🌦️ Weather Forecast App

This is a Weather Forecast App built using PyQt5 and the OpenWeatherMap API to provide current weather information and a 7-day forecast for any city entered by the user.

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🚀 Features

• 🔍 Search weather information by city name.
• 📊 Displays current weather details including:
  • 🌡️ Temperature (in Celsius)
  • ☁️ Weather condition (e.g., sunny, cloudy)
  • 💧 Humidity
  • 🌬️ Wind speed
• 🕒 Keeps a history of recent city searches.
• 🎨 Beautiful GUI with a background image and transparent overlay.

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🛠️ Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Python 3.x
• PyQt5
• Requests

📸 Screenshots

Here’s how the Weather Forecast App looks in action:

📦 Install Required Packages

pip install PyQt5 requests

⚙️ Setup Instructions
	1.	🔑 Obtain an API Key from OpenWeatherMap:
	•	Sign up at OpenWeatherMap.
	•	After registration, go to your account and copy your API Key.
	2.	🧩 API Key Setup:

Replace the API_KEY placeholder in the code with your actual OpenWeatherMap API key:
API_KEY = "your_openweathermap_api_key"

	3.	▶️ Run the App:

Use the following command in your terminal to run the app:
python weatherapp.py


🧠 How the App Works
1.	🖥️ User Interface
	•	The app starts with a graphical interface.
	•	Enter a city name in the input box and click “Search”.
	•	Weather details for that city are fetched and shown including:
	•	⛅ Weather condition
	•	🌡️ Temperature
	•	💧 Humidity
	•	🌬️ Wind speed

2.	📋 Recent Searches
	•	The app keeps a list of previously searched cities.
	•	Clicking on any of them fetches the weather again.

3.	🖼️ Background Image
	•	A customizable background image enhances the visual appearance of the app.

4.	🚨 Error Handling
	•	If a city is not found:
❌ “City not found. Please try again.”
	•	If there’s a connection issue:
❌ “Error retrieving data. Check your connection.”


📝 Notes
	•	The app fetches real-time weather for a single city at a time.
	•	An active internet connection is required to fetch data from OpenWeatherMap.
	•	You can customize the background image by changing the image path in the code.


🤝 Contributing

Feel free to fork the repository, create a branch, make improvements, and submit a pull request!


Made by
Momeena Azhar