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Terms of Service

Last Updated: 22nd February 2026

These Terms of Service (Terms) govern the relationship between you, as a user of our Service, and us. Please read these Terms carefully before accessing our Service. By accessing and using our Service, you acknowledge and accept these Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree with these Terms or any part thereof, you must refrain from using our Service.

To use our Service, you must be at least 18 years of age. By accessing our Service and agreeing to these Terms, you confirm and declare that you meet this age requirement.

Information About Us

The Site and Services are operated by WeatherBox.io ("we", "us", or "our") To contact us, please complete the contact form on our website.

Definitions

  • “Terms” means these Terms of Service and any documents referenced therein.
  • “Services” means all information services, content, data, analysis, APIs, and related products accessible on our Site.
  • “Site” means our website at https://weatherbox.io and all associated web pages.

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing our Site or using our Services, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are accessing our Site or using our Services on behalf of a business entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind the entity to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must cease accessing our Site or using our Services.

Non-Reliance on Content and Absolute Assumption of Risk

Our Services are provided entirely free of charge and are intended strictly for entertainment, educational, and passive hobbyist observation only.

You expressly acknowledge and agree that weather measurement, reanalysis, and forecasting inherently involve significant uncertainties. Because atmospheric conditions are highly dynamic, our data may be inaccurate, delayed, entirely incorrect, or incomplete.

ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION ON RELIANCE: You must completely assume the risk if you choose to use our Site or Services for any purpose. You explicitly agree that our Services must absolutely not be relied upon for any real-world planning, decision-making, or activities, regardless of the scale, financial value, or risk involved.

To be absolutely clear, we accept zero liability for any outcomes resulting from your use of the Services, including but not limited to:

  • Minor Inconveniences & Personal Plans: Such as getting caught in adverse weather, cancelled personal trips, or ruined picnics.
  • Event Planning: Such as weddings, outdoor gatherings, sports, or commercial events.
  • Financial or Commercial Decisions: Such as agriculture, supply chain logistics, property protection, or business operations.
  • Life-Safety or High-Risk Activities: Such as aviation, marine navigation, extreme sports, or any scenario where injury, death, or property damage could occur.

You must obtain professional, localized, and specialized meteorological advice before taking any action—or refraining from action—based on the content of our Services. WeatherBox.io, our officers, and our third-party data providers accept absolutely no responsibility or liability for any decisions made based on the information presented on this Site.

Your Obligations

You shall not use our Services in a manner that damages our reputation or adversely affects the provision of our Services for other users. You acknowledge that you are fully responsible for all use of your account and for any actions taken through your account. You represent and warrant that:

  • you shall maintain the confidentiality of your password and other information related to the security of your account;
  • you shall maintain the confidentiality of all information you obtain through your use of our Services;
  • you will immediately notify us in writing if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your login or password or breach in confidentiality of our information;
  • you are responsible for all activities conducted through your account and may be held liable for any losses due to security breaches or failures to protect your credentials or the confidentiality of our information;
  • you have created or owned any material that you submit to our Services;
  • you shall provide us with any and all information and assistance as required in order for us to provide you with access to our Services. You must ensure that all information provided is complete, accurate, and kept up to date;
  • you agree not to use Services in any unlawful manner and in particular shall not engage in defamation, abuse, harassment, stalking, threatening, or any other form of violation of the legal rights of others, including the rights of privacy and publicity. Additionally, you may not publish, post, upload, distribute, or disseminate any inappropriate, defamatory, abusive, infringing, obscene, discriminatory, or otherwise unlawful material;
  • your access and use of our Services will be in accordance with these Terms and all applicable laws.

Intellectual Property Rights

We or our licensors retain all ownership rights in the intellectual property associated with our Site and Services, including (but not limited to) all materials, content, information, designs, text, graphics, images, audio, software, databases, trademarks, and any proprietary software or source code. These rights are protected under copyright, trademark, database, design, and other applicable laws and treaties.

You must acknowledge our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of the content and information made available through our Services. Any breach of these Terms may result in the immediate termination of your rights to use the Site and Services, and we may require you to return or destroy any copies of materials you have made. We reserve the right to take legal action to enforce these provisions. You shall not sub-license, assign, or otherwise transfer the rights granted in these Terms.

License Grant

We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license to download, view, and use our intellectual property for personal and lawful purposes. This license does not permit modification, duplication, reproduction, distribution, public display, or transmission of the Site’s content, in whole or part, without our express prior written consent.

Our Services may not be used for any commercial purposes without you first obtaining a license from us allowing you to do so. You may not derive or attempt to derive the source code of all or any part of the Site or our Services, permit any third party to derive such source code, or reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or translate any part of the Site or our Services.

If you submit any content to our Site or Services, including (but not limited to) reviews, ratings, text, data, translations, information, or other materials, or create any new content through our Site or Services, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, and incorporate such content into other works.

Restrictions on Use

You must not:

  • republish, retransmit, or redistribute any materials from the Site or our Services;
  • sell, rent, or sub-license any content or information obtained from our Services;
  • reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of any software or proprietary technology on our Site or Services;
  • conduct, facilitate, authorize, or permit any text or data mining, web scraping, or any automated data analysis on the Site. This includes but is not limited to using (or permitting, authorizing, or attempting the use of):
    • any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the Site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same;
    • any automated analytical technique aimed at analyzing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations;
  • modify, copy, distribute, or reproduce any content, except as expressly permitted under these Terms.

Reservation of Rights

All rights not expressly granted under these Terms are reserved by us and our licensors. Any use of the Site or its content not permitted under these Terms is prohibited.

