WeatherApp

A PyQt5 graphical weather application using OpenWeatherMap API, the program retrieves weather data and updates it regularly.

What does the program do ? :

• Finds the city name entered by the user as well as its namesakes

• Displays current weather data for the choosen location :

  • Current temperature with a description and an icon
  • Feels like temperature
  • Max/min temperature
  • Wind speed
  • Wind direction (degree and cardinal)
  • Wind score and description in Beaufort scale
  • Pressure (hP)
  • Visibility (km)
  • Humidity
  • Sunrise/sunset time
  • Next hours weather (6h) with hours, icons, temperatures and wind speeds

• Displays forecast weather data for the choosen location (7 days). For each day :

  • Week day
  • Min/max temperature
  • Weather description
  • Weather icon

• User can change some options

  • Use their own API key (OpenWeatherMap API)
  • Change the temperature unit
    • Celcius
    • Fahrenheit
    • Kelvin
  • Change the wind speed unit
    • km/h
    • m/s
    • mph
  • Change the refresh timer

• The program periodically checks the status of the Internet connection, if it goes down, some buttons are deactivated and the refresh countdown is paused until a connection is found.

• User preferences are saved in a binary file which will be loaded each time the application is started

• The local time is displayed in brackets for each city name chosen

• A countdown is displayed in the option tab allowing to know when the next refresh will take place

• A 'verify' button is used to verify the validity of an API key before saving the parameters

• A rectangular zone at the bottom of the window is used to display the status messages

Screenshots

Location

Current weather

Forecast weather

Options

Different units display

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Required

• PyQt5
• Python 3.8