Bug 513791

Summary:	"Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, ON (NOAA)" weather station not updating
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Nabeel <nabeelr>
Component:	Weather widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	bogdan.onofriuchuk, isma.af, kdedev, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514213
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nabeel 2025-12-25 01:25:56 UTC

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SUMMARY

For the last week or so, the "Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, ON (NOAA's National Weather Service)" entry does not return any results for weather.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select "Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, ON (NOAA's National Weather Service)" as your weather station
2. Observe that the weather does not update.
3. Notice that other weather stations do update.

OBSERVED RESULT

The weather will never update

EXPECTED RESULT

The weather to update


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Environment Canada provides APIs for retrieving accurate weather information within Canada. Most 3rd party sources actually pull from Environment Canada. Might be worth sourcing the weather info directly from them.

https://api.weather.gc.ca/

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-12-29 23:23:32 UTC

I can reproduce this on Plasma built from git-master
Setting the weather widget to "Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, ON (NOAA's National Weather Service)" I see
"Unable to load weather forecast"

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2026-01-08 19:23:59 UTC

This would suggest it's an issue with the data from the provider, especially if other locations from the same provider work.

If you'd like to use a weather station from Environment Canada, you can. There's no requirement to use a NOAA station if you'd prefer EnvCan.

Comment 3 Nabeel 2026-01-08 19:30:43 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> This would suggest it's an issue with the data from the provider, especially
> if other locations from the same provider work.
> 
> If you'd like to use a weather station from Environment Canada, you can.
> There's no requirement to use a NOAA station if you'd prefer EnvCan.

I would suggest removing non-working data sources from the list. 

Additionally, at least for Canada, environment Canada is the authoritative source for weather information. 

Personally, I'd go so far as to remove other sources for weather information within Canada, as most of them will pull from environment Canada anyways.