Weather Widget

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://github.com/kotelnik/plasma-applet-weather-widget

Available as/for: -

Description:

Plasmoid for showing weather information from yr.no and Open Weather Map servers.

Features:
- shows basic info (with font-like icons) in panel
- shows meteogram + long term forecast in expanded plasmoid
- shows more info and near future forecast in tooltip
- offline cache
- support for multiple places
- system tray support

Future plans:
- support for other providers (accu, yahoo)
- place picker

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
- qt5-xmllistmodel, qt5-graphicaleffects
- e.g. packages for kubuntu users: qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel, libqt5qml-graphicaleffects

HOW TO INSTALL
- EDIT: Preferred way: your distribution's package manager or build it yourself (https://github.com/kotelnik/plasma-applet-weather-widget#requirements)

ANOTHER WAY TO INSTALL
- Add Widgets... -> Get new widgets -> Download new plasma widgets
- find this applet and install through the first item with .plasmoid extension
- NOTE: this version does not support offline data cache

Last changelog:

1.6.10 3 years ago

- fixed infinite reload timeout
- kelvin unit support
- code cleanup
- reduced OWM crashing (still happening though)

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emvaized
5 hours ago

Great widget! But why can't I add extended view (the one opened on click) as a standalone widget on desktop?

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ranjithsiji
1 month ago

10 10 the best - new yr.no url is not working. Here is a fix go to retro.yr.no. Search the city there. Copy the url. Now you will get the link as https://retro.yr.no/place/Country/Location. Change it to http://www.yr.no/place/Country/Location. Vola It works. The last commit on this widget was on OCT 2017 but still working strong. My favourite widget.

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ranjithsiji
1 month ago

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basileus
1 month ago

6 I have same problem with yr.no - widget can't use new URL for city. And fix from comments with link editing doesn't work for me. But OWM still works and I don't think that author will fix it.

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floorek
1 month ago

8 8 great

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iplhsroffcom
2 months ago

10 And there is also a pressure conversation bug:
When it's converted from hPa to mmHg it adds one more unit plus to current:
https://i.imgur.com/cM3JH2f.png
That's how it looks like:
https://i.imgur.com/PNIkwSI.png
And that's what the actual meaning is:
https://i.imgur.com/BSFIv5f.png
As you can see it's ~13mm+ of the actual one.

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iplhsroffcom
2 months ago

Hi there! Found a bug but didn't have time to report it till now, here it is:
When you hover pointer on the widget it appears and disappears immediately on the first time you hover it when it was updated in the background, that's what it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/2uyRdVl.gif
It lasts circa since plasma .20 or something.
I'm on neon stable with plasma .21 and the latest KDE updates and it's still here.
Please update as you have time to. Thank you.

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zlojcrash
2 months ago

5 50/50 - OWM works fine, but yr.no doesn't work for my city: www.yr.no/place doesn't exist anymore. Modern site reffer to www.yr.no/en/forecast/ and exist old design in retro.yr.no/place/
I was try both, but widget got only new URL (as example) https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-2946447/Germany/North%20Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne%20District/Bonn and show nothing. retro.yr.no not accepted

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ranjithsiji
1 month ago

Change the https://retro.yr.no/place/Country/Location to http://www.yr.no/place/Country/Location. It works. Renders fine. Just try that.

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zlojcrash
2 months ago

i was found the way to hack this issue. Default page accepted but dont work: https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-698740/Ukraine/Odessa/Odes%E2%80%99ka%20Mis%E2%80%99krada/Odessa
Retro page was not accepted: https://retro.yr.no/place/Ukraine/Odessa/Odessa/
I modify link to that: https://www.yr.no/place/Ukraine/Odessa/Odessa/
And it's work.

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anton-tkachow
4 months ago

10 10 the best

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cdn47x
4 months ago

10 Nice

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sharkpin
5 months ago

10 10 the best

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RogueScholar
5 months ago

8 8 great

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throne
7 months ago

10 FYI MANJARO KDE USERS: install the qt5-xmlpatterns package from the Community repository first and this widget will then work normally. Just tested and confirmed on Manjaro 20.1.2 Mikah (latest as of posting).

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yar85
8 months ago

3 Outdated and doesn't work on Manjaro, unfortunately

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pppppppp
8 months ago

3 Hi kotelnik,

thanks for great Weather Widget, anyway it does NOT work anymore in latest Manjaro Linux, probably due to some too new QT library...

