{"id":"758a569b-4329-4f48-a730-06d226e021da","task":"Retrieve a combined historical-observation-plus-forecast weather timeline for a location and date range using Visual Crossing's Timeline Weather API","domain":"weather.visualcrossing.com","steps":["Issue a GET request to the Timeline Weather API with location and a date range spanning past, present, and/or future dates in one call.","Let the API automatically blend historical observations, the current multi-day forecast, and long-term statistical forecast data depending on which portion of the range is requested.","For point-in-time 'what was forecast on day X for day Y' analysis, use the separate Historical Forecast API's byrun mode instead, which exposes rundatetime and forecastday fields.","Select the desired granularity (days, hours, or current conditions) via the include parameter.","Choose a unit group (us/metric/uk) explicitly in the request to avoid ambiguity in returned values."],"gotchas":["The standard Timeline API returns the 'best known' data per date (observed if past, forecast if future) — it does NOT show what an older forecast run predicted; that requires the separate Historical Forecast API.","Very long date ranges combined with hourly include values can consume a large number of billed records per call under Visual Crossing's cost model.","Historical Forecast (byrun) data availability only extends back to when Visual Crossing began archiving forecast runs, not the full historical-observation depth."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T14:27:43.304Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/758a569b-4329-4f48-a730-06d226e021da"}