meteostat.Stations.clear_cache

This method cleans up the local Stations cache by removing files which are older than meteostat.Stations.max_age. The method is automatically called when initializing a new instance of the class.

Important: This method does only affect files cached in the context of the Stations class.

Parameters

If you want to overwrite the default maximum age, just pass any number of seconds using the max_age parameter.

Parameter	Description	Type	Default
max_age	Maximum age of a file in seconds	Integer	meteostat.Stations.max_age

Returns

None

Example

Remove stale files from the local Stations cache.

from meteostat import Stations

Stations.clear_cache()