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submitted 2 weeks ago by 64bithero@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 72 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Armand1@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

+1

I discovered it when I found it was shipped with CalyxOS and honestly it's way better than anything else I've found.

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[-] white_nrdy@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] Danitos@reddthat.com 34 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, this is what I've been using for the last, I guess 3 - 4 years. I try new ones every now and then, but always find myself coming back to Breeze.

[-] Ghoelian@piefed.social 28 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

To add to this, make sure to get the one from Izzyondroid rather than F-Droid because the F-Droid one has a few features stripped out

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[-] jwt@programming.dev 23 points 2 weeks ago

Only allowable time to say you use windows.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

It should come on all weather apps as a sort of health warning:

DONT FORGET TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago

I use BOM, Australian government weather service.

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

I don't even complain about them, it's mostly accurate and I'm rural so temps are gonna be out anyway.

Some app wanted me to pay for weather and it's like.. bro that shits free?

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just like hospital care, amirite? 😆

[-] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

I second this. Apps that use other services under the hood aren’t nearly as accurate, either. 

[-] swicano@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] xylogx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

Breezy. Because AsteroidOS and Gadgetbridge.

[-] CCRhode@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks 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.`
[-] 64bithero@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

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!

[-] nullroot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I have ADHD overload trying to process all the suggestions. Very cool lemmy

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[-] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

It blows Breezy away.

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I was going to try this, but...

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

[-] deprecateddino@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I'm on GrapheneOS and don't want anything to do with Google, even via Microg. Plus, I think MicroG doesn't work with GrapheneOS.

[-] mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.

[-] airikr@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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/

[-] RhondaSandTits@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago
[-] DGen@piefed.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

Also Kachelmannwetter for Website

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[-] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] robustdoctrine@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 week ago

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

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

[-] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks 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!".

[-] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

open-meteo.com docs. I just use https://open-meteo.com/en/docs as it is.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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.

[-] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I coded a OpenMateo weather call into my python router, so I can type >>weather (city, country) and get live updates.

Failing that, you can search or API this https://openweathermap.org/

Or if you wanna go ultra-minimalist (and super cool)

https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in

https://wttr.in/
^^ if you just type that, it will give you the weather matching your current IP address. Else use /cityname

eg: wttr.in/London

[-] Lanske@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] Lanske@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They are very good for us in the Netherlands!

[-] upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] baschi29@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I use https://f-droid.org/packages/co.prestosole.clima

Very simple and stupid name, but does its job pretty well.

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