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<section begin="intro" />Kodi uses add-ons to provide weather information. You can select from various global and regional weather add-ons and customize various location options.<section end="intro" />
As the API from Weather Channel has changed, the XBMC built-in weather forecast vanished from core and from 15th November onwards
it is fully addon based.<br />
As of December 4th, xbmc ships with a default weather addon: [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=116668 Weather Underground].<br />
Other alternative weather addons are available in the official repository, for e.g. [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=114637 World Weather Online]


This feature requires a build from 15th November 2011 or newer that has the following commit included: <br />
[https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/ada86f4c96e5fbd35b9c4d35d87b0b37517f927f ada86f4c96e5fbd35b9c4d35d87b0b37517f927f]<br />


== Configuration ==
In order to use the weather forecast you can specify which add-on shall provide the weather information (by default [[Weather Underground]] will be selected).


By default, your internet IP address will be used to auto select your location. You can over-ride this and/or provide additional locations from the [[User Interface Settings|Settings]] button off the [[General Navigation#Home Screen|Home Screen]].
= Installation =
The installation of a Weather add-on is required if you would like to use the Weather feature of Kodi. The settings page for Weather can be accessed using either of two methods and both methods will access the same settings page as shown in the following images.
*If there is no Weather add-on installed, select Weather from the Main menu, or  
*Use the Settings menu to access the Weather Settings page


<gallery widths=500px heights=313px>
 
File:New weather1.png|'''Step 1:''' You start at specifying which addon shall provide the data
To install the Weather add-on, follow these steps:
File:New weather3.png|'''Step 2:''' Then go to the "Settings"-button below the provider menu and setting at least one location in there
 
File:New weather4.png|'''Step 3:''' From now on you'll be able to get your weather forecast by clicking on the weather tab in the [[General Navigation#Home Screen|Home Screen]]
<gallery mode="packed" widths="500px" heights="283px">
File:Services weather.JPG|'''Step 1:''' Access the Weather Settings page as shown in the image. <br>Select '''Service for weather information'''
File:Weather01.jpg|'''Step 2:''' From the pop-up box, select your preferred provider.
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Changing between Celsius and Fahrenheit===
:4. Once you have selected the Weather add-on, enter the '''Settings''' option shown in Step 1 (greyed out until add-on is installed) and enter the required location and service details
<section begin=celsius-fahrenheit />To change between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius Celsius] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit Fahrenheit] go to {{highlight|[[Settings/Appearance/International|Settings -> Appearance -> International]]|bordered=yes}} and select your location under "Region".<section end=celsius-fahrenheit />
:5. Once complete, you will be able to access the weather information from the Kodi Main Menu. The current weather is also displayed on various pages throughout Kodi.
 
 


===Weather Forecasts===
= Celsius and Fahrenheit =
Weather Underground is able to provide 5 types of weather information and provide you with a overview of the weather conditions within that forecast.
<section begin=celsius-fahrenheit />To change between ''celsius'' and ''fahrenheit'' go to '''''[[Settings/Interface/Regional|Settings->Interface Settings->Regional]]''''' then select your location under '''Region default format''' or change the '''Temperature unit''' to your preference.<section end=celsius-fahrenheit />


<gallery widths=500px heights=313px>
File:Weather_Underground_Forecast_Selection.jpg|'''Forecast Selection''' From here you can control and decide which type of forecast you want to view.
File:Weather_Underground_10day.jpg|'''10 Day Forecast:'''
File:Weather_Underground_36Hour.jpg|'''36 Hour Forecast:'''
File:Weather_Underground_Hourly.jpg|'''Hourly Forecast:'''
File:Weather_Underground_weekend.jpg|'''Weekend Forecast:'''
File:Weather_Underground_Maps&alerts.jpg|'''Maps & Alerts:'''
</gallery>


== Forecast for Unknown Locations ==
Weather forecasts for smaller cities/villages/communities locations outside of America/Canada, for example in Europe may or may not exist on the weather service you're using. The only thing you can do then is select the closest larger city/village/community.


==Weather fanart==
= Available Add-ons =
This allows you to show different images depending upon the current weather conditions. So, you can have background images of rain when its rainy, clouds when cloudy, etc. There are 800 images in all, which will change in the background according to the weather conditions and time of the day.
Links to the wiki pages of currently available Weather Add-ons...
 
:'''[[Add-on:Gismeteo | Gismeteo]]'''
 
:'''[[Add-on:Met_Office | Met Office]]'''
 
:'''[[Add-on:OpenWeatherMap_Extended | Open Weather Map Extended]]'''
 
:'''[[Add-on:Oz_Weather | Oz Weather]]'''
 
:'''[[Add-on:Weather_China | Weather China]]'''
 
:'''[[Add-on:Weatherbit_IO | Weatherbit IO]]'''


;Grabbing The fanart package:
:'''[[Add-on:Yahoo!_Weather | Yahoo! Weather]]'''
This is graciously hosted by a XBMC user, and offers various options for the pack download from .torrent to .nzb and included direct downloads.
:You can grab the weather fanart package from http://xbmc.exstatic.org/weather_fanart/ there are several packs available, depending on your intended target resolution, keeping in mind the higher the resolution the more resources it will consume.


;Using the fanart package:
:Next you need to extract the archive file to a location of your choosing (keeping the directory structure). You will notice that the archive contains a bunch of numbered folders in it, the numbers are what xbmc uses to pick the right condition '''so do not rename them'''.


For more information please visit:


*[http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=62261&highlight=weather+fanart '''Tutorial''' Using Weather Fanart] Forum discussion
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*[http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=41650 Weather Fanart Pack (Backdrops with different weather conditions)] Forum discussion


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Revision as of 01:10, 9 April 2019

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Kodi uses add-ons to provide weather information. You can select from various global and regional weather add-ons and customize various location options.


Installation

The installation of a Weather add-on is required if you would like to use the Weather feature of Kodi. The settings page for Weather can be accessed using either of two methods and both methods will access the same settings page as shown in the following images.

  • If there is no Weather add-on installed, select Weather from the Main menu, or
  • Use the Settings menu to access the Weather Settings page


To install the Weather add-on, follow these steps:

4. Once you have selected the Weather add-on, enter the Settings option shown in Step 1 (greyed out until add-on is installed) and enter the required location and service details
5. Once complete, you will be able to access the weather information from the Kodi Main Menu. The current weather is also displayed on various pages throughout Kodi.


Celsius and Fahrenheit

To change between celsius and fahrenheit go to Settings->Interface Settings->Regional then select your location under Region default format or change the Temperature unit to your preference.


Available Add-ons

Links to the wiki pages of currently available Weather Add-ons...

Gismeteo
Met Office
Open Weather Map Extended
Oz Weather
Weather China
Weatherbit IO
Yahoo! Weather


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