Howto: CLI Weather Forecast

[Hallvor]

If you (like I do) check the weather several times a day, this will come in handy!

You don't even need a web browser.


First, test it out in the terminal:

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$ curl -4 http://wttr.in/Paris

You should now get a nice forecast for the next three days in Paris. Try another city by replacing Paris with what you want.

If you like this tool, let's make a script to make it possible for you to get the forecast of your city just by typing wttr in the command line.

As root:

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# nano /bin/wttr

Paste the following content into the file:

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#!/bin/bash
CITY=${1:-Kristiansand}
curl -4 http://wttr.in/${CITY}

The second line states the default city. Replace it with the city closest to you.

Save and exit. (In nano this is done by pressing Ctrl + X, and then Y to save.)

You now only need to make the script executable (as root).

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# chmod +x /bin/wttr

All done!

Now you can check the weather forecast where you live by typing (as regular user)

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$ wttr

in the terminal.

If you want to check the weather in, say, Istanbul, just type

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$ wttr istanbul

[None1975]

Nice tutorial. Thanks

[Hallvor]

Nice tutorial. Thanks

Glad you liked it.

[jheaton5]

Thanks,
I like the cli weather report. One question: How do you enter the name of a city with two names like "New York"? I entered New York and got the weather report for York, UK.

Edit: I got it. Looked at the wttr.in site in github: https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in

$New+York.

[RU55EL]

You can also check the weather using a website.

This will give you the weather report for Mountain View, USA:

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curl wttr.in/@google.com

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You can enter New York the old fashion way:

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curl wttr.in/'new york'