# \[Help needed\] Trigger flow if weather forecast shows freezing

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/help-needed-trigger-flow-if-weather-forecast-shows-freezing/25945>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** flow, weather\
**Created:** [February 15, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-needed-trigger-flow-if-weather-forecast-shows-freezing/25945 "2020-02-15T20:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-needed-trigger-flow-if-weather-forecast-shows-freezing/25945/3 "2020-02-16T06:05:47Z")

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You can use Open Weather Map.  
OWM has a weather forecast of up to 5 days. The use is free, but you have to register with OWM.

> **[Сurrent weather and forecast - OpenWeatherMap](https://openweathermap.org/)**
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> Get current weather, hourly forecast, daily forecast for 16 days, and 3-hourly forecast 5 days for your city. Historical weather data for 40 years back for any coordinate. Helpful stats, graphics, and this day in history charts are available for your...

In the app you can then set a weather forecast in an interval of 3 hours (3 or 6 or 9 or 12 or 15 or 18 hours, etc. up to 5 days). Unfortunately only one setting is possible, but this should be enough for your needs.

For more information I recommend this post. It explains exactly what you have to do. Examples are also included.

> [@\[Archived\]\[APP\]\[Pro\] OpenWeatherMap](https://community.homey.app/t/openweathermap-central-topic/1048):
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> Archived! Please continue here: [[App][Pro] OpenWeather](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-openweather/61482) This topic is for discussing the OpenWeatherMap app: [OpenWeather App for Homey | Homey](https://apps.athom.com/app/nu.baretta.openweathermap). The app polls the current weather as well as the 5 and 16-day forecast data of the [OpenWeatherMap API](http://openweathermap.org/api) and offers a host of flow triggers and conditions. To use the data a freely available API key is required. Note that with the free API key the data of the current weather table can be delayed by up to three hours. To use the data, you can add ‘dev…

If you still have questions, I will try to answer them.

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