Ask Siri for your Air Story.
Say "Hey Siri, what's my Air Story?" and hear today's story for where you are. Add it in one tap. Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
Add to SiriOpens Shortcuts. Tap Add Shortcut, then say "Hey Siri, what's my Air Story?"+
On a computer? Point your iPhone camera here. It adds the shortcut in one tap.
Pick a spot above, or tap below.
Or build it yourself
- Open Shortcuts, tap +, and name the shortcut What's my Air Story. That name is what you'll say to Siri.
- Add the action Get Current Location.
- Add Get Contents of URL and paste this as the URL. Then tap the spots marked Latitude and Longitude and pick them from Current Location:
https://www.theairstory.com/api/v1/now.txt?lat=Latitude&lon=Longitude&client=siri - Add Speak Text. It speaks the Contents of URL automatically.
- Done. Say "Hey Siri, what's my Air Story?"
Celsius, the watch, and what Siri says
For °C, add &u=c to the end of the URL. The shortcut runs the same on Apple Watch and Mac. Siri reads one line: the weather word, the temperature, the headline, and how far your air traveled in the last three days.
Covers the United States for now. The spoken answer uses National Weather Service stations; the rest of the world is next.
Privacy
Your spot is rounded to about 7 miles before it's used, and nothing about you is stored. Devices ask our server at most every 15 minutes; it answers from public NOAA and National Weather Service data. No account, no key, no sign-up.