# Weather Data & Forecast Scraper (`oneary/weather-database-scraper`) Actor

Extract current weather, historical data, and forecasts from Weather.com, AccuWeather, OpenWeatherMap, and other weather services. Collect temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation, UV index, air quality, and 10-day forecasts for agriculture, logistics, insurance, and climate research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/oneary/weather-database-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Luan](https://apify.com/oneary) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## 🌍 Extract weather data, forecasts & climate history from Weather.com, AccuWeather, OpenWeather

[![Apify Actor](https://img.shields.io/badge/Apify-Actor-blue)](https://apify.com/oneary/weather-database-scraper)
![Category](https://img.shields.io/badge/Category-OTHER-green)

> Scrape current weather, historical data, and forecasts from Weather.com, AccuWeather, and OpenWeatherMap. Collect temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation, UV index, air quality, and 10-day forecasts for agriculture and research.

---

### ✨ Features

- 🚀 **Multi-platform scraping** - Extract data from multiple sources in a single run
- 📊 **Structured output** - Clean JSON datasets ready for analysis
- ⚡ **High performance** - Parallel scraping with automatic rate limiting
- 🛡️ **Anti-blocking** - Built-in rotation and stealth techniques
- 💰 **Cost-effective** - Pay only for results ($5.0/1K results)
- 🔄 **Scheduled runs** - Automate recurring data collection via Apify scheduler
- 📤 **Multiple export formats** - JSON, CSV, Excel, and more

### 🌐 Supported Websites
- **Weather.com** - Current conditions, forecasts, radar
- **AccuWeather** - MinuteCast, daily/monthly forecasts
- **OpenWeatherMap** - Historical data, current weather API
- **Weather Underground** - Hyperlocal weather data

### 📋 Data Output

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| location | City/region name and coordinates |
| temperature | Current temperature in °C/°F |
| feelsLike | Feels-like temperature |
| humidity | Relative humidity percentage |
| windSpeed | Wind speed and direction |
| precipitation | Precipitation chance/amount |
| uvIndex | UV radiation index |
| airQuality | AQI (Air Quality Index) |
| forecast | Up to 10-day forecast data |
| historical | Past weather data records |

### 💰 Pricing

This actor uses **PAY_PER_EVENT** pricing:
- **5¢ per result** ($5.00 per 1,000 results)
- Free trial available - test with sample data before committing

### 🚀 Quick Start

#### Using Apify Console
1. Open the [actor page](https://apify.com/oneary/weather-database-scraper)
2. Click "Try for free"
3. Configure your input parameters
4. Click "Run"

#### Using API
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

## Prepare input
run_input = {}

## Run the actor
run = client.actor("oneary/weather-database-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

## Fetch results
dataset = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items()
for item in dataset.items:
    print(item)
````

#### Using curl

```bash
## Run the actor
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/oneary/weather-database-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

## Fetch results
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?token=YOUR_TOKEN"
```

### 📚 Use Cases

- **🌾 Agriculture** - Plan planting, irrigation, and harvest based on forecast data
- **🚚 Logistics** - Optimize delivery routes and schedules around weather conditions
- **📈 Insurance** - Assess weather-related risk for insurance underwriting
- **🔬 Climate Research** - Build historical weather datasets for climate analysis
- **🏗️ Construction** - Schedule outdoor work around weather forecasts
- **⚡ Energy** - Predict energy demand based on temperature forecasts

### ⚙️ Configuration

See the [input schema](.actor/input_schema.json) for full configuration options.

### 🔗 Integration

Connect with your favorite tools via Apify integrations:

- **Make (Integromat)** - Automate workflows
- **Zapier** - Connect with 5,000+ apps
- **Webhooks** - Real-time data delivery
- **API** - Full REST API access

### 📝 License

This actor is available under the MIT License.

***

**Built with ❤️ by [Luan (oneary)](https://apify.com/oneary)**

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Weather.com / AccuWeather / OpenWeather URLs to scrape. Leave empty to use search-based mode.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search term, location, or query for Weather.com / AccuWeather / OpenWeather. Used when startUrls is empty.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pages to process.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to return.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for avoiding IP blocks and anti-bot detection.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://weather.com/weather/today/l/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "",
  "maxPages": 50,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://weather.com/weather/today/l/"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("oneary/weather-database-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://weather.com/weather/today/l/" }],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("oneary/weather-database-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://weather.com/weather/today/l/"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call oneary/weather-database-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=oneary/weather-database-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Weather Data & Forecast Scraper",
        "description": "Extract current weather, historical data, and forecasts from Weather.com, AccuWeather, OpenWeatherMap, and other weather services. Collect temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation, UV index, air quality, and 10-day forecasts for agriculture, logistics, insurance, and climate research.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "b3Pz5sVWAFlRFNzV3"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/oneary~weather-database-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-oneary-weather-database-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/oneary~weather-database-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-oneary-weather-database-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/oneary~weather-database-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-oneary-weather-database-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "startUrls": {
                        "title": "Start URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of Weather.com / AccuWeather / OpenWeather URLs to scrape. Leave empty to use search-based mode.",
                        "default": [],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "url"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "url": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "title": "URL of a web page",
                                    "format": "uri"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "searchQuery": {
                        "title": "Search Query / Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Search term, location, or query for Weather.com / AccuWeather / OpenWeather. Used when startUrls is empty.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "maxPages": {
                        "title": "Max Pages to Scrape",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of pages to process.",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 10000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of results to return.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings for avoiding IP blocks and anti-bot detection.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```