OpenWeatherMap

OpenWeatherMap

· #54 most-used

Live weather data for every agent decision

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OpenWeatherMap is a global weather data API trusted by Amazon, Google, and hundreds of thousands of developers to deliver real-time conditions, forecasts, air quality, UV index, and historical climate data for any location on Earth. Connect it to Actionist and your agents can pull live weather for any city or GPS coordinate, detect severe alerts before they affect operations, embed 5-day forecasts into scheduling decisions, and automatically pause campaigns, delay dispatches, or trigger safety protocols the moment conditions change — all without anyone opening a weather tab.

Average time saved
10 hours
per person · per month
1 workdays back

Eliminates manual work. Eliminates the manual weather-checking loop — reps looking up forecasts before demos, ops managers scanning alerts before dispatching crews, event planners tab-hopping across weather sites before every event.

Schedule

What your OpenWeatherMap agent runs on autopilot

A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.

28Scheduled jobs
7Agents at work
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Multi-app workflows

OpenWeatherMap × every other app you use

End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.

6Workflows
9Apps spanned
~36 hrsSaved / week
6Personas served
customer-success★ FeaturedSaves 1h saved · runs ~10× /week

Weather delay notice, sent before clients ask

When a customer's field service appointment falls within 24 hours and the forecast turns severe, your agent pulls the 5-day forecast for the customer's location, drafts a personalised delay notification, fires it via Gmail, and blocks time on Google Calendar for a rescheduled slot — all before the customer even checks the weather app. Support reps reclaim 60 minutes per weather event that would otherwise go to inbound complaint handling.

Trigger: When a Gmail message confirms an outdoor field service appointment within 24 hours
Step 1 trigger
Gmail
Watch for field service appointment confirmation
Step 2 read
Openweathermap
Fetch 5-day forecast for the customer's address
Step 3 write
Openweathermap
Check for active severe weather alerts at location
Step 4 write
Slack
Post weather delay flag to the support team channel
Step 5 write
Google Calendar
Create a rescheduled appointment slot in the service calendar
Zero angry weather surprises
ROI

Savings

What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

  • Sales
    18 min / week
    Pre-demo weather lookup

    Sales reps manually check the forecast for each field demo location so they know what to wear and whether outdoor setup is viable.

    Sales Agent
    0 min
    Agent weather-briefs every demo automatically

    Agent fetches current conditions and 5-day forecast for each demo location and injects the brief into the calendar event — rep sees it without asking.

  • Marketing
    13 min / week
    Manual campaign weather check

    Campaign managers periodically check weather for outdoor-targeted regions and decide manually whether to pause spend — often too late.

    Marketing Agent
    0 min
    Agent pauses campaigns on severe alerts

    Agent monitors conditions for each active outdoor campaign region and automatically pauses spend when severe weather fires — budget protected in real time.

  • Customer Support
    18 min / week
    Reactive weather delay calls

    Support reps handle inbound calls from customers surprised by weather-related service delays, then manually send apology emails.

    Customer Support Agent
    0 min
    Agent sends proactive delay notices

    Agent detects forecast deterioration before the appointment window and fires a personalised delay notification to the customer before they call in.

  • Human Resources
    7 min / week
    Weather safety advisory drafting

    HR manually composes and sends heat, cold, or storm advisories to field employees when conditions approach safety thresholds.

    Human Resources Agent
    0 min
    Agent auto-sends threshold-based advisories

    Agent monitors temperature, UV, and AQI for each field site and fires a tailored safety advisory the moment a threshold is crossed.

  • Finance
    13 min / week
    Weather evidence research for claims

    Finance analysts manually retrieve historical weather records to document conditions during weather-related incidents for insurance claims.

    Finance Agent
    0 min
    Agent logs verified weather evidence instantly

    Agent fetches and attaches historical conditions data to expense records the moment they're created — insurance-ready documentation with no research hours.

  • Operations
    25 min / week
    Regional weather scan before dispatch

    Operations managers manually scan weather for each active logistics region before approving fleet dispatch, especially in winter.

    Operations Agent
    0 min
    Agent writes the regional weather brief at 6 a.m.

    Agent pulls conditions for every active region before the morning shift and posts a structured risk summary — dispatch decisions have weather context baked in.

  • Legal
    6 min / week
    Force-majeure evidence gathering

    Legal team manually locates historical weather records to substantiate force-majeure clauses in contract disputes tied to weather events.

    Legal Agent
    0 min
    Agent retrieves and archives weather evidence on demand

    Agent fetches historical conditions for any location and date, formats them as a timestamped brief, and stores the evidence file in the designated document repository.

+ 100s of other OpenWeatherMap automations
Average monthly
10 hrs / person / month
Average monthly
10 hrs / person / month
Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size
10 people
Hourly rate
$20 / hr
Hours saved / week
25
Hours saved / year
1,250
Annual ROI
$25,000

Based on OpenWeatherMap's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~2.5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

Connect

How to plug OpenWeatherMap into Actionist

Pick the connection method that suits your environment.

