Weather and World Clock web parts on SharePoint Online pages

In SharePoint Online modern web pages, there are two new web parts that might look nice on your intranet home page… the Weather and the World Clock web parts. Here’s how they work…

When you click on the web part selection icon, scroll down to the bottom of the panel and you’ll find Weather and World Clock:

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When you click on the Weather web part, you’ll get the option to enter your weather location:

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Add a title 
Add a weather location

In this case, I typed in Minneapolis and got a list of options that matched that location name:

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Minneapolis 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 
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Minneapolis, North Carolina 
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After clicking on Minneapolis, Minnesota, the web part shows me the current temperature, the date, and the forecast:

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My Weather: 
Minneapolis, MN 
Cloudy 
430/33' 
11/03/2019 
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MSN Weather

The world clock web part works much the same way. After selecting that web part, type in the location for your clock:

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Locations and times 
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I decided to type in Cairo, and then I selected from the list of Cairos that it gave me:

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Cairo, Cairo 
Cairo, Illinois 
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Voila! I now know what time it is in Cairo, Egypt!

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My Vacation Time 
Cairo, Egypt 
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2 Comments

  1. Is there a way to do this for the most up to date version of sharepoint? I don’t see the same functions when I go to insert a webpart. Thanks!

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