Curious what everyone here uses for their weather app or website of choice ?

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[–] 68 points 9 months ago (9 children)
  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I discovered breezy when I started using GadgetBridge since breezy can provide the weather for GB. So my Garmin gets its weather from Breezy.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Ouhh this has peaked my interest! Do you use GB instead of Garmin app? Which Garmin do u use? Whats the experience using GB been?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, I use GB instead of Garmin Connect. I have been doing it for the last year (started Feb 2025). I have a Fenix 7X. It has been pretty great overall. GB shows a lot of information, and does everything I want, and nothing I don't... They recently added Health Connect functionality, which is really cool.

    The only issue I've had was for a couple months I was having issues with my watch getting into a really bad state and needing a factory reset. It would reboot and then get stuck at "processing FIT files" (is something). I disabled auto syncing, since I theorized that maybe sometimes the sync would get interrupted or something, and Garmin firmware might freak out about it. Now I just occasionally manually sync, generally while sitting at my desk.

    Besides that issue, I've loved GB. I finally donated last week, since I've gotten so much value from GB and they're doing such good work.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    I'm giving it a try. It does look like a good option. My only concern is that there don't seem to be many source options for the US. There were several that showed up as unavailable when I first started, it that no longer show as options now that I've configured it. I'm puzzled.

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  • [–] 32 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Breezy Weather, avaiable at Fdroid. Have been quite happy with it.

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  • [–] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Mainly breezy weather.

    I also installed the KNMI (royal Dutch meteorological institute) weather app recently, because some other popular Dutch weather services tried to sue them for making their free app too good.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Only allowable time to say you use windows.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I use BOM, Australian government weather service.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It's funny that we complain about it, but it's completely free, unrestricted, and beats everything else hands-down.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    WeatherCAN which is made and run by Environment Canada (government run). Many weather services and apps get their data from them anyway so might as well get it right from the source.

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    [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I just keep a shortcut to the NOAA 2day hourly forecast for my location on the home screen. If I need to see the radar it's a few clicks away.

    But I've got an air quality and temperature sensor on my back porch, and am working on a rain detector as well, so the preference is towards local conditions

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I love NOAA’s hourly graphs. It is a quick visual way to understand the expected forecast. I wish I could find a good iPhone app that does something similar. Carrot is pretty good, but has annoying popups asking you to subscribe to premium.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Breezy. Because AsteroidOS and Gadgetbridge.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Wrote my own digest of NOAA text products. It's a URL: Gnashtooth's Weather. Needs US Zip Code. Then bookmark the details page to return. Also, there is a current-conditions page:

        LAFAYETTE PURDUE UNIV AIRPORT (KLAF)
        Temperature:    24.1°F
        Dewpoint:       12.0°F
        Wind:           NNE at 3 mph
        Visibility:     Unlimited
        Sky:            Mostly clear
        Barometer:      30.44 inHg
        
        Recorded: Sat 07 Feb 2026 11:54 AM Etc/GMT+5 (Sat 07 Feb 2026 16:54 PM Etc/UTC)
    
        en: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/decoded/KLAF.TXT
    
    

    And there is a one-liner. You can include the one-liner in your eMail sig if your mail user agent (MUA) allows a shell script. Just download and print:

        24° — Wind NNE at 3 mph. Sky mostly clear.`
    
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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    I use Cirrus becau I love its ingenious widget: it shows the next 12 hours of weather (not temperature) in a tiny space that's super easy to read.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    My dudes and dudettes , I’m blown away by the response. I’m going to be busy trying them all out. Thank you for the responses and I hope others found some good insight!

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago*

    Aesthetically, one of my favorites is Zoom Earth. Visually its really impressive. Not the best for granular detail on a local area’s weather but still very cool

    https://zoom.earth/

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    I maintain that close to you geographically is better, so I use the services provided by my country's metereological institute. They also provide human friendly data (much more than the web ui) as json or xml, and I scripted a little app around that. It's not hard.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    I use "Windy" in the US. They have over 50 different map overlays.

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  • Weather Master: https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.pranshulgg.weather_master_app

    It's good enough to tell me what I can see out of the window, and what I'll probably see out of the window for the next few days

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Bura. But I am currently working on my own weather service and might use it more than Bura once it's done.

    No JavaScript, no bullshit, focus on clean design and user experience and full focus on privacy. I publish updates on Mastodon under the hashtag serenum.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Weawow. It's maintained by a lovely Japanese man who doesn't sell any of the data or user info. It is one of the best visualized weather applications I have ever seen and lets you pick from a bunch of different models.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I was going to try this, but...

    Instant deal killer right there. I guess I'm staying on Breeze weather.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    KNMI and Yr apps for me. Knmi is dutch and Yr norwegian i believe.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yr is Norwegian, but afaics they're pretty good with nearby countries, too. It's a product of their metreological institute, which seems like a good option privacy-wise. Not that such institutes have to be ad or data ming free, but they usually are.

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    For Germans: Deutscher Wetterdienst. Its free. But of you pay one time, you'll get a bigger functionality.

    Also Kachelmannwetter for Website

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I use yr.no. Made by Norwegian Meteorological Institute. I particularly like their detailed 10 day forcast.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    On Mobile the widget from AEMET, the Spanish Meteorology Agency, on Desktop the inbuild weather widget in Vivaldi (home/new tab page)

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    wX

    Uses the US National Weather Service for data. The UI is basic but it has all the maps. Probably overkill and too complex for normal people but good for weather watchers, amateur meteorologists and pilots.

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    I use Weawow on mobile and desktop since the UK Met Office created their "new design" for their website.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    That's what I use. You can pick which weather service you use, too. I'm in Canada, but find that Norway meteorology service is good. When the wife and I are comparing forecasts she'll ask, "What do the Norwegians say".

    Or later, "Your Norwegians never predicted this!".

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I bookmark the Environment Canada page for my area. Weather warnings has been added to my RSS reader.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Website https://www.meteo.be/ and their app be.irm.kmi.meteo but that's just Belgium.

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    NOAA (Unofficial) - USA

    I prefer this app over NOAA's website.

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