🌦 Weather App

A modern desktop Weather Application built with Python, PyQt6, and the OpenWeatherMap API. This application provides real-time weather information for any city with a clean glassmorphism-inspired user interface.

---

📸 Preview

Enter a city name, click Get Weather, and instantly view the current weather conditions along with a weather icon.

---

✨ Features

• 🌍 Search weather by city name
• 🌡 Displays current temperature in Celsius
• ☁ Shows current weather description
• 😊 Displays weather emoji based on conditions
• 🎨 Modern glassmorphism user interface
• ⚡ Fast API response using OpenWeatherMap
• 🔐 API key stored securely using a .env file

---

🛠 Tech Stack

• Python 3.x
• PyQt6
• Requests
• Python-dotenv
• OpenWeatherMap API

---

📂 Project Structure

Weather-App/
│── weather.py
│── .env
│── requirements.txt
│── README.md

---

🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/weather-app.git
cd weather-app

2. Create a virtual environment (Optional)

Windows

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate

macOS/Linux

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Or install manually:

pip install PyQt6 requests python-dotenv

---

🔑 API Setup

Create a .env file in the project root.

API_KEY=YOUR_OPENWEATHERMAP_API_KEY

Get your free API key from:

https://openweathermap.org/api

---

▶ Running the Application

python weather.py

---

📌 How It Works

1. Enter the name of a city.

2. Click Get Weather.

3. The application sends a request to the OpenWeatherMap API.

4. The API returns the current weather data.

5. The application displays:

   • Current temperature
   • Weather description
   • Matching weather emoji

---

🌈 Weather Icons

Weather Condition	Emoji
Clear Sky	☀️
Few Clouds	⛅
Cloudy	☁️
Rain	🌧️
Snow	❄️
Unknown	🌈

---

📦 Dependencies

PyQt6
requests
python-dotenv

---

🔮 Future Improvements

• Animated weather backgrounds
• Rain, snow, and cloud animations
• Thunderstorm effects
• Weather forecast for upcoming days
• Humidity display
• Wind speed information
• Feels-like temperature
• Atmospheric pressure
• Sunrise and sunset timings
• Auto-detect current location
• Search history
• Dark and light mode
• Better weather icons

---

🐞 Error Handling

The application handles:

• Invalid city names
• Missing API key
• API request failures
• Network-related errors

---

👨‍💻 Author

Yash Bhat

Built with Python, PyQt6, and the OpenWeatherMap API.

---

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Feel free to use, modify, and distribute this project for educational and personal purposes.