Limitation of Liability

General Principles Nothing in these Terms will:

  • limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence;
  • limit or exclude our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
  • limit or exclude any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
  • exclude any liabilities that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

Exclusions of Liability To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability for:

  • any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, income, revenue, production, business, contracts, goodwill or reputation, anticipated savings, or data;
  • any losses arising from events beyond our reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, war, terrorism, labor disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, and interruptions to internet or communication networks;
  • any reliance placed on the content, estimates, or other information provided on the Site;
  • loss or corruption of data, database, or software;
  • any direct, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, losses or costs suffered, incurred or paid by you, pursuant to, arising out of or in connection with the use, inability to use, delay or unavailability of our Services.

Basis of Provision The Site and our Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no representations, guarantees, or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, regarding the quality, suitability, compatibility, reliability, accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of our Site or Services. We do not guarantee that the Site will be secure, continuously available, error-free, or free from viruses, spyware, or other harmful components. It is your responsibility to protect your devices with appropriate anti-virus and security software. We may suspend access to our Site or Services for maintenance or updates without prior notice.

Aggregate Liability Because our Site and Services are provided to you entirely free of charge, our total aggregate liability to you arising from or in connection with your use of the Site or Services—whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise—shall be £0 (zero pounds).

No Personal Liability You acknowledge that we are a limited liability entity. You agree not to bring any claims personally against our officers, directors, employees, or agents in connection with your use of the Site or Services. This does not affect the liability of the company itself for their actions.

Third-Party Content and Links

Our Site and Services contain links to third-party applications, services, and/or websites that are not controlled by us. We are not liable for any third-party applications, services, information, materials, products, or services. If you access any third-party sites, applications, services, or products, you acknowledge and agree that we are in no way responsible, whether directly or indirectly, for any losses arising out of or in connection with your use of any third-party applications, services, and/or websites. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk.

Indemnification

You agree to fully indemnify, defend, and hold harmless WeatherBox.io, its directors, officers, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:

  • Your use of, or inability to use, the Site or Services;
  • Your reliance on any data, forecasts, or information obtained from the Site;
  • Any breach of these Terms by you;
  • Any third-party claims brought against us resulting from your use of the Services (for example, if a third party suffers losses at an event you organized based on our data);
  • Any infringement by you, or others using your account, of any intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity.

Termination

This Agreement shall continue until terminated by either party. We may terminate or suspend your access to the Site and our Services at our sole discretion, without prior notice, for the following reasons:

  • breach of these Terms, including the failure of you to comply with these Terms, including but not limited to misuse of our Services;
  • provision of Services, including if we cease providing the Services or if access to the Site is no longer available for any reason;
  • suspicion of breach, including if we reasonably suspect that you have breached or are attempting to circumvent any provision of these Terms.

Without prejudice to our other rights under these Terms, if you breach these Terms in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these Terms in any way, we may:

  • send you one or more formal warnings;
  • temporarily suspend your access to the Site or our Services;
  • permanently prohibit you from accessing the Site or our Services;
  • block computers using your IP address from accessing the Site or our Services;
  • contact your internet service provider and request that they block your access to the Site or our Services;
  • bring court proceedings against you for breach of contract or otherwise;
  • suspend and/or delete your account with the Site or our Services; and/or
  • delete and/or edit any or all of your user-generated content.

Upon suspension, prohibition, or blocking of your access to our Site or Services (partial or complete), you shall refrain from any attempts to circumvent such measures, including creating or utilizing a different account. Should you choose to terminate this agreement, you shall forfeit any rights to access your account.

Upon termination of this Agreement:

  • all licenses granted under these Terms shall immediately cease;
  • you shall cease all use of the Services;
  • you shall delete all copies of the data stored on your devices or in your account.

Termination of this Agreement shall not preclude any rights we may have accrued up to the date of termination.

General Provisions

Neither Party shall be liable for breach of these Terms or delay in performing or failing to perform any of its obligations under these Terms if such delay or failure is a result of events, circumstances, or causes beyond its reasonable control.

At any time, we may assign, mortgage, charge, sub-contract, delegate, declare a trust over, or engage in any other manner with any or all of our rights and obligations under these Terms. However, you may not assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, sub-contract, delegate, declare a trust over, or engage in any other manner with any of your rights and obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent.

We reserve the right to amend these Terms from time to time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the Site. Your continued use of the Site following any changes to the Terms will constitute your acceptance of the revised Terms. Therefore, we recommend that you review these Terms each time you use the Site to ensure you understand the terms applicable at that time.

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the Parties and supersede and extinguish all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations, and understandings between us, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter. Each party acknowledges that in entering into these Terms, it does not rely on and shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance, or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these Terms.

If any provision or part-provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal, and enforceable. If such modification is not feasible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under these Terms shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of these Terms.

Except as expressly provided elsewhere in these Terms, a person who is not a Party to these Terms shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any provision of these Terms.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction These Terms, their subject matter, and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. You and we both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Acknowledgements

Our Services contain modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information for years 2000 to 2024, licensed under CC-BY-4.0. Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store, (2023): ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS). DOI: 10.24381/cds.adbb2d47 (Accessed on January 2025). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

World Cities Database by Pareto Software, LLC is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Köppen-Geiger climate classification data: Beck, H.E., N.E. Zimmermann, T.R. McVicar, N. Vergopolan, A. Berg, E.F. Wood: Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution, Nature Scientific Data, 2018.