

OpenWeatherMap API

Free-tier-friendly global weather API with current, forecast, and historical data.

Choose OpenWeatherMap when free-tier volume matters more than alert depth. Choose AccuWeather for higher-resolution forecasts and richer alert and index data.

Alternative

WeatherAPI.com

Forecast and historical weather API with simple location string lookup.

Choose WeatherAPI.com for a single-call lookup by city or coordinates. Choose AccuWeather when locationKey-based caching and lifestyle indices matter.

Alternative

AccuWeather Core Weather API

A leaner cut of AccuWeather endpoints focused on locations, current conditions, and forecasts.

Choose Core Weather API when you only need locations + conditions + forecasts. Choose this AccuWeather API when you also need alerts and lifestyle indices.

FAQs

Specific to using AccuWeather API API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for AccuWeather API?

AccuWeather does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call AccuWeather API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

What authentication does the AccuWeather API use?

An apikey query parameter on every request. Through Jentic, the key is stored encrypted in the vault and injected at execution time, so the raw key value never appears in the agent's context.

How do I get the weather for a city with the AccuWeather API?

Two steps. First call GET /locations/v1/cities/search with the city name to get a locationKey, then call GET /currentconditions/v1/{locationKey} or GET /forecasts/v1/daily/5day/{locationKey}. The locationKey is stable, so cache it per location to avoid repeating the lookup.

What are the rate limits for the AccuWeather API?

The OpenAPI spec does not document explicit rate limits — they are tied to your AccuWeather plan tier (free, standard, prime, elite). Implement exponential backoff on HTTP 429 and check your plan's daily call quota in the AccuWeather developer portal.

How do I get a 5-day forecast through Jentic?

Run pip install jentic, then search 'get the 5-day forecast for a city'. Jentic returns the locations search and forecast endpoints. Resolve the city, then call /forecasts/v1/daily/5day/{locationKey}. The apikey is injected by Jentic at execution time.

Does the AccuWeather API include severe weather alerts?

Yes. GET /alerts/v1/{locationKey} returns active alerts from official sources for the given location. Coverage and alert categories vary by region — North American and European coverage tends to be denser than less monitored areas.