Weather Sensing Block

praneema

Block_Point_Studios wrote:
Hi! I'm currently developing a game with a title screen that changes depending on the time of day. I realized that the clouds could be raining if it was raining outside! These block ideas could either be in an extension or the sensing category.
([today's v] [weather v] in [Boston, Massachusetts, US v]:: sensing)

([tomorrow's v] [common temperature v] in [Boston, Massachusetts, US v]:: sensing)
This would also be useful for weather detecting projects. For example, Scratchers could create a weather app!

it is not in the sensing category and neither a extension

praneema

hi

JPgamersmines150

Support, it could sync real-world weather with in-game weather
Ex: Seeing the real world forecast to plant your crops in the game

WindowsMeRules2000

Block_Point_Studios wrote:
Hi! I'm currently developing a game with a title screen that changes depending on the time of day. I realized that the clouds could be raining if it was raining outside! These block ideas could either be in an extension or the sensing category.
([today's v] [weather v] in [Boston, Massachusetts, US v]:: sensing)

([tomorrow's v] [common temperature v] in [Boston, Massachusetts, US v]:: sensing)
This would also be useful for weather detecting projects. For example, Scratchers could create a weather app!

Great suggestion, but I’m worried about how this could be exploited. Users could make projects that store the user’s location in a cloud variable.

MousePotato1234

Yes PLEASE!

ajskateboarder

Block_Point_Studios wrote:
scratchastroLOL wrote:
what will be their source?

Google will be the source. Scratch already uses Google for the Translate extension, so why not weather. It will get the info from the weather popup if you search “weather”

Have you heard of OpenWeatherMap? It has an API so you don't have to go the hard way and scrape data from Google

QuantumScratcher wrote:
Weather can vary between areas of a country so finer detail would be needed (I don't know how this would work without a crazily long dropdown):
Eureka! Longitude and latitude blocks.

How many young kids would understand longitude and latitude?

Anyways, this has too little use cases and it would be better as a block extension, if someone wanted to make it.

Artkids5000

scratchastroLOL wrote:
what will be their source?

most likely google weather

Artkids5000

the only thing is that with this people could share their location and that's not safe but other that I think it would be very useful.

Nikhilzard

Just waiting for scratch 4.0

magicAho

This should be added as an extension to Scratch.
Source is Google weather,.

ajskateboarder

Artkids5000 wrote:
scratchastroLOL wrote:
what will be their source?
most likely google weather

magicAho wrote:
This should be added as an extension to Scratch.
Source is Google weather,.

“Google weather” doesn't make their weather data easily available (it's either impossible to get or it's paid), so OpenWeatherMap is much preferable.

Artkids5000 wrote:
the only thing is that with this people could share their location and that's not safe but other that I think it would be very useful.

There are many ways to steal data from users via cloud variables so this wouldn't change anything

roofogato

support, especially for the current design studio

7salad3salad

I think zip codes would work better rather than selecting individual cities. (For at least America, not sure about places other than America)

ajskateboarder

7salad3salad wrote:
I think zip codes would work better rather than selecting individual cities. (For at least America, not sure about places other than America)

Yeah that is way nicer than using longitude/latitude, and it's pretty useless if you store it over cloud vars anyway since it can't pinpoint your exact location.

1THEKINGBOB3

busping due to dupe

helo30786

say [how to make weather detector in scratch pls add it i need it]

FreshTheCat

Or maybe just make it local weather:

current weather in user's location in (°C v) ::sensing reporter

current weather in user's location in (°C v) ::sensing reporter

kelvinkelvin2015

This will be better:

([today v] [weather v] for [city]::extension)
(Current [weather v] for Scratcher::extension )
([today v] [weather v] for longitude (10) latitude (10)::extension)

Last edited by kelvinkelvin2015 (Oct. 27, 2025 12:02:35)

CodeComet6161

Honest support, I was gonna post about this, but swept the idea behind.

current [weather v] in city::extension reporter//weather, high, low, humidity

current [temerature v] in city in degrees [Celsius v]::extension reporter//celsius, fahrenheit, kelvin

dizzyboy42

support - could be pretty fun! also an idea:

(CURRENT AREA  :: sensing)

and cloud wouldn't be compatible with these projects (like with projects using face sensing and camera)

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