meteostat.TimeSeries.clear_cache

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

Important: This method does only affect files cached in the context of the class it is called on. For example, Daily.clear_cache() will only remove stale files from the Daily cache.

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.Base.max_age

Returns

None

Examples

Hourly

Remove stale files from the local Hourly cache.

from meteostat import Hourly

Hourly.clear_cache()

Daily

Remove stale files from the local Daily cache.

from meteostat import Daily

Daily.clear_cache()

Monthly

Remove stale files from the local Monthly cache.

from meteostat import Monthly

Monthly.clear_cache()