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<p>OpenWeatherMap is an online service, owned by OpenWeather Ltd, that provides global <a href="/facts/Weather/f0qzFRVV">weather</a> data via <a href="/facts/API/GMlN4vUr">API</a>, including current weather data, <a href="/facts/Weather_forecasting/nzqyMFCa">forecasts</a>, <a href="/facts/Nowcasting_(meteorology)/1j3pThtP">nowcasts</a>, and historical weather data. The company provides a minute-by-minute <a href="/facts/Hyperlocal/62bptxxo">hyperlocal</a> <a href="/facts/Precipitation/uq3nGQc8">precipitation</a> forecast. The <a href="/facts/Convolution/PVPrdz9J">convolutional</a> <a href="/facts/Machine_learning/e0w0XJTu">machine learning</a> model uses meteorological broadcast services and data from <a href="/facts/Airport/KQkDpK1n">airport</a> <a href="/facts/Weather_station/JMCQtA74">weather stations</a>, <a href="/facts/Weather_radar/S7BlhMzF">on-ground radar stations</a>, <a href="/facts/Weather_satellite/yl7QCK8n">weather satellites</a>, <a href="/facts/Remote_sensing/pj2crmGs">remote sensing</a> satellites, <a href="/facts/METAR/6drQxT4H">METAR</a>, and <a href="/facts/Automatic_weather_station/5xrMP3uR">automated weather stations</a>. </p><p>The company has more than 2 million customers, ranging from independent developers to <a href="/facts/Fortune_500/BLeHWymz">Fortune 500</a> companies. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/API/GMlN4vUr">APIs</a> provided by OpenWeatherMap have resulted in repositories on <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a>. The APIs support <a href="/facts/Internationalization_and_localization/IGkl9VBM">multiple languages</a>, <a href="/facts/Unit_of_measurement/pvTpWbmC">units of measurement</a>, and industry <a href="/facts/Technical_standard/P4orT1SM">standard</a> data formats like <a href="/facts/JSON/bs1rUAhd">JSON</a> and <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>. </p>