Completely Confused with Weather

I want to add a weather tile to a dashboard. I have searched the internet and tried figureing out the included weather tile and couldnt, then looked into other ones but i am completely lost. I dont understand this API, and API Key and how to get it to work. Please help!

I want the weather for 12018 (Averill Park, NY)

The first step is choosing a weather source and a driver that reads the weather from that source. It's been a while since I looked, but there used to be one that would fetch the weather from Dark Sky and another from NOAA. There's probably one or two more now. Was there a particular driver you were trying to get working or is your question more general than that?

I just installed BPTWorld's weather dot gov driver and installed it... seems to work just fine. Just requires a quick setup, creates a couple of virtual devices for you, and you're off to the races.

If you want the built-in weather, you have to make a free account at openweather.org.

After you log in, you want this:

Give it a name (weather Hubitat?) in blank 1, generate button blank 2, and copy the API key in blank 3.

From there, do the below. :arrow_down:

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I use the National Weather Service API for free. Instructions are at api.weather.gov: General FAQs
Using your address above, (latitude, longitude)
42.6330, -73.5645
https://api.weather.gov/points/42.6330,-73.5645
https://api.weather.gov/gridpoints/ALY/64,58/forecast
https://api.weather.gov/gridpoints/ALY/64,58/forecast/hourly

NOTE : The above is a relatively new service. The data provided by the NSW has been flaky for some users. Sometimes the data is days old. Several people have addressed it and are working on it.

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