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Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by raybb on Monday September 12, 2022 @06:33PM (#32818026)
What weather app are people using on Android?

I'm currently using Geometric Weather + MyRadar:

https://f-droid.org/packages/wangdaye.com.geometricweather/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acmeaom.an...

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by _emacsomancer_ on Monday September 12, 2022 @06:48PM (#32818244)
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by daxfohl on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:07PM (#32819071)
I also use weawow ... with darksky as the provider. The other providers (at least the free ones) seem far less accurate (for Seattle anyway).

I've started using willyweather for higher-fidelity UV data, and its forecasts (from NOAA) seem reasonable and I like the forecast-vs-actual graph. Though the UI requires some extra clicks to get all the info that weawow manages to get onto a single user-friendly page. (First-world problems....)

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by ThePowerOfFuet on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:52AM (#32820761)
Exodus Privacy gives wX a clean bill of health, but weawow seems to contain a tracker, which is unfortunate given that it will need access to my location to be useful.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by JeremyNT on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:09PM (#32819984)
wX is truly amazing. I don't understand why it's not more popular. I guess the UX is focused on nerds and power users so it may not get a lot of love from those just looking for a quick forecast at a glance.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by Markoff on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:05AM (#32821437)
Weawow for Dark Sky data source, which is most accurate for Prague, Geometric Weather with AccuWeather would be 2nd most accurate for Prague. I fear the time Dark Sky will be shut down and there won't be replacement available (I thought there should be just under different name), if I have to resort to AW or Wunderground. :-(

The app doesn't really matter, what matters are the data sources which are most accurate for your location, Weawow, Today Weather and Weather Mate provide the most sources, so you can compare them over span of few weeks to see which one is the most accurate and has the least amount of false negative/positives based on your preference

Personally I don't really care whether the real temperature in the end is 19, 21 or 23C, it makes small difference, but it's big difference whether app tells me it's gonna rain and then it doesn't rain or vice versa when planning my schedule. Problem with most of the apps/sources I compared is they give too many false positives for rain.

For radar I just use home screen link to local Czech radars (provided either by Meteopress or CHMI), no point to have app for that.

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by haunter on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:17PM (#32818612)
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by shagie on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:25PM (#32818690)
They've also got a rather nice API - https://api.met.no/weatherapi/documentation // https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/

In particular, I like the detailed info on clouds:

        <time datatype="forecast" from="2022-09-13T00:00:00Z" to="2022-09-13T00:00:00Z">
            <location altitude="986" latitude="45" longitude="90">
                <temperature id="TTT" unit="celsius" value="8.9"></temperature>
                <windDirection id="dd" deg="353.8" name="N"></windDirection>
                <windSpeed id="ff" mps="10.6" beaufort="5" name="Frisk bris"></windSpeed>
                <humidity unit="percent" value="55.5"></humidity>
                <pressure id="pr" unit="hPa" value="1020.1"></pressure>
                <cloudiness id="NN" percent="78.9"></cloudiness>
                <fog id="FOG" percent="0.0"></fog>
                <lowClouds id="LOW" percent="0.0"></lowClouds>
                <mediumClouds id="MEDIUM" percent="46.9"></mediumClouds>
                <highClouds id="HIGH" percent="64.1"></highClouds>
                <dewpointTemperature id="TD" unit="celsius" value="0.5"></dewpointTemperature>
            </location>
        </time>
The difference e between low, medium, and high clouds is useful for deciding "where may there be a good sunset?" Most other services just offer the general "cloudiness".
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by SOLAR_FIELDS on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:13PM (#32819562)
I like yr - they have a really great UI. Pretty sweet example of what proper government funded agencies can achieve. The forecast is only OK in areas that aren't Norway, Sweden or Denmark though. It's about on par with what I get from the default iOS app though, so I end up using yr anyway.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by ryantgtg on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:23PM (#32819653)
I’ve used yr the past few years, too (learning about it from HN). Glad to hear that the forecasts compare to the stock weather app, since that’s something I’m always wondering but I’ve never tried anything else.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by fluential on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @08:01AM (#32823186)
This one is by far the most accurate!
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by mcdonje on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:35PM (#32819291)
I've been using tomorrow.io. It's pretty good, overall. I think they're launching their own weather satellites.

https://www.tomorrow.io/

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=tomorrow.io

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by jbaber on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:10PM (#32819990)
I'm very happy with the unofficial NOAA app by graniteapps: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nstudio.we...

It gives a graph of the % chance of rain on an hourly basis.

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by jshprentz on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:12PM (#32819998)
I have used the WeatherBug app [1] on my most recent three or four Android phones. It provides tabs for the current conditions, hourly and 10-day forecasts, and a radar map.

They also have a website [2] and an IOS app [3]. I haven't used either of these.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aws.androi...

[2] https://www.weatherbug.com/

[3] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weatherbug-weather-forecast/id...

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by ThePowerOfFuet on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:54AM (#32820781)
Exodus Privacy reports 29 (!!!) trackers in WeatherBug. I hope you didn't give it location access, but even if you did you might want to reconsider your choice of weather app.

I literally have never seen a number so high.

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by spiffytech on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:49PM (#32819391)
Hello Weather is pleasant to use, and supports several data APIs.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helloweath...

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by _carbyau_ on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:38PM (#32818826)
As an Aussie, I use the BoM app. Has everything I need and being government supported is not driven by "for profit" motives.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by thejosh on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:53PM (#32818946)
Yeah the BOM website has also been the same design for so long and is great.

Example forecast: http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/forecasts/perth.shtml Observations: http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/observations/perth.shtml

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by nwbort on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:27PM (#32819231)
Still seems outrageous to me that BOM doesn't support HTTPS...
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by seltzered_ on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:28PM (#32819242)
To be honest, I was using bookmarks to the darksky website, that way they were synced between desktop and phone.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by lantry on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:05PM (#32818482)
Used to use wundergound but it got very slow, now I use Foreca and it's great

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foreca.and...

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by hansvm on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:04PM (#32819953)
I was using Dark Sky till apple killed it. At the transition they had a unit conversion bug, and the team were simultaneously super helpful and fixed it immediately, with a palpable air of sadness that they knew the android efforts were wasted in just a few weeks.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by CraftThatBlock on Monday September 12, 2022 @06:56PM (#32818366)
I've been using Today Weather for years and it's been amazing.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.lockdown....

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by ollien on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:00PM (#32818421)
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by RightPassage on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:41PM (#32819328)
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by Tempest1981 on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:44PM (#32819813)
Free, and Ad-free. And nice UI.

Donation-ware.

Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by tssva on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:46PM (#32819361)
I use the premium (not the new Premium+ subscription) version of Accuweather. It has hyper local forecasts which I have found highly accurate in predicting local precipitation.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by ThePowerOfFuet on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:48AM (#32820738)
Exodus Privacy gives Geometric Weather a clean bill of health, but MyRadar is not something I would ever touch given that it will need access to my location to be useful.
Re:Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 by mcoliver on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:08PM (#32819074)
Windy.com