Pull route-relevant weather forecast data from OpenWeather to flag temperature and precipitation risk for a perishable shipment
domain: openweathermap.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Sign up for a free OpenWeather API key (instant, self-serve, no sales contact)
Call the 5 day / 3 hour forecast endpoint (api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast) with lat/lon or city, and your API key as the appid query param
For each 3-hour block along your planned route/timeline, extract temperature, precipitation, and wind fields
Flag legs of the route or schedule where forecast ambient temperature or precipitation could stress a perishable load, e.g. extreme heat at a loading dock or storms delaying transit
Re-poll periodically as the shipment progresses, since forecasts update and route timing may shift
Known gotchas
OpenWeather's dedicated Road Risk API (road-surface temperature, black-ice data) is not self-serve - it requires emailing OpenWeather sales for access, unlike the standard forecast endpoints
Standard forecast data is point/city-based, not route-aware - you must sample multiple points along your route yourself
The free tier has call-volume limits - a fleet polling many route points frequently can hit rate limits faster than expected
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