Here is my system:
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1
Kernel Version: 5.8.11-1-MANJARO
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
Memory: 3.8 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NV92

And this is the error I see clicking on the icon in the taskbar:
Errore durante il caricamento del file QML: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.weatherWidget/contents/ui/main.qml:113:5: Type YrNo unavailable
file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.weatherWidget/contents/ui/providers/YrNo.qml:18:1: module "QtQuick.XmlListModel" plugin "qmlxmllistmodelplugin" not found

Hope you can solve or help me.
Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

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assarj
5 months ago

You have to install qt5-graphicaleffects and qt5-xmlpatterns, it`s worked for me

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myrkgard
10 months ago

9 Best weather plasmoid IMHO

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fabiano-rodrigues
10 months ago

9 9 excellent

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leo5sk
10 months ago

6 6 okay

Meteogram is not rendering properly for both services. Extra vertical lines are present. Posted an issue in github too https://github.com/kotelnik/plasma-applet-weather-widget/issues/84

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speedjoe
11 months ago

10 10 the best

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kdemichl
11 months ago

10 10 the best

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john853
1 year ago

10 This is definitely the best weather widget I have ever seen.
Both backends work great and way better than the default widget that Plasma comes with.
For example searching for Vienna in the default widget is very hard to find the real city (capital of Austria) because there are so many weird locations with the same name.
But with this widget works great on both backends.
Also I like that I can quickly switch my my location to the ones of my friends in other countries to see how's the weather there.
Integration with a dark theme also works perfectly.

This is really great widget and in my opinion it should've been the default one in KDE Plasma since it's way better than the other one.

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roctheme
1 year ago

10 10 the best

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1.6.10 3 years ago

- fixed infinite reload timeout
- kelvin unit support
- code cleanup
- reduced OWM crashing (still happening though)

Version 1.6.8 4 years ago

Attempt to ensure proper connection timeout (and sequential reconnect).

5 years ago

1.6.5
- loading OWM more reliable
- visible plasmoid version in settings
- localization support (requires installing through "make install" or your distribution's package manager)

1.6.3
- icons in rendered meteogram
- owm request cache fixed

1.6.2
- next days legend fixed
- stability fixes
- rendered meteogram has red/blue temp. colour
- UTC/local-time fixes and option; mmHg option
- tooltip improved

1.6.1
- WARNING: your current locations won't be preserved when updating to this version, I am very sorry for that
- Open Weather Map support
- american settings (mph, inHg)
- proper offline cache implementation (requires C++ extension, therefore offline cache is no longer supported when installing through Add Widgets button)
- rendered meteogram for OWM and optionally for yr.no (it allows to be used by e.g. fahrenheit users)
- bugfixes

1.5.1
- next-days temperatures load fixed
- theming fixes

1.5.0
- theming & layout & other issues fixed (thanks a lot to nowrep from github)
- in-tray & classic tooltip improved
- today info added to expanded part
- finally 3 layout options added
- cache data goes to ~/.cache/ folder instead of in-plasmoid configuration

1.4.1
- added option to pause updating

1.4
- sunrise & sunset time in tooltip
- 'ago' message improved for bigger time intervals

1.3.2
- system tray support
- bugfixes (change place fix; properly handling day/night icons based on sunrise/sunset; credit link fix; resizing on desktop fix)
- more bugfixes: day/night icons fixed, M/s -> m/s (thanks ochurlaud)

1.2.7
- fixed compatibility with KF 5.12

1.2.6
- bug fix: refreshing current place when places changed
- tooltip fixed for KF 5.11
- new widget icon by varlesh

1.2.5
- using avansert_meteogram instead of meteogram (thx to steelsnake for this suggestion)
- better moon icon (thx to jacobtey)
- hour legend
- place aliases
- bug fixes

1.2
- tooltip overhaul

1.1
- offline cache
- fahrenheit support
- support for multiple places
- long-term forecast in expanded plasmoid
- using night icons in the night

1.0.BETA
- initial import

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ranjithsiji May 13 2021 10 the best

10 the best - new yr.no url is not working. Here is a fix go to retro.yr.no. Search the city there. Copy the url. Now you will get the link as https://retro.yr.no/place/Country/Location. Change it to http://www.yr.no/place/Country/Location. Vola It works. The last commit on this widget was on OCT 2017 but still working strong. My favourite widget.

basileus May 10 2021 6 okay

I have same problem with yr.no - widget can't use new URL for city. And fix from comments with link editing doesn't work for me. But OWM still works and I don't think that author will fix it.

