Remember the time when there were no smartphones. In order to know the temperature one used to go through the add breaks of the news channels as that was when they used to show the temperature of the big cities. Thanks to smartphones and most importantly the weather apps which has made the data weather readily available at the click of a button. Knowing the weather conditions was never so easy.
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The Best Weather Apps You Can Download on Your Phone
Weather Apps provide not just the current temperatures or weather but also provides the historical data and also the future estimates of the temperatures, rain and related weather aspects. Holiday plans and other things can be planned by the weather forecasts available on the app. Let us have a look at the top rated Weather Apps:
1. 1Weather
1Weather is by far one the top rated and downloaded weather apps. It has 10m+ downloads on Google Play. It has a rating of 4.6. It offers almost all the basic features like temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation. It has multiple location features allowing simultaneous data for various locations. It also has more detailed features like UV index, dew point and pressure.
It has a very attractive interface and easy to use. It shows a weather forecast for the next 48 hours, 7 days and even a year forecast. And the best part about this is that it is completely free however one may go for a premium subscription with no ads and additional features. It also provides sunrise and sunset times and lunar phase information too. One can make a custom background of his own.
2. Weather Timeline
Weather timeline is a well-designed weather app which is clutter free and easy to understand. It has various indications like temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation. One can enter one or more locations the data for which will be displayed. It shows 48 hrs and 7 days forecast.
It also shows the data for months or even years of both past and future estimates which will be really helpful for planning a vacation or something else. It is a paid app with a charge of $1.49.
3. AccuWeather
AccuWeather is a completely free app with a rating of 4.4 on Google Play. It has been downloaded by 50M+ users which are five times of that of 1Weather. It provides features like temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, UV index, dew point and pressure.
It has a good and easily understandable interface and has a multiple location feature. The major drawback in AccuWeather is that it provides only 15 days forecast against the yearlong forecast provided by 1Weather. Severe weather conditions are also notified to the users.
4. Dark Sky
Dark Sky was originally available only on IOS platform but later it was made available even to Android users. It is a great weather app which has been downloaded by over 1M+ users on Google Play. It has all the features as that of AccuWeather with an additional feature of Time Machine.
That means it provides historical data of weather of decades ago. But it provides a forecast for max 7 days. One may subscribe for a premium subscription valued at $2.99 a year. It has a rating of 4.1 on Google Play.
5. WeatherBug
WeatherBug won the best weather app in 2016 by Appy awards. It has a Google play rating of 4.5 and is downloaded by over 10M+ users. Apart from the basic weather features like temperature, wind, precipitation, humidity etc, it also gives alerts on severe weather conditions of all your locations saved like lighting, thunderstorm etc.
It provides a 10-day forecast. It also provides traffic conditions and satellite views. One major drawback is that the app size is far bigger as compared to other Weather Apps on the list.
Conclusion
There are many more Weather Apps which are good enough but the list provides the best Weather Apps as per our research. If you have basic uses then choose a free subscription of any of the above Weather Apps.
If you have more specific needs then look for apps which provide such features such as a yearlong forecast is provided by 1weather. Other factors like the size of the app, convenience and language options also affect your choice. So choose the best Weather app which suits you best.
