# orbit Geo & Time: Weather Forecast

> orbit Geo & Time: Weather Forecast is a paid API for AI agents from orbit-geo.orbit-builder.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Returns current weather conditions plus hourly and 7-day forecast for any location on Earth, sourced from MET Norway

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://orbit-geo.orbit-builder.workers.dev/v1/weather?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/orbit-geo-time-weather-forecast-53163d14
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hOZ_2-ErK1DkLYIid-4Oy

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability orbit-geo-time-weather-forecast-53163d14
```

Example prompt: What's the weather like right now in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and can you show me the 7-day forecast with daily highs and lows?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable weather data (current + hourly + daily forecast) for any global location, especially when you can accept coordinates or a place name as input. Ideal for agents needing MET Norway's high-quality Nordic and global meteorological data. Prefer this over general-purpose weather APIs when you need a micropayment-friendly ($0.001 USDC) pay-per-call model with no subscription required. If you only need sunrise/sunset times or timezone data, use the sibling endpoints on the same service.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing coordinates return a geocoding error if the place name cannot be resolved via OpenStreetMap
- Extreme or ocean coordinates with no nearby weather data may return sparse or empty results
- MET Norway upstream outage causes 5xx error
- Malformed query parameters (e.g. non-numeric lat/lon) return a 400 error
- Insufficient USDC balance causes payment failure before the call is made
- Hours parameter outside 1-48 range may be clamped or cause a validation error

## How this service works

Location and time data for agents: weather now + 7-day forecast (MET Norway), geocoding and reverse geocoding (OpenStreetMap Nominatim), sunrise/sunset, world time-zone conversion and public holidays (Nager.Date). Real open data fetched at call time, attribution included. $0.001 per call. By orbit-builder.

## Output

A JSON object containing: (1) `now` — current conditions including temperature in °C, wind speed in m/s, wind direction in degrees, cloud cover %, humidity %, pressure, weather condition string, and next-hour precipitation in mm; (2) `hourly` — an array of up to 48 hourly forecast steps; (3) `daily` — an array of ~7 daily summaries with min/max temp, total precipitation, and dominant condition; (4) `location` — resolved lat/lon and place name.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "lat": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "latitude"
      },
      "lon": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "longitude"
      },
      "hours": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "hourly steps to include (1-48, default 24)"
      },
      "place": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "or a place name, e.g. Almaty or Paris, France"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "now": {
   "time": "2026-10-23T18:00:00Z",
   "temp_c": 9.1,
   "wind_ms": 1.8,
   "cloud_pct": 40,
   "condition": "partly cloudy",
   "humidity_pct": 61,
   "wind_dir_deg": 200,
   "precip_next_1h_mm": 0
  },
  "daily": [
   {
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "max_c": 15.9,
    "min_c": 4.2,
    "condition": "clear sky",
    "precip_mm": 0
   }
  ],
  "hourly": [],
  "location": {
   "lat": 43.2364,
   "lon": 76.9457,
   "name": "Almaty, Kazakhstan"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/orbit-geo-time-weather-forecast-53163d14/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from orbit-geo.orbit-builder.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/orbit-geo.orbit-builder.workers.dev/llms.txt)