Extract text from weather data files (WEA)
To convert WEA weather data to another format, you need EnergyPlus or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Weather Simulation Data" file type, you need software like EnergyPlus or a similar tool.
The .WEA file extension is primarily used to store hourly building simulation weather data. These files are essential for calculating thermal performance, lighting, and acoustic properties in architectural models. The format is heavily utilized by environmental analysis software like EnergyPlus, Autodesk Ecotect Analysis, and Meteonorm. Secondary uses include reinforcement steel schedules in Nemetschek Allplan, XML-based wind energy projects in WEA-Planner, and legacy embroidery formats for Brother machines.
The main disadvantage of .WEA files is their highly specialized, proprietary nature. They contain complex, encoded meteorological datasets that cannot be natively interpreted by standard web browsers or basic spreadsheet applications without specialized parsers. Opening them typically requires heavy, expensive CAD or architectural simulation suites. Users frequently need to convert these files to universal data formats like CSV, XML, or TXT to perform custom data analysis, script automation in Python, or share the findings with non-technical stakeholders.
Because these formats are frequently compiled or structured specifically for their native engines, converting them with standard online tools usually fails. Often, only the original simulation software can properly read or export the exact simulation parameters. However, just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Our system can inspect the internal content, extract plain text headers, or identify if the file is a standard XML (like the WEA-Planner variant), making viewing or conversion much easier.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WEA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert WEA file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use EnergyPlus or similar software from the "Building Simulation Weather Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to WEA, try EnergyPlus or another comparable tool in the "Building Simulation Weather Data" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our WEA converter.