If you hate leaving things to chance with the weather, you should definitely download AccuWeather.
Whether you want to go trail-walking or merely wish to know if you should take gloves or an umbrella, AccuWeather is the app for you.
AccuWeather, available for Android and iOS, has been one of the foremost weather apps for a long time in what is a very crowded app market segment.
AccuWeather has always prided itself on the award-winning accuracy of its weather forecasting. But if you don’t have that as a weather app, what do you have?
Leaving rhetorical questions alone, what do you get with AccuWeather?
Everything ranging from weather updates to the temperature, in-depth forecasts, updates, severe weather alerts, and more besides. As sweeping as that sounds, it is a pretty fair summation of what is on offer.
Accurate weather forecasting
Detailed live weather radar maps
Live weather alerts
Severe weather warnings
UV index
Local forecasts
Extended forecasts for up to 45 days in advance
Worldwide weather reports
Weather podcasts
Widgets and browser extensions
The latest updated app version includes improvements to the user interface and streamlined design. It’s now easier to visualize all the relevant weather news you need.
The MinuteCast feature has also had an overhaul. It is now literally minute-by-minute forecasting for the next two hours.
The one fact you can always safely say about AccuWeather is that they go into detail. But the app gives you the ability to customize what is delivered. You can have the weather your way. Or at least the weather reports you need to see.
And, most of the time, that means what is happening in your local vicinity. AccuWeather’s detailed live weather maps will always keep you in the picture. You can then adjust your plans according to the weather, down to such details as RealFeel and RealFeel Shade Temperature, to the UV index, air quality, visibility, and lots more weather stats.
If you live in the US, you will be pleased to see that there are dedicated weather reports for the East Coast, Pacific Northwest, South Coast, and West Coast. This gives you a helicopter overview of all the prevailing weather and climate updates you need for these regions.
It’s free
High accuracy
Extremely well-featured
Multi-language support
Heavy on ads
Radar images would benefit from being at a higher resolution
The AccuWeather app is downloadable from Google Play and the App Store for iOS. It is compatible with phones, tablets, and wearables.
The Android app’s requirements vary by device. Google Play users have awarded the app a reasonably solid 4.2 out of 5 from over 2.5 million reviews.
The iOS app, meantime, occupies 151.4 MB of storage and needs iOS 12.0 or later, or tvOS 9.2 or later. The app is rated as 4.4 out of five based on 1.5 million reviews.
There are currently 14-day free trials on ad-free AccuWeather subscription plans, which start at $7.95 per month.
