.. currentmodule:: pvlib
Functions for retrieving, reading, and writing data from a variety of sources and file formats relevant to solar energy modeling.
.. autosummary:: :toctree: generated/ iotools.read_tmy2 iotools.read_tmy3 iotools.read_epw iotools.parse_epw iotools.read_srml iotools.read_srml_month_from_solardat iotools.read_surfrad iotools.read_midc iotools.read_midc_raw_data_from_nrel iotools.read_ecmwf_macc iotools.get_ecmwf_macc iotools.read_crn iotools.read_solrad iotools.get_psm3 iotools.read_psm3 iotools.parse_psm3 iotools.get_pvgis_tmy iotools.read_pvgis_tmy iotools.get_pvgis_hourly iotools.read_pvgis_hourly iotools.get_bsrn iotools.read_bsrn iotools.parse_bsrn iotools.get_cams iotools.read_cams iotools.parse_cams iotools.saveSAM_WeatherFile iotools.tz_convert
A :py:class:`~pvlib.location.Location` object may be created from metadata in some files.
.. autosummary:: :toctree: generated/ location.Location.from_tmy location.Location.from_epw