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Feeds

This is not a complete list. It is an example of available feeds on the BBC.

Licence: Strictly for Non-Commercial Use under the Feed Terms of Use. Offered to Backstage with permission of BBC Weather.
Description: 3 day weather feeds from BBC Weather
Status: Stable
Type: XML REST RSS

Weather provides a number of RSS feeds. Some require a Location ID. You can find this by searching for the location you require on the website and looking in the page URL. It appears like this: news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/.

Three Day forecast
Available for all locations with a daily forecast, a link is provided on every applicable forecast page in the Next Four Days or Five-day Outlook box.

URL format:
newsrss.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast//Next3DaysRSS.xml

Example:
Colwyn Bay:
http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/4197/Next3DaysRSS.xml

Forecast data is fully updated at least twice a day, at approximately 08:00 and 20:00 GMT. Minor updates can be made throughout the day.

Latest Observations
Available for all locations with a daily forecast, a link is provided on every applicable forecast page in the Latest Observations box.

URL format:
newsrss.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast//ObservationsRSS.xml

Example:
Colwyn Bay: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/4197/ObservationsRSS.xml

UK observations are updated hourly. International locations tend to be updated every three hours.

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