Weather Widget Zipcodes
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 by Raven1417 | Discussion: OS Customization
Hey folks,
Now that accuweather.com seems to have removed the zipcodes from every URL for locations outside the US does anyone know a way to find the zipcode for ones area? It seems that a large number of weather widgets only work with the zip code and do not work with the city, country info thus I need my zipcode to get them to work. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Raven
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 8:19 AM
Gave it a shot but unfortunately to no avail. Thanks anyway Nimbin.
I live in Adelaide. So even if someone around here knows the zipcode it would be greatly appreciated.
Reply #3 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 8:31 AM
i just typed adelaide australia into my weather widget (i am using adni18_5_days_Weather widget) and it worked pefectly. which weather widget are you using?. all i can suggest is that you may want to try a different widget 
Reply #5 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:04 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 11:15 AM
If you type in your location it will give you your location ID. Not sure if that's what you're looking for, but I thought I'd toss it out there.
Julinessy's widget show The weather channel codes.
Not accuweather ..
Reply #7 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 11:47 AM
Not accuweather ..
Ah, I see.
Raven: What widget are you using, BTW?
Reply #8 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 11:50 AM
Reply #10 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 1:56 PM
This is probably not what you're looking for, but when I download a new rainmeter and need to change the code I go to ASP.NET Resources at http://aspnetresources.com/tools/locid.aspx. Worth checking it out.
Reply #11 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:17 PM
wouldnt your mail come with the Zipcode on it? I know all my bills come with the zipcode printed after my adress..
Reply #12 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:29 PM
Using the weather docklet (accuweather) included with ObjectDock I entered "Adelaide" (without quotes) and got three results for Australia (city, airport, etc). I jsut picked one and it worked.
Teseted with a MyColors gadget and it worked the same way.
Reply #13 Thursday, April 9, 2009 4:01 AM
I'm using the object dock weather thing...thought that it essentially counted as a widget since it works in the same way (probably should've mentioned that either way 
). I tried "Adelaide" and I got "Feed not available try again later" which is what I get when trying Adelaide, Australia as well. So not sure what the issue is. 
Reply #16 Friday, April 10, 2009 6:45 AM
The free version has a few . . problems with the weather code.
You can upgrade, find a spot close enough that works, or do without . . until it's updated.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 8:15 AM
i occasionally run into this problem, I live in bendigo australia and every so often my weather widget will report that the location is invalid so this is what i do, i click the place name to change the location and enter a random 5 digit number. usually i use 31212 which is manton (usa but dunno the state), then i change the location back to bendigo australia. sometimes it takes a few trys but eventually it works. So give it a go and it might work for you.