Trafikverket WeatherStation

Showing weather information for air and road temperature provided by Trafikverket in Sweden. This Python file should be used as a custom component in Home Assistant.

Configuration

To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml.

sensor:
  - platform: trafikverket_weatherstation
    name: Trafikverket Road WeatherStation Kungälv
    api_key: eXXcbXXXacXXXXc39XX3aXXX4aXX46XX
    station: Kungälv
    type: road

Configuration variables:

• name (Required): Unique name of the device in the frontend.
• api_key (Required): API key from Trafikverket
• station (Required): Name of the weather station
• type (Required): Defines which temperature you want (air or road)
• scan_interval (Optional): How frequently to query for new data (in seconds). Defaults to 300 seconds (5 minutes)

Getting API key:

https://api.trafikinfo.trafikverket.se/

See Trafikverket weather stations

https://www.trafikverket.se/trafikinformation/vag/?TrafficType=personalTraffic&map=1/606442.17/6886316.22/&Layers=RoadWeather%2b

Example

sensor:
  - platform: trafikverket_weatherstation
    name: Trafikverket Road WeatherStation Kungälv
    api_key: eXXcbXXXacXXXXc39XX3aXXX4aXX46XX
    station: Kungälv
    type: road
  - platform: trafikverket_weatherstation
    name: Trafikverket Air WeatherStation Lanna
    api_key: eXXcbXXXacXXXXc39XX3aXXX4aXX46XX
    station: Lanna
    type: air
    scan_interval: 600

A good practice is to use secrets.yaml for all your API keys, username and password. You can read more about secrets here.