$VAR1 = [
          {
            'xml_api_reply' => {
                                 '-version' => '1',
                                 'weather' => {
                                                '-row' => '0',
                                                'current_conditions' => {
                                                                          'icon' => {
                                                                                      '-data' => '/ig/images/weather/mostly_cloudy.gif'
                                                                                    },
                                                                          'temp_f' => {
                                                                                        '-data' => '73'
                                                                                      },
                                                                          'temp_c' => {
                                                                                        '-data' => '23'
                                                                                      },
                                                                          'wind_condition' => {
                                                                                                '-data' => 'Wind: NW at 6 mph'
                                                                                              },
                                                                          'humidity' => {
                                                                                          '-data' => 'Humidity: 73%'
                                                                                        },
                                                                          'condition' => {
                                                                                           '-data' => 'Mostly Cloudy'
                                                                                         }
                                                                        },
,
                                                'forecast_information' => {
                                                                            'forecast_date' => {
                                                                                                 '-data' => '2012-08-16'
                                                                                               },
                                                                            'city' => {
                                                                                        '-data' => 'Miami, FL'
                                                                                      },
                                                                            'latitude_e6' => {
                                                                                               '-data' => ''
                                                                                             },
                                                                            'postal_code' => {
                                                                                               '-data' => '02151'
                                                                                             },
                                                                            'current_date_time' => {
                                                                                                     '-data' => '2012-08-16 12:54:00 +0000'
                                                                                                   },
                                                                            'longitude_e6' => {
                                                                                                '-data' => ''
                                                                                              },
                                                                            'unit_system' => {
                                                                                               '-data' => 'US'
                                                                                             }
                                                                          },
                                              }
                               }
          },
          {
            'xml_api_reply' => {
                                 '-version' => '1',
                                 'weather' => {
                                                '-row' => '0',
                                                'current_conditions' => {
                                                                          'icon' => {
                                                                                      '-data' => '/ig/images/weather/mostly_cloudy.gif'
                                                                                    },
                                                                          'temp_f' => {
                                                                                        '-data' => '73'
                                                                                      },
                                                                          'temp_c' => {
                                                                                        '-data' => '23'
                                                                                      },
                                                                          'wind_condition' => {
                                                                                                '-data' => 'Wind: NW at 6 mph'
                                                                                              },
                                                                          'humidity' => {
                                                                                          '-data' => 'Humidity: 73%'
                                                                                        },
                                                                          'condition' => {
                                                                                           '-data' => 'Mostly Cloudy'
                                                                                         }
                                                                        },

                                                'forecast_information' => {
                                                                            'forecast_date' => {
                                                                                                 '-data' => '2012-08-16'
                                                                                               },
                                                                            'city' => {
                                                                                        '-data' => 'Boston, MA'
                                                                                      },
                                                                            'latitude_e6' => {
                                                                                               '-data' => ''
                                                                                             },
                                                                            'postal_code' => {
                                                                                               '-data' => '01908'
                                                                                             },
                                                                            'current_date_time' => {
                                                                                                     '-data' => '2012-08-16 12:54:00 +0000'
                                                                                                   },
                                                                            'longitude_e6' => {
                                                                                                '-data' => ''
                                                                                              },
                                                                            'unit_system' => {
                                                                                               '-data' => 'US'
                                                                                             }
                                                                          },

                                              }
                               }
          },

];

##</code><code>##

my $test_data = $data[0]{'xml_api_reply'}{'weather'}{'forecast_information'}{'city'}->{"-data"};

##</code><code>##

....
my %hash;
open my $fh, '<', 'weather.txt' or die "Cannot open: $!";

while (my $lines = <$fh>) {
  my @data = $lines;
  my $key = shift @data;

  my $test_data = $data[0]{'xml_api_reply'}{'weather'}{'forecast_information'}{'city'}->{"-data"};
  print "$test_data\n";
  
}
close $fh;