I too miss Dark Sky & think people use the “new” Apple Weather app because it’s there & easier to access than looking for a new app.
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I’m kind of surprised to see Yahoo so far down the list. I like its interface, and it’s accurate enough for me to by my first port of call if I don’t trust what I’m seeing in Apple’s Weather app.
Go to app is YR, joint online weather service from the Norwegian Meterological Institute and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
While it doesn’t get the weather forecast right all the time, it does better than any other apps.
Living on the west coast of Canada, with a mountainous island to the west, weather patterns can be challenging.
Foreca is another one.
BBC Weather is my main weather app as I’m uk based, so we don’t have to sign in and we don’t get ads.
Here in the Pacific Northwest, I use Apple Weather since it is convenient, but I rely on Weather Underground because it is far more accurate and offers better information about things like air quality. Apple Weather is good for a glance, Carrot is best for customizable layout, but Weather Underground is accurate. I only glance at AccuWeather to see the 15-day forecast and see any possible long-future trends in temperatures.
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I used to use Dark Sky until greedy Apple bought and shut it down. I’ve never liked the crappy Apple app, so I mainly use The Weather Channel.
There is another weather related app that I have: EPAUVIndex tells me what the UV Index is for an area. For example it shows that for today in Ithaca, NY the index was 4 for Noon, 1, & 2 then 5 at 3 before dropping to 3 at 4 EDT; all ratings considered “Moderate”. For my area, Prescott, AZ, 9 AM was 4 (Moderate), 10 was 6 (High), then 11 AM through 2 PM it was Very High at 9, 10, 10, & 8 respectively. Note all AZ times are MST (no DST here). Currently at 5 PM it has dropped to 1 (Low).
I was introduced to Windy Pro by my nephew, an open-sea sailor, and think its visualization, its detail, and its reliability are awesome. And if my smart nephew stakes his life on it, well, that’s good enough for me.
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I also view the weather in MenuStats.
AeroWeather for quick airline needs.
WSI is my company provider.
After the demise of DarkSky, I tried a few different apps and found them all lacking when comparing to DarkSky. I still have the ancient WX on all my devices and I do use it. The radar in WX is straight USWS radar, but that’s not a bad thing. All my devices are rather old, and Apple Weather is an older version on my phone. Frankly, the radar on it is nearly useless. The UI is a hot mess.
I’ll admit to holding a few grudges against Apple, and the uncalled-for death of DarkSky is one of them. They should have just taken DarkSky, and changed the name to Apple Weather. Huge mistake.
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Here is what I use:
https://tenki.jp/forecast/6/29/6110/26103/1hour.html
The page also contains a lot of links, including Radar Map, Typhoon Info Maps, Earthquake Info, all kinds of Weather Indices, etc.
The weather app I primarily use and was somewhat surprised it wasn’t in the list is “Living Earth” as it has a clean simple interface that gives one a quick view of the projected weather up to 2 weeks out (and rarely have I found its predictions to be wrong)
Being in Australia I mainly use the Australian Bureau of Metereology app, but I also use the (paid) RainParrot which gives exceptionally accurate rain predictions such as duration, heaviness, time til next shower etc.
I’m staggered by the number of weather apps - and just spent quite a bit of time downloading and assessing the popular ones I’ve either not heard of or not used for a while, just to check I’m still happy with my particular choice (TLDR: I am ;-)
It’s really important to note there’s just two general categories of weather app. The first just use weather models - mathematical models of the atmosphere, which are normally produced by national agencies around the world. So the Met Office in the UK, NOAA and the National Weather Service in USA, Météo France and so on.
The majority of weather apps rely on one, or an aggregation of these models, and the resulting forecasts can differ, sometimes considerably the further out the forecasting is. These are the basis for the more popular and widely available apps (such as Apple Weather, etc)
The second category uses weather model data, but augmented with weather radar information. Weather radars can give information, mainly on precipitation, from minutes to a few hours ahead. Because weather radar is using actual data, not a mathematical model, they can be far more accurate. The drawback is that accuracy is measured in a few hours.
These are the apps that can give you alerts of rainfall typically 30 minutes in advance. Very accurate, but short-term. Also note the atmosphere is hugely dynamic and unpredictable. A huge rain cloud may pass directly over your head, be accurately predicted by radar, but then influenced by local dynamics, not shed its load until it’s another 20 minutes away. That’s just nature.
So there’s really only two categories of weather app, and the biggest difference is how each app presents what is essentially the same data. That comes down to personal choice.
Individual apps aren’t really providing different data - it’s how they draw down data from different models and then aggregate that data.
I use a weather app supplemented with weather radar - Weatherplaza. I’m surprised it hasn’t been mentioned on here or the poll.
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A big vote for WeatherPro - I’ve been using the app worldwide since 2010, & it’s my goto weather app. I work outdoors daily as a drone pilot & need to know what the weather’s going to do! I cross reference with RainToday (my substitute for much missed Dark Sky), owned by the same group as WeatherPro, who also supply the UK’s Met Office with their forecasts.
Yes, WeatherPro with a subscription is what I use as well. RainToday seemed to disappear for a while and seems to be back now.
Also the Met Office app (UK Meteorological Office)
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I use WeatherPro, BBC Weather, Weather (built in on UK iPhone) and Met Office, plus something called RainToday, but mostly I look out of the window!
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BBC Weather almost exclusively - including for worldwide locations.
Does Hello Weather allow a dual scale (C/F) display? That is a feature I would really like.