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weather.gov/5digitzip will take you straight to what you want and is just about as easy as an app for most folks. Using well-designed government services feels

weather.gov/5digitzip will take you straight to what you want and is just about as easy as an app for most folks. Using well-designed government services feels like a good habit these days. Try it on your desktop or mobile browser, easy as pie: http://weather.gov/10018 http://weather.gov/10018

saalweachter 9y ago
Checking the same zip code with weather.gov and weather.com yielded 122KB / 1.6s (weather.gov) and 1.1MB / 18s (weather.com).
- ivm 9y ago
  So we entered the era where government sites are lightweight and responsive while commercial sites are bloated and slow.
  - whipoodle 9y ago
    In my experience government sites aren't usually slow or bloated, they just look shitty.
    - ivm 9y ago
      I wouldn't call "shitty" something with a nice layout and readability. "Not trendy" – yes.
      - mulmen 9y ago
        I wouldn't call the stereotypical government site a "nice layout". It seems like more often than not my experience with government sites is that I have no idea how to find the data I need. Try finding a campground in Washington in the early spring. Is it open? Do they take reservations? Are they required? Good luck. Agreed that trendy and usable are unrelated.
        brudgers 9y ago
        I've used https://www.recreation.gov/ https://www.recreation.gov/
      - whipoodle 9y ago
        > I wouldn't call "shitty" something with a nice layout and readability. Yeah, me neither.
- irickt 9y ago
  Even better, get a custom two-day chart as a 26KB PNG: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33&lon=-84&FcstType=graphical http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33&lon=-84&Fcst...
pessimizer 9y ago
I'm a huge fan of the "Hourly Weather Forecast" linked from that page; I just bookmark it. Everything I need. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.7198&lon=-73.993&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.7198&lon=-73...
- jlgaddis 9y ago
  I use the same page -- well, the same graphs -- a few times a day (usually when trying to decide whether to ride the Harley or drive the truck). I can find out everything I want to know in just a few seconds.
lanius 9y ago
Any way to narrow down the location further than the zip code? My zip code covers a large area touching the ocean, there's a dramatic weather difference between the coast and 5 miles inland.
jlgaddis 9y ago
From a command-line, try: $ curl http://wttr.in/5digitzip (NB: SSL/TLS is enabled, w/ a self-signed certificate, so you can also use `curl -k https://` https://`)
brudgers 9y ago
The REST API, https://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php https://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php

saalweachter 9y ago

Checking the same zip code with weather.gov and weather.com yielded 122KB / 1.6s (weather.gov) and 1.1MB / 18s (weather.com).

ivm 9y ago
So we entered the era where government sites are lightweight and responsive while commercial sites are bloated and slow.
- whipoodle 9y ago
  In my experience government sites aren't usually slow or bloated, they just look shitty.
  - ivm 9y ago
    I wouldn't call "shitty" something with a nice layout and readability. "Not trendy" – yes.
    - mulmen 9y ago
      I wouldn't call the stereotypical government site a "nice layout". It seems like more often than not my experience with government sites is that I have no idea how to find the data I need. Try finding a campground in Washington in the early spring. Is it open? Do they take reservations? Are they required? Good luck. Agreed that trendy and usable are unrelated.
      - brudgers 9y ago
        I've used https://www.recreation.gov/ https://www.recreation.gov/
    - whipoodle 9y ago
      > I wouldn't call "shitty" something with a nice layout and readability. Yeah, me neither.
irickt 9y ago
Even better, get a custom two-day chart as a 26KB PNG: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33&lon=-84&FcstType=graphical http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33&lon=-84&Fcst...

pessimizer 9y ago

I'm a huge fan of the "Hourly Weather Forecast" linked from that page; I just bookmark it. Everything I need. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.7198&lon=-73.993&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.7198&lon=-73...

jlgaddis 9y ago
I use the same page -- well, the same graphs -- a few times a day (usually when trying to decide whether to ride the Harley or drive the truck). I can find out everything I want to know in just a few seconds.

lanius 9y ago

Any way to narrow down the location further than the zip code? My zip code covers a large area touching the ocean, there's a dramatic weather difference between the coast and 5 miles inland.

jlgaddis 9y ago

From a command-line, try: $ curl http://wttr.in/5digitzip (NB: SSL/TLS is enabled, w/ a self-signed certificate, so you can also use `curl -k https://` https://`)

brudgers 9y ago

The REST API, https://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php https://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php