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WMO weather interpretation code descriptions (& images)
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descriptions.json
{
"0":{
"day":{
"description":"Sunny",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/01d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Clear",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/01n@2x.png"
}
},
"1":{
"day":{
"description":"Mainly Sunny",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/01d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Mainly Clear",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/01n@2x.png"
}
},
"2":{
"day":{
"description":"Partly Cloudy",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/02d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Partly Cloudy",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/02n@2x.png"
}
},
"3":{
"day":{
"description":"Cloudy",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/03d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Cloudy",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/03n@2x.png"
}
},
"45":{
"day":{
"description":"Foggy",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/50d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Foggy",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/50n@2x.png"
}
},
"48":{
"day":{
"description":"Rime Fog",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/50d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Rime Fog",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/50n@2x.png"
}
},
"51":{
"day":{
"description":"Light Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Light Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09n@2x.png"
}
},
"53":{
"day":{
"description":"Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09n@2x.png"
}
},
"55":{
"day":{
"description":"Heavy Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Heavy Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09n@2x.png"
}
},
"56":{
"day":{
"description":"Light Freezing Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Light Freezing Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09n@2x.png"
}
},
"57":{
"day":{
"description":"Freezing Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Freezing Drizzle",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09n@2x.png"
}
},
"61":{
"day":{
"description":"Light Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Light Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10n@2x.png"
}
},
"63":{
"day":{
"description":"Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10n@2x.png"
}
},
"65":{
"day":{
"description":"Heavy Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Heavy Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10n@2x.png"
}
},
"66":{
"day":{
"description":"Light Freezing Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Light Freezing Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10n@2x.png"
}
},
"67":{
"day":{
"description":"Freezing Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Freezing Rain",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/10n@2x.png"
}
},
"71":{
"day":{
"description":"Light Snow",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Light Snow",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13n@2x.png"
}
},
"73":{
"day":{
"description":"Snow",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Snow",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13n@2x.png"
}
},
"75":{
"day":{
"description":"Heavy Snow",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Heavy Snow",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13n@2x.png"
}
},
"77":{
"day":{
"description":"Snow Grains",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Snow Grains",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13n@2x.png"
}
},
"80":{
"day":{
"description":"Light Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Light Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09n@2x.png"
}
},
"81":{
"day":{
"description":"Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09n@2x.png"
}
},
"82":{
"day":{
"description":"Heavy Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Heavy Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/09n@2x.png"
}
},
"85":{
"day":{
"description":"Light Snow Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Light Snow Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13n@2x.png"
}
},
"86":{
"day":{
"description":"Snow Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Snow Showers",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/13n@2x.png"
}
},
"95":{
"day":{
"description":"Thunderstorm",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/11d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Thunderstorm",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/11n@2x.png"
}
},
"96":{
"day":{
"description":"Light Thunderstorms With Hail",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/11d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Light Thunderstorms With Hail",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/11n@2x.png"
}
},
"99":{
"day":{
"description":"Thunderstorm With Hail",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/11d@2x.png"
},
"night":{
"description":"Thunderstorm With Hail",
"image":"http://openweathermap.org/img/wn/11n@2x.png"
}
}
}
@tuxthepenguin84

tuxthepenguin84 commented Sep 16, 2023

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96 should be "Light Thunderstorms With Hail"

@stellasphere

stellasphere commented Sep 30, 2023

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Updated

@Dariadeer

Dariadeer commented Dec 4, 2023

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Awesome, thank you!

@DrMoshtael

DrMoshtael commented Dec 8, 2023

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Very helpful, thank you!

@ugurtekbas

ugurtekbas commented Feb 6, 2024

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Thanks for creating this file. 👏🏼
I combine some of the descriptions with the table here, and use these descriptions for the historic weather data I get from Open-Meteo.

@alleida23

alleida23 commented Mar 7, 2024

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Thank you!!

@VictorTapiaEgana

VictorTapiaEgana commented Apr 3, 2024

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Muchas Gracias 👏

@eamadorm

eamadorm commented Apr 4, 2024

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Thanks a lot! This is really helpful!

@danielba777

danielba777 commented Apr 20, 2024

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Great, thank you!!! 🤩

@tobozo

tobozo commented May 20, 2024

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exhaustive list of codes here https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0021/0002199/1.1/data/0-data/HTML/WMO-CODE/WMO4677.HTM

also found this repo https://github.com/roe-dl/weathericons

@BonBon125

BonBon125 commented Aug 26, 2024

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Thank you so much!

@civilspeedy

civilspeedy commented Sep 10, 2024

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Thank you, really helpful 👍

@srseibs

srseibs commented Sep 26, 2024

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Should the URLs all be "https:" instead of "http:" ?

@llaryall

llaryall commented Nov 28, 2024

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thanks it was really helpful for me 👍

@ibrammalik

ibrammalik commented Dec 25, 2024

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Thank you so much!!, really helpful 🫡👍

@yaobin-kid

yaobin-kid commented Jan 23, 2025

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Thank you

@Austin-540

Austin-540 commented Mar 14, 2025 •
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Thank you!!!!

@vishaljain70

vishaljain70 commented Mar 20, 2025

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Thank you.
I noticed that there is a gap between 3 to 45 in the list. Is something not listed?
I am interested in knowing the conditions for hot and humid, heatwave, etc. conditions.
Thanks again.

@LefterisMavrakis

LefterisMavrakis commented Apr 9, 2025

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Thank you!

@cosmicle0

cosmicle0 commented May 1, 2025

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thank you :)

@JSmithLab

JSmithLab commented May 5, 2025

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Incredibly helpful, thank you for making this!

@byphilipp

byphilipp commented Jul 10, 2025

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This is part of WMO code table 4677. Automatic stations using other WMO code table 4680.
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/surface/code.html

@onlinemax

onlinemax commented Jul 14, 2025

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Really helpful thank you

@septemptus

septemptus commented Aug 13, 2025

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thank you

@kariymam

kariymam commented Aug 28, 2025

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thank you for this!

@hafizmhd

hafizmhd commented Nov 3, 2025

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Thank you!

@vishaljain70

vishaljain70 commented Nov 4, 2025

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Many, many thanks

@17tking

17tking commented Dec 17, 2025

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Thank you for this! Helps so much!

@Dark99965

Dark99965 commented Mar 10, 2026

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tysm

@aitorllj93

aitorllj93 commented Jul 24, 2026

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Thank you so much. I have included this information in a (i18n) npm package so everyone can use it and keep it up-to-date:

Language files:

Icon Mappings (don't include the icons themselves, just the names or urls):

The library itself: https://github.com/pxl-ui/weather-i18n

Everyone please feel free to include more languages, translation keys and icon mappings and I'll make sure the PRs gets merged asap so we can create a useful tooling for most common scenarios.

Also, in the process I found out there are already other standards I don't know whether they are worth it to take a look or not (WMO 4678 comes to my mind). The project is implemented in a way to cover as many standards as needed so if anyone can share their experiences I would like to figure out whether it makes sense to include more or not.

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