Visual Crossing Weather API
Historical weather data 40+ years + forecasts in CSV and JSON
Freemium
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🇺🇸 United States
Visual Crossing Weather is the go-to API for accessing historical weather data spanning 40+ years for any location worldwide. A single API call can return current conditions, hourly forecast, and decades of historical data simultaneously. Outputs in both JSON and CSV (ideal for data analysis). Used extensively by data scientists, ML engineers, and agricultural analysts who need to train models on historical weather patterns. Free tier of 1,000 records/day covers development and light use. Excellent documentation and a no-code Query Builder for non-developers.
API Details
Auth Method
API Key
Pricing Model
Freemium
Free Tier
Yes — 1,000 records/day free
Rate Limit
Quota-based
Format
REST / JSON / CSV
Versioning
Timeline API
SLA / Uptime
99.5%
Compliance
Standard
Geographic Restrictions
Global (all locations since 1970s)
Last Verified
2026-02-20
Categories
Frequently Asked Questions
Visual Crossing provides historical weather data going back 50+ years for most locations globally u2014 one of the deepest archives available via API. This depth is critical for insurance actuarial analysis, climate research, agricultural modelling, and litigation support. The data is sourced from 50,000+ global weather stations and climate datasets.
Visual Crossing offers 1,000 free record queries per day. Weather records are charged per data point u2014 a typical daily summary costs 1 record; hourly data costs 24 records. Paid plans start at $35/month for 10 million records. This pricing model makes it predictable for applications with variable weather query patterns.
Yes. Visual Crossing supports bulk CSV downloads for large-scale historical queries u2014 ideal for data science applications, backtesting models, or seeding databases. You can query multiple locations simultaneously and download results in CSV, JSON, or Excel format. Bulk queries are available on all paid plans.
Visual Crossing provides temperature (min/max/average), precipitation, snow depth, wind speed/direction, cloud cover, humidity, dew point, visibility, solar radiation, UV index, and conditions description. It also includes agricultural metrics like evapotranspiration and growing degree days u2014 useful for crop modelling and precision agriculture applications.