Hi Guys, I figured it out.. I had been working on this for over a while but I figured my solution out..

nevertheless, I'll show you what I did, I did put in some modifications so that my data is displayed as needed by me

The file I pasted was a sample file, my actual file looks like this..

<response>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <termsofService>http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/terms.ht
+ml</termsofService>
    <features>
        <feature>history</feature>
    </features>
        <history>
        <date>
        <pretty>October  4, 2010</pretty>
            <year>2010</year>
            <mon>10</mon>
            <mday>04</mday>
            <hour>12</hour>
            <min>00</min>
            <tzname>America/New_York</tzname>
        </date>
        <utcdate>
            <pretty>October  4, 2010</pretty>
            <year>2010</year>
            <mon>10</mon>
            <mday>04</mday>
            <hour>16</hour>
            <min>00</min>
            <tzname>UTC</tzname>
        </utcdate>
        <observations>
            
                <observation> 
                    <date>
                        <pretty>12:54 AM EDT on October 04, 2010</pret
+ty>
                        <year>2010</year>
                        <mon>10</mon>
                        <mday>04</mday>
                        <hour>00</hour>
                        <min>54</min>
                        <tzname>America/New_York</tzname>
                    </date>
                    <utcdate>
                        <pretty>4:54 AM GMT on October 04, 2010</prett
+y>
                        <year>2010</year>
                        <mon>10</mon>
                        <mday>04</mday>
                        <hour>04</hour>
                        <min>54</min>
                        <tzname>UTC</tzname>
                    </utcdate>
                    
                        <tempm>13.9</tempm>
                        <tempi>57.0</tempi>
                    
                        <dewptm>7.8</dewptm>
                        <dewpti>46.0</dewpti>
                    <hum>67</hum>
                    
                        <wspdm>35.2</wspdm>
                        <wspdi>21.9</wspdi>
                    
                        <wgustm>48.2</wgustm>
                        <wgusti>29.9</wgusti>
                    <wdird>40</wdird>
                    <wdire>NE</wdire>
                    
                        <vism>16.1</vism>
                        <visi>10.0</visi>
                    
                        <pressurem>1022.5</pressurem>
                        <pressurei>30.20</pressurei>
                    
                        <windchillm>-999</windchillm>
                        <windchilli>-999</windchilli>
                    
                        <heatindexm>-9999</heatindexm>
                        <heatindexi>-9999</heatindexi>
                    
                        <precipm>-9999.00</precipm>
                        <precipi>-9999.00</precipi>
                    <conds>Overcast</conds>
                    <icon>cloudy</icon>
                    <fog>0</fog>
                    <rain>0</rain>
                    <snow>0</snow>
                    <hail>0</hail>
                    <thunder>0</thunder>
                    <tornado>0</tornado>
                    <metar>METAR KBOS 040454Z 04019G26KT 10SM SCT031 B
+KN110 OVC140 14/08 A3020 RMK AO2 PK WND 05027/0439 SLP225 T01390078 4
+01500083</metar>
                    
                </observation>
            
                <observation> 
                    <date>
                        <pretty>1:54 AM EDT on October 04, 2010</prett
+y>
                        <year>2010</year>
                        <mon>10</mon>
                        <mday>04</mday>
                        <hour>01</hour>
                        <min>54</min>
                        <tzname>America/New_York</tzname>
                    </date>
                    <utcdate>
                        <pretty>5:54 AM GMT on October 04, 2010</prett
+y>
                        <year>2010</year>
                        <mon>10</mon>
                        <mday>04</mday>
                        <hour>05</hour>
                        <min>54</min>
                        <tzname>UTC</tzname>
                    </utcdate>
                    
                        <tempm>12.8</tempm>
                        <tempi>55.0</tempi>
                    
                        <dewptm>8.3</dewptm>
                        <dewpti>46.9</dewpti>
                    <hum>74</hum>
                    
                        <wspdm>29.6</wspdm>
                        <wspdi>18.4</wspdi>
                    
                        <wgustm>42.6</wgustm>
                        <wgusti>26.5</wgusti>
                    <wdird>50</wdird>
                    <wdire>NE</wdire>
                    
                        <vism>16.1</vism>
                        <visi>10.0</visi>
                    
                        <pressurem>1023.0</pressurem>
                        <pressurei>30.21</pressurei>
                    
                        <windchillm>-999</windchillm>
                        <windchilli>-999</windchilli>
                    
                        <heatindexm>-9999</heatindexm>
                        <heatindexi>-9999</heatindexi>
                    
                        <precipm>0.0</precipm>
                        <precipi>0.00</precipi>
                    <conds>Light Rain</conds>
                    <icon>rain</icon>
                    <fog>0</fog>
                    <rain>1</rain>
                    <snow>0</snow>
                    <hail>0</hail>
                    <thunder>0</thunder>
                    <tornado>0</tornado>
                    <metar>METAR KBOS 040554Z 05016G23KT 10SM -RA FEW0
+18 OVC095 13/08 A3021 RMK AO2 PK WND 04027/0458 RAB18 SLP230 P0000 60
+000 T01280083 10139 20128 55000</metar>
                    
                </observation>
        </observations>
        </history>
</response>
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here is what i am trying to do..

#!usr/bin/perl

#use strict;
use warnings;

use XML::TreeBuilder;
#use XML::Parser;
#use Data::Dumper;

my $root= XML::TreeBuilder->new();

$root->parsefile('weateg.XML');
#print Dumper($root);
my @observation=$root->look_down(_tag=>'date');

foreach my $h (@observation) {
    printf "%s: %d-%d-%d %d:%d\t", $h->attr('date'),
    $h->look_down(_tag => 'year')->as_text,$h->look_down(_tag => 'mon'
+)->as_text,$h->look_down(_tag => 'mday')->as_text,$h->look_down(_tag 
+=> 'hour')->as_text,$h->look_down(_tag => 'min')->as_text;
}
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