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Why are weather apps still so terrible these days?
- unsignedint 3y agoI use https://www.windy.com/ https://www.windy.com/ It gives me prediction models and large set of data sources in one platform. It's definitely more information than you need than a "weather app" but maybe you can learn thing or two while you are at it even if you are not a weather nerd...
- iamben 3y agohttps://archive.is/ezISr https://archive.is/ezISr
- PaulHoule 3y agohttps://www.weather.gov/ https://www.weather.gov/ is all you need
- acomjean 3y agoWell if you are in the US.. but its pretty great.
- tech234a 3y agoYeah it's pretty good though the UI for hourly forecasts could use a bit of a touch up.
- jbj 3y agohttps://yr.no https://yr.no works great for northern europe
- dave78 3y agoI love the wX app on Android for access to NWS data. Open source, free, no ads, and lots of data and customizability. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=joshuatee.wx https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=joshuatee.wx
- fatnoah 3y agoThis. The best "weather app" is my bookmark to the NWS forecast in my area. The best part is that NWS doesn't name ordinary storms.
- flatiron 3y agoBeen a fan of https://merrysky.net/ https://merrysky.net/ recently
- garciansmith 3y agoBest I've found as well. The dev was also very kinda and responsive about fixing a (minor) graphical bug I reported.
- codespin 3y agoI always have a tab open with merrysky. I really like the extra detail they show in the graph of wind/temp/precipitation and the break down of the day. For Seattle area in particular most weather apps will show the entire week as cloudy and rainy, but there is a lot more to it and merrysky is able to surface that.
- trillic 3y agoI like Windy.com to compare models.
- hnburnsy 3y agohttps://nwsnow.net/ https://nwsnow.net/ weather app for Android, no ads, no tracking, data straight from NOAA and NWS.
- fuzzylightbulb 3y agoLooks nice enough. Why isn't this on the Play Store?
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- nogridbag 3y agoI don't mind the stock Android/Pixel weather app, but I have no idea why it requires pixel perfect accuracy to launch it from the stock home screen. And if there's any sort of traffic alert or reminder that displays adjacent to the weather on the home screen it usually takes me 3-5 attempts to launch the weather app. Have the flashlight on? Can't check the weather! It's been like this for as long as I can remember.
- basisword 3y agoI found Dark Sky almost 100% accurate in terms of predicting rain. Since Apple added rain predictions I’ve found it almost 100% accurate too.
- getoffmycase 3y agoReally? My Apple rain predictions are nearly 0% accurate. It’s more of a “low level cloud” forecast more than anything else
- basisword 3y agoI guess this is the sort of thing that, like the weather, is going to vary for every single user.
- toss1 3y agoOn Android, I've found an excellent combination. Flowx has an extremely innovative display of very fine scaled data from a wide range of US, Canadian, EU and other weather agencies (NOAA GFS, CMC GDPS, ECMHWF HIRES, CMC RDPS, CMC HRDPS, DWD ICON Global, NOAA NAM, NOAA HRR, down to 3km resolution). The UI for manipulating the data display is wonderful. Foreca has a great at-a-glance current and forecast listing. Rainy Days has excellent recent-to-current radar display. No relation with any other than happy customer.
- phillipseamore 3y agoJust a note that Flowx label their ECMWF forecast as "HIRES" when it's the open-data >40km resolution 6 hourly data with limited parameters and not the actual HIRES 9km resolution 1 hourly.
- jbj 3y agothere is always a good moment to 'curl wttr.in'
- quags 3y agoI link on my phone to the national weather service for my area. Opens a website, looks like and app but is the best.
- akeck 3y agoApple's new weather app is fun lately. My SO and I will sit next to each other on the couch, each with the new Apple weather app open to our town. The two instances of the app will show contradictory information. In most cases, neither instance of the app reflects what's actually going on outside. We live just outside a major city so it's not like we're in an unknown area. Needless to say, I really miss Dark Sky and mostly use the NWS mobile site now. -_-
- fwn 3y agoFor Germany, the DWD weather app [1] is pretty great. I'm usually able to avoid specific rain moments based on their localized cloud mapping. The DWD is a federal agency. [2] [1] https://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/warnwetteapp/warnwetterapp.html https://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/warnwetteapp/warnwetterapp... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dwd.warnapp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dwd.warnapp https://apps.apple.com/de/app/warnwetter/id986420993 https://apps.apple.com/de/app/warnwetter/id986420993 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst
- scanny 3y agoBut you have to pay for forecasts from a government run app? On their app homepage it’s due to a court ruling??
- fwn 3y agoYes, this is true. A competitor won a lawsuit against DWD. Their competition was considered unfair, as they are publicly funded. They either had to charge money or run advertisements and, against this background, opted for a one-time payment. https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2020/2020028.html https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung...