BBC Weather

British Broadcasting Corporation

About this app

Wherever you are, and whatever your plans, you're always prepared with the latest weather forecast from BBC Weather. Easy to understand, with hourly forecasts for tens of thousands of locations around the globe.

Main features:
Get the information you need – fast. Including:
● At-a-glance forecasts, so you can make decisions quickly
● Hourly data up to 14 days ahead (in UK locations and major international cities)
● 'Chance of precipitation', giving you a heads-up about rain, hail or snow
● 'Feels like' temperature, which takes into account wind speed and humidity
● Met Office weather warnings, personalised to locations that matter to you
● Social-friendly forecasts, sharable on Facebook, Twitter and email
● Text-to-speech accessibility
● Easy-to-read, intuitive layout

BBC Weather app and your privacy:
The BBC Weather app allows you to see weather information based on your current location. When you first install the app, we’ll ask you whether you wish to enable this option. You can turn this feature on/off at any time via Settings > Apps > BBC Weather > Permissions > Locations.

If you choose to enable this feature, the app uses your device's location to find the closest location where weather information is available. The BBC does not store nor share your device's precise location in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy Policy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/about/57854010.

If you choose to enable this feature for the BBC Weather widget, we request permission to access your device’s location while the app is closed or not in use. This ensures that the widget can continuously display the most up-to-date forecast for your current location.

If you install this app, you accept the BBC Terms of Use: https://www.bbc.co.uk/terms.

About BBC Weather:
BBC Weather is responsible for preparing and broadcasting weather forecasts across the BBC, in association with the MeteoGroup. It broadcast its first weather forecast in 1922 and by 1936 was pioneering the use of weather maps during TV forecasts. The BBC Weather app was launched in 2013 and is now one of the most popular weather apps in the UK.

Ratings and reviews

Suddenly started freezing and failing to update without forcing stop and restarting. On some occasions even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app to no avail. Now seems to take much longer to update. And no information from BBC by way of explanation. And there appears to be no way to order saved locations or set one of them to be start location. Overall, app has become stale, and I can't recommend it in it's current state.

Mostly very accurate. It can predict when rain starts or stops to within an hour. Exceptions are the Western coastal and hilly areas where 'may rain' means 'will rain' whereas in the East, 'may rain' means 'probably won't rain'. Very occasionally, BBC weather has crazy software glitches that make national news, but that has only happened twice in the last 5 years.

I use this app all the time in the UK and abroad. The BBC have made one change I don't find useful where the rest of the day is slightly shaded and I can't work out how to add favourite locations. It's not always accurate but generally pretty good on forecasting the very changeable weather...