Planning a wedding in June and wondering how often it rains that weekend? Future Weather Planner answers with history rather than guesses, pulling 30 years of weather records for the dates and place you choose.
What it does
You pick a location and a date or range of dates. The shortcut then fetches 30 years of historical data from Open-Meteo, a free weather service that doesn’t need an API key, and works out averages, extremes and rain probabilities for exactly those days.
It also pulls the last three years on their own. Comparing that short window with the 30-year baseline shows whether your dates have been running hotter, colder, wetter or drier recently, which is useful in places where the climate is visibly shifting.
Results come in three parts:
- 3-Year Trend: high and low temperature probabilities, chance of rain and average rainfall.
- 30-Year Trend: record highs and lows, averages and rain probabilities.
- Summary: how likely your dates are to be dry, wet, hot or cold.
Data is saved on your device, so checking the same city again is instant. It only refreshes every six months.
How to install
Run it once and allow it to connect to Open-Meteo when asked.
How to use it
Run the shortcut, enter the location and choose your dates. Your first lookup for a city takes a moment while it downloads three decades of records. After that, the cached data makes repeat checks fast.
Read the Summary first, then look at the two trend sections if the result is borderline. A 30% historical rain chance with a rising three-year trend says something different from a 30% chance that’s been steady for decades.
Use cases
- Choosing between two weekends for an outdoor wedding or party.
- Picking vacation dates with the best odds of dry weather.
- Checking whether spring is arriving earlier than it used to in your area.
- Deciding how much rain gear to pack for a trip months away.
Limits
This is probability, not a forecast, and the author says so plainly. It tells you how often your dates were rainy, dry, hot or cold in the past, not what will happen next year. For the week itself, switch to a regular forecast.
Quick answers
Does it need an account or API key?
No setup of that kind. Open-Meteo is free to query without a key.
Can I check a single day instead of a range?
Sure. Version 1.3 fixed an error that used to affect single-date lookups.
Why are the 3-year and 30-year numbers different?
They’re meant to be. The short window shows recent trends, and the long one shows the long-run normal for those dates.
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