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Weather

Your local forecast.

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Written by Ryan
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Your own weather station is just a few clicks away, thanks to data generously provided by our friends at Tempest (learn more).

Step 1 - Visit the Weather Plugin

Inside TRMNL, navigate to Plugins > Weather.

Step 2 - Configure Plugin

Give your plugin a name, in case you want to track forecasts in multiple locations. This name is shown in the bottom corner of your device screen.

Next, determine a Data Provider. We suggest Tempest, with a fallback to WeatherAPI if there are no nearby weather stations.

Input Lat/Long if you chose Tempest, which you can determine here in just a few seconds. Input a location if you chose WeatherAPI. Note that you may need to try a few combinations, for example "Atlanta, GA" (city, 2-digit province). See more examples here underneath Request Parameters.

Now it's time for general preferences:

  • Temperature Unit, either Fahrenheit or Celsius

  • Forecast Headings, to dictate how dates appear

  • Wind Unit, such as miles per hour or bft (whatever that means)

  • Precipitation Unit, for example in centimeters or inches

Step 3 - You're Done!

Based on your device's refresh settings, you'll begin seeing weather reports very soon.

Note: while we fetch data according to your refresh interval, TRMNL only generates new screen renders if the data fetched has changes. So if you set the weather to refresh every 15 mins, but the forecast is the same for 4 hours, the 'refreshed at' timestamp will remain the same.

Stay focused (and dry).

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