Get Your Weather Through RSS/XML Feeds

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Created: Dec 05, 2004     Updated: Sep 03, 2005

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Forget about all those freeware/spyware weather programs. Download your weather for free using RSS/XML feeds.

RSS/XML feeds still are hot stuff. By the use of a RSS aggregator, you can collect multiple feeds and display them however you wish.

If you are new to this world of XML/RSS feeds, try out some the new freeware aggregators that exist. Sharpreader is an excellent freeware program for windows. Readers for every OS in the world exists. Web-based readers exist as well.

On to the good stuff... here are the places where you can find weather related RSS/XML feeds.

NOAA --

If you want alerts and observations directly from the NOAA, I would grab your appropriate feeds from these two sections:

http://weather.gov/alerts/ - Weather Alerts for your State
http://weather.gov/data/current_obs/ - Current Observations for Your State or Location

If you want an all-in-one customized package, you should explore this free service: http://www.rssweather.com/

Just put your zip code in the search box on the site, and then customize your feed from the custom RSS Feed link in the left column.

Yahoo jumps into the RSS weather market with a customizable feed:
http://weather.yahoo.com/rss

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index-at.xml - NOAA English Atlantic Feed
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index-at-sp.xml - NOAA Spanish Atlantic Feed
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index-ep.xml - NOAA English Eastern Pacific Feed
http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/hurricaneWatch.rss.en - Canada Watches and Warnings
http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/hurricanes.rss.en - Canada Hurricane Statements