OpenWeather API

Weather-aware AI agents that answer before customers check the forecast

Your AI agent pulls real-time weather data from OpenWeather for any location on Earth. From current conditions to 5-day forecasts to air quality readings, every weather-dependent customer question gets answered instantly inside the conversation.

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Global weather data at conversation speed

Current conditions, forecasts, geocoding, and air quality for any coordinate on the planet, all accessible to your AI agent during live customer interactions.

OpenWeather API

Use Cases

Weather intelligence in customer conversations

Discover how businesses embed live weather data into AI agent interactions to provide smarter recommendations, proactive alerts, and context-aware customer service.

Delivery ETAs That Account for Conditions

A customer asks when their package will arrive. Your AI Agent checks the current weather along the delivery route using OpenWeather, spots a snowstorm in the region, and adjusts the estimated arrival time accordingly. The customer gets a realistic ETA instead of a generic timeframe, reducing frustrated follow-up calls about delayed deliveries.

Travel and Hospitality Recommendations

A hotel guest messages asking what to pack for their upcoming visit. Your AI Agent pulls the 5-day forecast for the destination from OpenWeather and suggests appropriate clothing and activities. Rain in the forecast? The agent recommends indoor attractions. Sunny skies? It highlights outdoor excursions. Personalized concierge service, automated.

Event Planning with Weather-Aware Suggestions

A customer planning an outdoor event asks about expected conditions for next Saturday. Your AI Agent retrieves the forecast from OpenWeather, sees a 70% chance of rain, and proactively suggests backup indoor venues or recommends rescheduling to a clearer day. The customer avoids a weather disaster. Your brand becomes the trusted advisor.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What weather data points can the AI agent retrieve from OpenWeather?

The agent can fetch current temperature, feels-like temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, atmospheric pressure, visibility, cloud cover, UV index, precipitation amounts, and weather descriptions. For forecasts, it accesses 3-hour interval predictions covering the next 5 days, including high/low temperatures and rain probability.

Can the agent provide weather data for any location worldwide?

Yes. OpenWeather covers every coordinate on Earth. The agent can look up weather by city name, zip code, or latitude/longitude coordinates. The geocoding endpoint converts place names to coordinates automatically, so customers just need to say a city name.

How frequently is the OpenWeather data updated?

OpenWeather's current weather data updates approximately every 10 minutes based on their proprietary weather model. Forecast data refreshes regularly as new meteorological inputs become available. The agent always fetches live data, so customers receive the most recent conditions available.

Does the agent support metric and imperial units?

Yes. OpenWeather supports standard (Kelvin), metric (Celsius, meters/sec), and imperial (Fahrenheit, miles/hour) unit systems. Configure the agent to use whichever unit system your customers expect, or let it detect the customer's locale and switch automatically.

Can the agent provide air quality data alongside weather information?

Yes. The agent can retrieve the Air Quality Index (AQI) and individual pollutant concentrations including PM2.5, PM10, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide from OpenWeather. It can present health recommendations based on the AQI level for sensitive groups.

What happens if a customer provides an ambiguous location name?

OpenWeather's geocoding API returns multiple matching locations when a name is ambiguous. The agent can present the options to the customer, asking them to confirm whether they mean Portland, Oregon or Portland, Maine. No incorrect weather data gets delivered.

Does Tars store the weather data retrieved from OpenWeather?

No. Weather data is fetched live from OpenWeather during each conversation and used only to generate the response. Tars does not cache or store weather records. Each query hits the live API for the most current conditions.

Can the agent proactively mention weather if it is relevant to the customer's request?

Yes. You can configure the agent to check weather conditions when processing requests related to deliveries, events, travel, or outdoor activities. If severe weather is detected, the agent proactively warns the customer and adjusts recommendations, all without the customer having to ask.

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