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Finnish Meteorological Institute

Weather symbols

Key to weather symbols in FMI web service.

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clear, lightclear, darkclear
mostly clear, lightmostly clear, darkmostly clear
partly cloudy, lightpartly cloudy, darkpartly cloudy
mostly cloudy, lightmostly cloudy, darkmostly cloudy
overcast, lightovercast, darkovercast
fog, lightfog, darkfog
drizzle, lightdrizzle, darkdrizzle
freezing drizzle, lightfreezing drizzle, darkfreezing drizzle
freezing rain, lightfreezing rain, darkfreezing rain
isolated showers, lightisolated showers, darkisolated showers
scattered showers, lightscattered showers, darkscattered showers
showers, lightshowers, darkshowers
partly cloudy and periods of light rain, lightpartly cloudy and periods of light rain, darkpartly cloudy and periods of light rain
partly cloudy and periods of moderate rain, lightpartly cloudy and periods of moderate rain, darkpartly cloudy and periods of moderate rain
partly cloudy and periods of heavy rain, lightpartly cloudy and periods of heavy rain, darkpartly cloudy and periods of heavy rain
mostly cloudy and periods of light rain, lightmostly cloudy and periods of light rain, darkmostly cloudy and periods of light rain
mostly cloudy and periods of moderate rain, lightmostly cloudy and periods of moderate rain, darkmostly cloudy and periods of moderate rain
mostly cloudy and periods of heavy rain, lightmostly cloudy and periods of heavy rain, darkmostly cloudy and periods of heavy rain
light rain, lightlight rain, darklight rain
moderate rain, lightmoderate rain, darkmoderate rain
heavy rain, lightheavy rain, darkheavy rain
isolated light sleet showers, lightisolated light sleet showers, darkisolated light sleet showers
isolated moderate sleet showers, lightisolated moderate sleet showers, darkisolated moderate sleet showers
isolated heavy sleet showers, lightisolated heavy sleet showers, darkisolated heavy sleet showers
scattered light sleet showers, lightscattered light sleet showers, darkscattered light sleet showers
scattered moderate sleet showers, lightscattered moderate sleet showers, darkscattered moderate sleet showers
scattered heavy sleet showers, lightscattered heavy sleet showers, darkscattered heavy sleet showers
light sleet, lightlight sleet, darklight sleet
moderate sleet, lightmoderate sleet, darkmoderate sleet
heavy sleet, lightheavy sleet, darkheavy sleet
isolated light snow showers, lightisolated light snow showers, darkisolated light snow showers
isolated moderate snow showers, lightisolated moderate snow showers, darkisolated moderate snow showers
isolated heavy snow showers, lightisolated heavy snow showers, darkisolated heavy snow showers
scattered light snow showers, lightscattered light snow showers, darkscattered light snow showers
scattered moderate snow showers, lightscattered moderate snow showers, darkscattered moderate snow showers
scattered heavy snow showers, lightscattered heavy snow showers, darkscattered heavy snow showers
light snowfall, lightlight snowfall, darklight snowfall
moderate snowfall, lightmoderate snowfall, darkmoderate snowfall
heavy snowfall, lightheavy snowfall, darkheavy snowfall
isolated hail showers, lightisolated hail showers, darkisolated hail showers
scattered hail showers, lightscattered hail showers, darkscattered hail showers
hail showers, lighthail showers, darkhail showers
isolated thundershowers, lightisolated thundershowers, darkisolated thundershowers
scattered thundershowers, lightscattered thundershowers, darkscattered thundershowers
thundershowers, lightthundershowers, darkthundershowers