diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c44ac75..c2a5a23 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"strings"
 	"regexp"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -73,6 +75,29 @@ func messageCreate(s *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageCreate) {
 			s.ChannelMessageSend(m.ChannelID, fmt.Sprintf(":whale2: :dash: %s", c[1]))
 		}
 		return
+	} else if strings.HasPrefix(m.Content, "!weather") {
+		c := strings.Fields(m.Content)
+		if len(c) == 2 {
+			// contact wttr.in
+			url := fmt.Sprintf("https://wttr.in/%s?0QAT", c[1])
+			resp, err := http.Get(url)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("ERROR while running $weather: %s", err)
+				return
+			}
+			body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("ERROR while running $weather: %s", err)
+				return
+			}
+			body_string := string(body[:])
+			if strings.Contains(body_string, "404 UNKNOWN") {
+				s.ChannelMessageSend(m.ChannelID, fmt.Sprintf("That's not a city, silly!"))
+				return
+			}
+			s.ChannelMessageSend(m.ChannelID, fmt.Sprintf("```%s```", body_string))
+		}
+		return
 	}
 
 	// check for reddit/twitter links and replace them with open source frontends