floorek Apr 21 2021 8 great

8 great

iplhsroffcom Apr 12 2021 10 the best

And there is also a pressure conversation bug: When it's converted from hPa to mmHg it adds one more unit plus to current: https://i.imgur.com/cM3JH2f.png That's how it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/PNIkwSI.png And that's what the actual meaning is: https://i.imgur.com/BSFIv5f.png As you can see it's ~13mm+ of the actual one.

zlojcrash Apr 04 2021 5 average

50/50 - OWM works fine, but yr.no doesn't work for my city: www.yr.no/place doesn't exist anymore. Modern site reffer to www.yr.no/en/forecast/ and exist old design in retro.yr.no/place/ I was try both, but widget got only new URL (as example) https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-2946447/Germany/North%20Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne%20District/Bonn and show nothing. retro.yr.no not accepted

anton-tkachow Jan 23 2021 10 the best

10 the best

cdn47x Jan 23 2021 10 the best

Nice

sharkpin Jan 04 2021 10 the best

10 the best

RogueScholar Dec 30 2020 8 great

8 great

throne Oct 30 2020 10 the best

FYI MANJARO KDE USERS: install the qt5-xmlpatterns package from the Community repository first and this widget will then work normally. Just tested and confirmed on Manjaro 20.1.2 Mikah (latest as of posting).

yar85 Oct 07 2020 3 bad

Outdated and doesn't work on Manjaro, unfortunately

pppppppp Sep 25 2020 3 bad

Hi kotelnik, thanks for great Weather Widget, anyway it does NOT work anymore in latest Manjaro Linux, probably due to some too new QT library... Here is my system: Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0 Qt Version: 5.15.1 Kernel Version: 5.8.11-1-MANJARO OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz Memory: 3.8 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: NV92 And this is the error I see clicking on the icon in the taskbar: Errore durante il caricamento del file QML: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.weatherWidget/contents/ui/main.qml:113:5: Type YrNo unavailable file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.weatherWidget/contents/ui/providers/YrNo.qml:18:1: module "QtQuick.XmlListModel" plugin "qmlxmllistmodelplugin" not found Hope you can solve or help me. Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

myrkgard Aug 12 2020 9 excellent

Best weather plasmoid IMHO

fabiano-rodrigues Aug 07 2020 9 excellent

9 excellent

leo5sk Jul 22 2020 6 okay

6 okay Meteogram is not rendering properly for both services. Extra vertical lines are present. Posted an issue in github too https://github.com/kotelnik/plasma-applet-weather-widget/issues/84

speedjoe Jul 10 2020 10 the best

10 the best

kdemichl Jun 24 2020 10 the best

10 the best

john853 May 14 2020 10 the best

This is definitely the best weather widget I have ever seen. Both backends work great and way better than the default widget that Plasma comes with. For example searching for Vienna in the default widget is very hard to find the real city (capital of Austria) because there are so many weird locations with the same name. But with this widget works great on both backends. Also I like that I can quickly switch my my location to the ones of my friends in other countries to see how's the weather there. Integration with a dark theme also works perfectly. This is really great widget and in my opinion it should've been the default one in KDE Plasma since it's way better than the other one.

roctheme May 14 2020 10 the best

10 the best

phyrz May 01 2020 9 excellent

9 excellent

pu4yes Apr 25 2020 10 the best

10 the best

martyd Mar 09 2020 10 the best

Díky :)

alex10336 Feb 26 2020 10 the best

10 the best

llewen Dec 30 2019 8 great

Thanks to whomever created this.

d3xt3r Oct 06 2019 9 excellent

9 excellent! @clearmartin, could you add a custom font size option like in the Event Calendar widget? (https://store.kde.org/p/998901/) Currently using the horizontal layout the font size is very large, see the image below: https://imgur.com/blzM3oT

freefreeno Oct 05 2019 10 the best

10 the best

ikhwan-arif Aug 30 2019 10 the best

10 the best

autotech Jul 24 2019 8 great

8 great

luca-web Jun 25 2019 8 great

8 great

zhigalin May 28 2019 10 the best

Very informative

zinjanthr0pus Mar 14 2019 9 excellent

ewon Feb 26 2019 9 excellent

prolaser Feb 22 2019 9 excellent

+Now it shows the same pressure like on the website (Today 1030). Great ! :-)

mystress Dec 14 2018 9 excellent

marianarlt Dec 03 2018 9 excellent

Great plasmoid. Would it be possible to have an option to disable the blue text about "xxx minutes ago" in some future release? I is not at all legible in most panels or task bars and looks like broken pixels more than anything else. Would be awesome. Good work!