The AccuWeather API provides subscribers access to location based weather alarm data via a simple RESTful web interface.
AccuWeather weather alarms are determined using the daily forecasts for a location. An alarm exists for a location if the forecasted weather meets or exceeds a specific threshold:
Alarm
Imperial threshold
Metric threshold
Rain
0.5 inch
12.7 mm
Snow
1 inch
2.54 cm
Ice
0.1 inch
0.254 mm
Sustained Wind
30 mph
48 kph
Wind Gust
40 mph
64 kph
Thunderstorm Probability
75%
75%
Alarm searches require a location key. Please use the Locations API to obtain the correct location key.
A list of daily alarms of type rain, ice, wind, wind gusts, and thunderstorms may be retrieved using the unique location key as provided by AccuWeather.
Daily alarms may be retrieved for 1 day, 5 days, 10 days, 15 days or 25 days.