Retreiving weather data from a weather file.

I don't know if there is a simple way to get this information, but sites like the Weather channel (http://www.weather.com) allow you to specify a ZIP code, and then return a web page with the current weather conditions. You could retrieve this web page, and then parse the content and extract the information you are interested in.

Search for Raw weather data on google. You'll find some websites where you can get weather data files on a daily basis thru ftp.

I would suggest that you go to, like khkremer suggested, weather.com. Instead of proceeding the way khkremer suggests, I would have a look at the tools available at weather.com. I am sure they have an XML feed that you would be able to benefit from. Parsing XML (which has a certain format) compared to parsing HTML is a lot easier. Let's not forget that the format of the generated webpages are likely to change before changes are made to their XML formatted weather information.

A way to "hack" their system, would be to download their "Desktop Weather" application and listen on all your TCP/IP ports for the protocol used internally by their application. You could then use what you have learnt to make your application "ask" the right questions!

Good Luck!

The "MyWeather" page offered by the Weather Channel is your best bet to get easy access to this information.

They also offer a subscription service for more information, but setting up a MyWeather page is free: http://my.weather.com/myweather/home

You can find information about all their services at http://www.weather.com/services/

Here's a nice XML resource for the US http://weather.boygenius.com/xml_index.html

Thanks alot for all you good ideas!
I ended up using a weather web service that someone I work with had created, I access it by adding a web reference to my project which generates a file exposing the methods of the web service and several data structures that hold the returned data.

Does he/she provide those web services for a fee? Or are they available for free?

I found an article online that says where you can access a weather service for free the site is:
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/temperature.asp?target=weather

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