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  "markdown": "Creator and developer, Pirate Weather.\n\nAlexander Rey created and develops Pirate Weather, an open weather API he built as an alternative to the Dark Sky API after its shutdown was announced. He holds a PhD in coastal engineering from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where his research focused on forecasting coastal impacts from tropical storms.\n\n- GitHub: https://github.com/alexander0042\n\n## What Alexander builds\n\n- [Pirate Weather](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pirate-weather.md), graded B, 66/100, in Weather \u0026 climate data. Open-source weather API with Dark Sky-compatible responses, forecasts, alerts and historical data from public weather models. Creator and developer, Pirate Weather, founder, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Alexander Rey?\n\nAlexander Rey created and develops Pirate Weather, an open weather API he built as an alternative to the Dark Sky API after its shutdown was announced. He holds a PhD in coastal engineering from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where his research focused on forecasting coastal impacts from tropical storms.\n\n### What does Pirate Weather make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Pirate Weather from Pirate Weather. Open-source weather API with Dark Sky-compatible responses, forecasts, alerts and historical data from public weather models.\n\n### How are Alexander's tools graded?\n\nPirate Weather is graded B, 66 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://pirateweather.net/\n- https://docs.pirateweather.net/en/latest/\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pirate-Weather/pirateweather/main/README.md\n- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/making-weather-forecasts-accessible-serverless-infrastructure-open-data-aws/\n- https://alexanderrey.ca/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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