# Visual Crossing Weather API via KiteEndpoints

> Visual Crossing Weather API via KiteEndpoints is a paid API for AI agents from kite-solana.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-03).

Fetches historical, current, and forecast weather data for any location using the Visual Crossing weather data service

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-solana.vercel.app/api/visual-crossing?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-03
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/visual-crossing-weather-api-via-kiteendpoints-bdc3c348
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3jst7O7Y3r_1uoYBZM2DU

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 visual-crossing-weather-api-via-kiteendpoints-bdc3c348 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the weather forecast for Austin, Texas for the next 7 days — show me temperatures in Fahrenheit, precipitation chances, and wind speed?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need reliable, structured weather data — historical, current, or forecast — powered by Visual Crossing's extensive global dataset, and you want to pay per request via USDC without managing a separate Visual Crossing API subscription.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized location name returns an error or empty result
- Date range outside available historical data may return incomplete data
- Missing required location parameter causes request failure
- Network timeout or upstream Visual Crossing API unavailability returns 500 error
- Invalid date format causes parsing error

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

Returns structured weather data including temperature highs and lows, precipitation amounts, wind speed and direction, humidity, cloud cover, UV index, and conditions descriptions for the requested location and date range, formatted as a JSON object.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/visual-crossing-weather-api-via-kiteendpoints-bdc3c348/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-solana.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-solana.vercel.app/llms.txt)