# meteostat.Hourly

Query hourly weather data for one or multiple weather stations or a single geographical point.

# Parameters

The loc parameter is required. You can pass one (String) or multiple Meteostat weather station identifiers (Tuple or List), a meteostat.Point or a DataFrame returned by the meteostat.Stations.fetch method.

Parameter	Description	Type	Default
loc	Weather station(s) or Point	DataFrame, Point, String, List or Tuple	undefined
start	Start date of the desired period	Datetime	`None`
end	End date of the desired period	Datetime	`None`
timezone	Time zone of the period and records	String	`None`
model	Include model data	Boolean	`True`

# Attributes

Attributes allow the configuration of general settings and behaviour.

Parameter	Description	Type	Default
cache_dir	The path of the cache directory	String	~/.meteostat/cache
cache_subdir	The subdirectory of the cache	String	hourly
autoclean	Remove outdated files automatically from cache	Boolean	`True`
max_age	Maximum age of a cached file in seconds	Integer	86400
processes	Maximum number of processes used for data processing	Integer	1
threads	Maximum number of threads used for data processing	Integer	1
chunked	Use chunked source data	Boolean	True

You can disable caching completely by setting max_age to 0.

When changing attributes, make sure to do so before creating a class instance:

from meteostat import Hourly

Hourly.cache_dir = '/my/path/goes/here'

data = Hourly('10637')

# Methods

← meteostat.TimeSeries.clear_cache meteostat.Daily →