Weather

Add-ons

Weather

See also: Weather settings

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 have the weather displayed within the Kodi interface. The settings page for Weather can be accessed through either of two methods, both of which access the same settings page as shown in the following images.

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

You can install a Weather add-on from the Add-ons menu or the Settings menu, neither presents any major advantages over the other. If you wish to use the Settings menu, the process would follow these basic steps:

• What you'll see in Settings (using the default Estuary skin)
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  [Image 1] Start by navigating to the Settings ▶ Services ▶ Weather screen

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  [Image 2] This dialog box shows the currently installed weather add-ons and allows you to choose one to be actively used

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  [Image 3] You can install weather add-ons directly from this page by using the Get More... button

1. Access the Weather Settings page by first selecting the Services entry, as shown in the image. Then select Service for weather information. (See Image 1.)
2. If no add-ons are listed, select Get more... (See Image 2.)
3. From the Get more... screen, select your preferred provider. (See Image 3.)
4. Once you have selected a Weather add-on to install, enter the Settings option shown in Step 1 (no longer disabled once a Weather add-on is installed and available for use) and enter the required location and service details.
5. Upon completion, you will be able to access the complete weather information from the Kodi main menu and see it displayed more compactly on various pages throughout Kodi according to the skin you're using.

Currently available

  Gismeteo

  Multi Weather

  NOAA (weather.gov)

  Oz Weather

Temperature units

To change between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature units go to Settings ▶ Interface Settings ▶ Regional, then select your location under Region default format or change the Temperature unit setting directly to your preference.

Artwork

The default skin, Estuary, supports fanart backgrounds that can be installed from the Official add-on repository. Other skins may additionally support a user's own collection of weather fanart.

To install a weather fanart pack in Estuary, go to Settings ▶ Interface ▶ Skin ▶ Configure skin... ▶ Artwork and select Choose weather fanart pack. If none are available, you can once again use the Get more... button to download some.

See also: [[:Estuary Artwork Settings]]

By installing a different weather icon pack, the default weather icons can also be changed. These can be installed from Settings ▶ Add-ons ▶ Install from repository ▶ Look and feel ▶ Image collections, then scrolling to the end of the list until you see the classification Weather Icons.

Installing either of these may require a restart of Kodi if they do not display immediately.