Download Weather

Automatically download a .zip file from a URL where climate data resides, unzip the file, and open .epw, .stat, and ddy weather files.

Inputs

  • weather_URL [Required]

Text representing the URL at which the climate data resides. To open the a map interface for all publicly availabe climate data, use the "LB EPWmap" component.

  • folder

An optional file path to a directory into which the weather file will be downloaded and unziped. If None, the weather files will be downloaded to the ladybug default weather data folder and placed in a sub-folder with the name of the weather file location.

Outputs

  • epw_file

The file path of the downloaded epw file.

  • stat_file

The file path of the downloaded stat file.

  • ddy_file

The file path of the downloaded ddy file.

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