The fastest path. Install an OpenWeatherMap MCP server in one click and your agent starts pulling live forecasts, current conditions, and alert data immediately — no API key management, no credential rotation.

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Open the Apps tab

Find OpenWeatherMap in the Apps library and click Connect. MCP is selected by default.

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Authorise via MCP server

Actionist installs the Weather MCP server and prompts you to enter your OpenWeatherMap API key once. The key is stored securely in the MCP server's credential vault — the agent never handles it directly.

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Test the connection

Actionist runs a read-only current-conditions call to verify the handshake. You're ready.

Actions

15 actions your agent can call

Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.

Triggers

8 events your agent can react to

Events your agent watches for, and the actions it kicks off in response.

Skills

Skills that pair with OpenWeatherMap

Reusable agent skills that work well alongside this app.

QVeris Official

Discovers and calls specialised OpenWeatherMap API endpoints — including road risk, solar energy, and climate normals — that fall outside the standard weather and forecast actions.

MCP servers

MCP servers that work with OpenWeatherMap

Connect Actionist to MCP servers built for or around this app.

aliafsahnoudeh/wildfire-mcp-server

Monitors potential wildfires globally by combining NASA FIRMS fire data with OpenWeatherMap conditions and Google Earth Engine imagery.

SaintDoresh/Weather-MCP-ClaudeDesktop

Provides real-time weather data, multi-day forecasts, and historical weather lookups via the OpenWeatherMap API for desktop agents.

FAQs

Questions about OpenWeatherMap + Actionist

How do I connect OpenWeatherMap to Actionist?
Open the Apps tab, find OpenWeatherMap, and click Connect. The recommended path installs an MCP server that manages your API key securely — you enter it once and Actionist handles the rest. If you prefer direct API key auth, switch to the API Token method, copy your key from openweathermap.org → profile → My API keys, and paste it in. Actionist verifies the connection with a live current-conditions call before saving.
What API key do I need, and which plan is required?
A free OpenWeatherMap account gives you access to current weather and 5-day forecasts — enough for most Actionist workflows. Historical data, road risk, and the 16-day extended forecast require a paid plan (Starter or above). After signing up, go to profile → My API keys, generate a key named 'Actionist', and paste it in. The free plan allows up to 60 API calls per minute, which is ample for agent-driven queries.
Can Actionist agents react to live weather events automatically?
Yes — use the trigger nodes (Severe weather alert, Temperature threshold exceeded, Rain probability above threshold, and others) to have your agent fire the moment conditions change. Each trigger polls the OpenWeatherMap API on a schedule you configure; when the threshold is crossed, the workflow runs immediately. For time-sensitive use cases like field crew safety or campaign pausing, set the poll interval to 15 minutes or less.
Which locations can I monitor — cities, coordinates, or zip codes?
All three. You can query by city name (e.g. 'London, GB'), by latitude and longitude for precise site targeting, or by US zip code. For operations with field sites that don't have a clean city match, use 'Get weather by geographic coordinates' with the site's GPS pin — it's more accurate than city lookup when locations are in rural or industrial areas.
How do I avoid triggering the same weather alert twice in a row?
Build a state check into your workflow: when the trigger fires, the agent writes the alert ID and timestamp to a Google Sheet or Notion database row. Before acting, it checks whether that alert ID was already processed. If it was, the workflow exits early. Alternatively, use Actionist's built-in deduplication memory: store the last-seen alert hash in agent memory and compare on each trigger run. This prevents duplicate notifications without custom logic.
How accurate is the 5-day forecast data?
OpenWeatherMap's 5-day forecast updates every 3 hours using global weather model data (GFS, ECMWF ensemble) and is calibrated with local observations. Accuracy is highest for the first 24–48 hours and degrades toward day 5, which is typical for any numerical weather prediction. For critical decisions like crew dispatch or event go/no-go, use the forecast as a planning signal — always pair it with the most recent current-conditions call on the day itself.
Can agents pull weather data for multiple locations in one workflow run?
Yes — use a loop or map step in Actionist's visual workflow editor to iterate over a list of locations (from a Google Sheet, Airtable, or an array in memory) and call the weather action for each one. OpenWeatherMap's free plan allows up to 60 calls per minute, so batching 10–20 locations in a single run is well within limits. For very large location sets (50+), add a 1-second delay between calls to stay safely within rate limits.
Does OpenWeatherMap support air quality and UV data, or only temperature and rain?
OpenWeatherMap covers current conditions, 5-day and 16-day forecasts, hourly forecasts, air pollution (AQI, PM2.5, NO2, CO, O3), UV index, road risk, and historical data going back to 1979. Air quality and UV are available on the free plan for current data; historical air quality requires a paid tier. Use 'Get air pollution data' and 'Get UV index' actions in Actionist to build health-safety workflows for outdoor workers, events, and school activities.