MSN weather API list of conditions?

Question

Microsoft has a weather API very similar to Google\'s (which now appears to be completely dead). I\'ve converted one of my applications over to their feed, but I\'ve been un

Answer 1

I decided to go a slightly different route and figure out conditions based on the icon provided (skycode and skycodeday) from the XML.

Here is a list of what I came up with. Hopefully it will be helpful for others in migrating from Google's weather API:

• 0, 1 ,2, 3 ,4, 17, 35 - Thunderstorm
• 5 - Rain/Snow mix
• 6 - Sleet/Snow mix
• 7 - Rain/Snow/Sleet mix
• 8,9 - Icy
• 10 - Rain/Sleet mix
• 11 - Light Rain
• 12 - Rain
• 13 - Light Snow
• 14,16,42,43 - Snow
• 15 - Blizzard
• 18,40 - Showers
• 19 - Dust
• 20 - Fog
• 21 - Haze
• 22 - Smoke
• 23,24 - Windy
• 25 - Frigid
• 26 - Cloudy
• 27,29,33 - Partly Cloudy (night)
• 28,30,34 - Partly Cloudy
• 31 - Clear (night)
• 32 - Clear
• 36 - Hot
• 37,38 - Scattered Thunderstorms
• 39 - Scattered Showers
• 41 - Scattered Snow Showers
• 44 - N/A
• 45 - Scattered Rain Showers (night)
• 46 - Scattered Snow Showers (night)
• 47 - Scattered Thunderstorms (night)