Get Your Weather Through RSS/XML Feeds

Contributed by David Kirk     
Tagged: Internet  

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:
[list]http://weather.gov/alerts/ – Weather Alerts for your State
http://weather.gov/data/current_obs/ – Current Observations for Your State or Location

RSSWeather —

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 Weather –

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

Tropical/Hurricane Feeds –

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