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KODE Weather Service turns outdoor weather into an ordinary KODE OS device. Outdoor conditions appear as standard points next to equipment data. You do not connect a weather API key or install weather hardware for this feed. Buildings with Cloud BMS enabled automatically receive a KODE Weather datasource and a Weather device. The device uses the externalWeather canonical type. Temperature points follow the building temperature unit. KODE OS manages the datasource, device, and points. You can view them, but you cannot rename, modify, or delete them.
Weather is a building-level device. Select a building from the sites list, then open Devices.

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Open the Weather device

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Open Devices

Select your building, then click Devices in the left sidebar.
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Find Weather

Search for Weather and open the device. The device name is Weather.
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Review points on Trends

On the Trends tab, select weather points in the left panel. Use Split Charts, Combined, or Table the same way as for any other device.
Weather device Trends tab showing point categories on the left including Outside Air Temp and Outside Air Pressure checked, Split Charts view for the last 2 days at Raw granularity, and charts for Outside Air Temp and Outside Air Pressure

Weather device Trends with Outside Air Temp and Outside Air Pressure selected

The summary bar on the Trends tab also shows current site weather next to Events, Schedule, and Referenced Devices.

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Weather points

Each Weather device includes 11 weather points. Points are grouped by ontology category on Trends, the same as other devices. Current weather conditions update about every 30 minutes. Hourly and daily forecasts are available, along with about three years of historical hourly weather data.

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Platform-managed feed

KODE creates the KODE Weather datasource, the Weather device, and its 11 points for buildings with Cloud BMS enabled. The same entities are created when a new building is added or Cloud BMS is activated. These entities are managed by KODE OS. You can view the datasource, device, and points, but you cannot rename, modify, or delete them. The KODE Weather datasource does not appear in the API catalog because customers do not set it up.

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Use weather with equipment data

Weather points work in the same places as other device points:
  • Trends — overlay Weather with equipment readings on one chart
  • Device Trends — compare Weather to a local outdoor sensor from another device using referenced devices
  • Building BI — add weather points to dashboards like any other timeseries field
  • FDD — configure routines that reference externalWeather when the building has the required equipment points and thresholds
For a comfort complaint or economizer review, plot Outside Air Temp next to the equipment outdoor air temperature or discharge air temperature over the same period.
KODE provides a recommended base set of weather-aware FDD rules. Activate only the rules that match equipment and points at the site. Confirm thresholds before you rely on findings. Local outdoor sensors remain the preferred input for equipment monitoring where available. The Weather device provides a comparison and can supply weather context when a local reading is missing. Rule findings do not change equipment controls. Your KODE team can help select rules and confirm required points for each building.

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Next steps

Devices

Browse equipment and open device details for any building.

Trends

Compare Weather points with equipment on a multi-point chart.

FDD routines

Configure diagnostic routines that use outdoor conditions.

Device referencing

Link equipment to Weather for side-by-side Trends overlays.
Last modified on November 6, 2026