According to the WU support thread the free tier is gone (no new signups)
and existing will go away at some point



On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 12:05 AM Craig Thom <[email protected]> wrote:

> The free API key is good for a maximum of 10 calls per minute and 500 per
> day.  That's not enough for commercial use, or at least commercial use that
> could justify paying for a higher tier.
>
> On Friday, May 18, 2018 at 4:01:56 AM UTC-4, Andrew Milner wrote:
>>
>> I shall wait and see.  I would expect them to continue to allow use of
>> api for your own weather station, but I can understand the reasons for
>> limitations (as there always have been) on the uses which used to be part
>> of other plans.  I am sure there are many 'users' who are really commercial
>> who are ripping off WU with there requests for data and trying to get the
>> data for free when they shouldn't be.....
>>
>> So I'm not panicking just yet
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, 18 May 2018 10:49:36 UTC+3, gjr80 wrote:
>>>
>>> Andrew,
>>>
>>> You need to log out of WU, for non-WU user that page was the entry into
>>> the WU API, for logged in WU users it takes you to your analytics page. The
>>> non-WU users it now gives a blurb about The Weather Company 'series of data
>>> packages'. They are light on detail and whilst the don't indicate they are
>>> paid for they certainly don't indicate they are free either.
>>>
>>> Other links of interest:
>>>
>>> The wxforum.net thread:  http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=34403.0
>>>
>>> Thread in WU API Community forum:
>>> https://apicommunity.wunderground.com/weatherapi/topics/weather-underground-api-changes
>>>
>>> See there is something in the API community thread about the smallest
>>> data package being $850 per month.
>>>
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
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