Title: Widget not recognizing city
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Widget not recognizing city

 *  [sdeardorff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdeardorff/)
 * (@sdeardorff)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-not-recognizing-city/)
 * This plugin will not recognize the city I need, which is rendering it useless.
   I’m building a site for Beach Haven, NJ and I get nothing that will display. 
   Tried Long Beach Island, NJ as well, and still no go. If I cannot get the correct
   city to work, I’ll have to look elsewhere for a weather option. Help? Thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/awesome-weather/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/awesome-weather/)

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 *  Thread Starter [sdeardorff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdeardorff/)
 * (@sdeardorff)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-not-recognizing-city/#post-5940618)
 * I got it to work using Long Island Township,NJ and used the Override Title option.
   Weather states it will be -58 degrees tomorrow, which is way off, but guess that’s
   an Open Weather thing.
 *  [Marionowen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marionowen/)
 * (@marionowen)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-not-recognizing-city/#post-5940681)
 * I can’t get it to recognize Kodiak, Alaska. For some reason it says we are enjoying
   69-degree weather. In coastal Alaska? In the winter? Please help.
 *  Plugin Author [Hal Gatewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halgatewood/)
 * (@halgatewood)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-not-recognizing-city/#post-5940682)
 * Try using the OpenWeatherMap website to get your City ID to confirm it’s using
   the right city: [https://halgatewood.com/docs/plugins/awesome-weather-widget/finding-city-id](https://halgatewood.com/docs/plugins/awesome-weather-widget/finding-city-id)
 * I just pinged for Kodiak, Alaska and it gave the ID 5866583 with 40 degree weather.
 * Sometimes you can use a neighboring city that may have better weather data and
   then use the Override Title to put your City Name in.
 *  [Marionowen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marionowen/)
 * (@marionowen)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-not-recognizing-city/#post-5940708)
 * I typed in the URL for Kodiak as you said, Hal, but the widget disappeared from
   the page.
    [http://openweathermap.org/city/5866583](http://openweathermap.org/city/5866583)
 *  Plugin Author [Hal Gatewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halgatewood/)
 * (@halgatewood)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-not-recognizing-city/#post-5940712)
 * You need to just put the ID in the Location field, just 5866583

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 * Last reply from: [Hal Gatewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halgatewood/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-not-recognizing-city/#post-5940712)
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